# The killerwhaletank

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562 "2001-11-27T19:10:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/1 "2001-11-27T19:10:08Z")

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The killerwhaletank  
The killerwhaletank - uh!  
The killerwhaletank - uh!  
I’m going into the killerwhaletank!

🆒

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/2 "2001-11-27T19:25:05Z")

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You’re going to kill a whale with a tank?

You’re building a tank for a killer whale to use in battle?

You’re going into a _killer_ whale tank?

Explainez-vous, s’il-vous-plait…

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/3 "2001-11-27T19:30:09Z")

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Killerwhaletank.

It’s all one word. 😃

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/4 "2001-11-27T19:34:36Z")

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Thanks.

Now it blindingly obvious.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/5 "2001-11-27T19:36:44Z")

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I don’t know why I didn’t get the _Tragically Hip_ reference before.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/6 "2001-11-27T19:44:02Z")

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Just wanted to find the Hip fans on the board!

We now return you to more coherent threads.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/7 "2001-11-27T21:18:34Z")

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I fed a fish to Baby Shamu. And pet him.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killerwhaletank/95562/8 "2001-11-27T21:56:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by screech-owl \*  
> \*\*I fed a fish to Baby Shamu. And pet him. \*\*

Hey, that is real cool! But, you’re lucky Bartholomew didn’t come by. He’da ripped your left arm off.

Killer whales are quite docile in captivity, but somewhere along the line 1000s of years of breeding just snaps . . .