May 18, 2007

Oh good grief

Here is what takes up a large portion of today's new bulletin from the Sackatomatoes Bee:

They changed boats, they rotated whale sounds, they adjusted volume. But after a day of trying Thursday, veterinarians and biologists were unable to entice a mother whale and her calf to leave the Port of Sacramento.
New Video: View the whales and the efforts to help them get back to the ocean.
Vote in our poll to name the whales
Fiction: Help us write a whale of a story
Interactive map of whales' journey
On the names, I wanted to vote for Tweedledum and Tweedledummer but those choices weren't listed:
Here are your choices:

1. The inspirational: Delta Dawn and Sunny, for both their motivation and destination.

For motivation and destination, "Suicide" and "Landfill" might be more appropriate.
2. The locational: Callie, short for California, and Poppy, for our state flower.
Maybe we should have a state cat food.
3. The pop cultural: Wanda and Willy, for the movies "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Free Willy."
"Dumb" and "Dumber"
4. The alliterational: George and Gracie, for not only their shared consonant, but after the two similarly imperiled humpbacks in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."
Since when are "George" and "Gracie" alliterative?
5. The navigational: Marco and Polo. 'Cause, well, duh.
For navigational, I should think that "Wrong Way Corrigan" is more appropriate.
Honorary mention goes to Moby Dick and Moby Jane and "This-A-Way" and "That-A-Way" for creativity. There's just no way we could fit them in a headline.
Okay, Moby Dick and Moby Jane is kind of amusing. Aside from that, I want to vomit.

Posted by Ken S at May 18, 2007 08:56 AM | TrackBack (0) | Category: Rat's Ass Patrol
Comments

"Vote in our poll to name the whales"

"Fiction: Help us write a whale of a story"

"Interactive map of whales' journey"

Okay, I honestly can't decide which is worse. But I am leaning toward the "whale of a story" thing.

Posted by: Emily at May 18, 2007 09:10 AM

How about "Midler" and "Hershey" - as in beaches?

(Yes, I had to look up who was in it.)

Posted by: Nightfly at May 18, 2007 09:11 AM

"For motivation and destination, "Suicide" and "Landfill" might be more appropriate."

Stop making me laugh out loud! I'm supposed to be *working*!

Posted by: Julie at May 18, 2007 09:38 AM

They didn't even mention that "George and Gracie" might possibly be reminiscent of the comedy team of Burns and Allen? I was born in the '70s and I know that. Morons.

Posted by: Kate P at May 18, 2007 10:49 AM

I suppose naming them "Dinner" is out of the question.

Posted by: Dave E. at May 18, 2007 11:03 AM

Ha ha, there's alliteration--"Dinner" and "Dessert"?

Posted by: Kate P at May 18, 2007 11:28 AM

Give it seven or eight months and we could call them Christina and THS. What are they going to do, chase us down? :P

Posted by: Joel at May 18, 2007 02:05 PM

Kujirazushi and Jibouzushi.

That's Japanese for Whale Meast Sushi and Whale Blubber Sushi.

Posted by: John at May 18, 2007 02:21 PM

Christina's a nice name for a girl, don't you think?

Oh, and John, they swam through SF Bay. Might want to cook them first.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at May 18, 2007 02:30 PM

If they get sunburned, just toss a nice white jacket over them.

All together now.. "A white sport coat... on a pink cetacean..."

Posted by: Joel at May 18, 2007 02:37 PM