# The monkey shoots a fish in a barrel thread: Rush Limbaugh claims oil is "as natural as seawater". **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873 "2010-05-26T20:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/61 "2010-05-27T14:04:22Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Wow. Talk about straw man. That is a HUGE misrepresentation. No one, not even Tom Tomorrow, has suggested anything like that. I blame the conservative mania for light regulations and the gutlessness of liberals who let them set the political agenda and mood music. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/62 "2010-05-27T14:12:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If Limbaugh really believes that everything’s that natural is okay, then I want to see him back it up by eating a dog turd. His throat probably has a special valve where the manure only goes in one direction. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/63 "2010-05-27T15:27:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > His throat probably has a special valve where the manure only goes in one direction. I dunno, I kind of see him more of some kind of dog-cow combination: he gobbles down shit only to spew it back up later. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/64 "2010-05-27T15:39:06Z")
Apropos of nothing, there’s a scene in [_Native Tongue,_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Tongue_(Carl_Hiaasen_novel)) by Carl Hiaasen, where the theme park’s steroidzilla head of security gets raped by a dolphin. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/65 "2010-05-27T15:40:13Z")
Hey, why don’t we make an unwritten rule here? If an OP says “And, y’know, I really don’t want this to degrade into a discussion of underage weasels in sailor suits…” why don’t we control ourselves? And NOT keep bringing up underage weasels in sailor suits? And if you don’t think underage weasels in sailor suits are hilarious, you’re a loon. In a sailor suit. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/66 "2010-05-27T16:28:54Z")
The reason the thread hasn’t gone the way you hoped is right there in the thread title, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel - everyone knows Rush is an idiot. Oh and by the way, I always thought you’re name came from here: > **[adventures of a gunroom monkey by a l knight](http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk/bookshop/children/gunroom.htm)** > > Book Title - Adventures of a gunroom monkey > Author - A L Knight > Publisher - GARDNER DARTON > Details - hardback with illustrated covers, 160 pages in good order with illustrations, dated to 1903 > Condition - good, > PRICE - Which includes post and... ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/67 "2010-05-27T16:33:15Z")
> [@tagos](#): > > I blame the conservative mania for light regulations and the gutlessness of liberals who let them set the political agenda and mood music. I find nothing to disagree with here. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/68 "2010-05-27T17:43:15Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **mhendo** even called me an idiot for thinking the strip is “unfunny”. No, i called you an idiot for claiming it’s the “mirror image of Mallard Fillmore.” Happy to help. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/69 "2010-05-27T18:00:52Z")
So now we had the cat named Bob stuck in the tube. My buddy George thought maybe we could use the PVC potato canan we had and maybe shoot a tennis ball up there and that would flush the Bob the tailless cat out. So we spray a bunch of Aquanet[sup]TM[/sup] in that thing, but we can’t find any tennis balls. He wants to put a baseball in the thing, but I said that might hurt the cat and what we needed to do was get his semi-tame racoon that he keeps in the pen out back. It’s only got three legs but everybody knows that racoons love twizzlers. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/70 "2010-05-27T19:19:37Z")
Rush’s statement is idiotic because the concept of “natural” is meaningless. It doesn’t matter if something exists because of no human interaction, or limited human interaction, or a lot of human interaction. The only thing that matters is what something is. Use of “natural” as if it means something is not isolated to right-wing morons. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/71 "2010-05-27T21:38:23Z")
I just wanted to address one outstanding question from early in the thread: Dolphins have incredibly large penises. ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/72 "2010-05-27T23:21:54Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Dolphins have incredibly large penises. Do you believe _everything_ your mother tells you? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/73 "2010-05-28T00:41:52Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Dolphins have incredibly large penises. I dunno 'bout that. I’m fairly credible when it comes to penis size. Er, of other species. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/74 "2010-05-28T01:27:04Z")
Credulous, perhaps. Credible? Well, sure, so far as I’m concerned, but then I’m credulous as well… So long as you don’t cross any state lions for immortal porpoises, I suppose you’re on safe legal ground. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/75 "2010-05-28T17:03:30Z")
Can someone link me to a column published by Rush, book reference, or major news report on video/transcript with the quote attributed to Rush? My searching doesn’t seem to be the best today, and I seem to get circular-references among the usual Liberal Anger Blogs (as well as Conservative Apologist Blogs). Can anyone find an **original** reference? I’m trying to find it for **Cecil** , not because I’m trying to defend Rush or make some sort of veiled political jab. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/76 "2010-05-28T17:21:12Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Let’s figure out how we can have some hot Dolphin on Limbaugh action posted on PornHub. Go ahead. I guarantee, somewhere, there will be someone strange enough to watch… Even if you charge them a fee to see it :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/77 "2010-05-28T17:27:13Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Godamnit. I have got to start reading the user manuals. I should know better. You ever have to get a beagle out of an industrial wood shop vacuum? It’s a pain in the ass. Peanut butter covered bacon helps, but it took me half an hour to get the little guy out of there. I don’t blame myself too much, though. The user manual was written in French. Next time, buy American. When did you start hating America? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/78 "2010-05-28T17:29:29Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Can someone link me to a column published by Rush, book reference, or major news report on video/transcript with the quote attributed to Rush? My searching doesn’t seem to be the best today, and I seem to get circular-references among the usual Liberal Anger Blogs (as well as Conservative Apologist Blogs). Can anyone find an **original** reference? > > I’m trying to find it for **Cecil** , not because I’m trying to defend Rush or make some sort of veiled political jab. From the St. Petersburg Times, Una: [http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/oil-hits-louisiana-coast-could-reach-florida-by-sunday/1091532](http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/oil-hits-louisiana-coast-could-reach-florida-by-sunday/1091532). Rush’s quote comes near the end. I don’t think it’s the original reference, but at least it’s a direct quote. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/79 "2010-05-28T17:49:34Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@MTCicero](#): > > > > unicorn blow jobs > > You know, those sound \*incredibly \*dangerous. Yeah, but I hear their blow jobs are to die for. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873/80 "2010-05-28T17:52:14Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Can someone link me to a column published by Rush, book reference, or major news report on video/transcript with the quote attributed to Rush? My searching doesn’t seem to be the best today, and I seem to get circular-references among the usual Liberal Anger Blogs (as well as Conservative Apologist Blogs). Can anyone find an **original** reference? > > I’m trying to find it for **Cecil** , not because I’m trying to defend Rush or make some sort of veiled political jab. [Here ya go, **Una**.](http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042910/content/01125113.guest.html) A transcript right from his own archives (April 29). Last paragraph has the money quote, “It’s as natural as the ocean water”. P.S. If anybody knows how to ping **Una** , this does count as official Cecilian business, I believe. P.P.S. Happy to have been of service. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-shoots-a-fish-in-a-barrel-thread-rush-limbaugh-claims-oil-is-as-natural-as-seawater/540873.md?page=5)