# Stroll! Stroll leisurely away from the water for your life! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024 "2011-09-21T02:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/1 "2011-09-21T02:56:04Z")
[Jellyfish invade beaches across the southern US](http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1056447--growing-jellyfish-invasion-oozes-across-southern-u-s) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/2 "2011-09-21T05:35:24Z")
Ok. This made me laugh out loud. :)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/3 "2011-09-21T13:42:45Z")
I just came to post in appreciation of the funny thread title, too. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/4 "2011-09-21T13:54:21Z")
Reminds me of the time I was in Florida, and all along the beach there were these colorful balloon-looking things at the edge of the water. They kinda looked like jellyfish, but they very strongly looked like they were made of plastic. Especially the colors. The whole walk I was wondering what heck. As it turned out, they [technically weren’t jellyfish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o'_War)after all. (I mean seriously. Look at [that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portuguese_Man_O%27_War_Miami_March_2008.jpg) and tell me it doesn’t look like a plastic thingy). ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/5 "2011-09-21T14:22:05Z")
Sounds like a jellyfish bloom-these are usually triggered by exceptionally warm water, or lots of nutrients in the water. Back before Boston Harbor was cleaned up, jellyfish blooms would happen every smmer-I can remember being out in the boat, and seeing chopped up jellyfish in the wake. Its disgusting, but mostly harmless. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/6 "2011-09-21T14:28:23Z")
Never saw a photo of a Portugese man o’war before, only drawings. That’s freaky. They look like some kind of inflatable pool float. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/7 "2011-09-21T14:55:08Z")
According to Regretsy, jellyfish are all different flavors but you have to lick them to find out. I larfed at the mental picture of you casually mentioning to passersby on the beach, “Stroll for your lives, eh?” ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/8 "2011-09-21T15:23:59Z")
Who wants to join me at the Jellyfish Ball in Springfield? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/9 "2011-09-21T15:35:05Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Reminds me of the time I was in Florida, and all along the beach there were these colorful balloon-looking things at the edge of the water. They kinda looked like jellyfish, but they very strongly looked like they were made of plastic. Especially the colors. The whole walk I was wondering what heck. > > As it turned out, they [technically weren’t jellyfish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o'_War)after all. > > (I mean seriously. Look at [that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portuguese_Man_O%27_War_Miami_March_2008.jpg) and tell me it doesn’t look like a plastic thingy). Huh. I didn’t know that a Man o’ War isn’t actually a jellyfish. Ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stroll-stroll-leisurely-away-from-the-water-for-your-life/597024/10 "2011-09-21T15:37:54Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Huh. I didn’t know that a Man o’ War isn’t actually a jellyfish. Ignorance fought. It’s not even one creature! Freaked me out when I found out about a month ago. In an argument with my son. God, I _hate_ it when he’s right.