Sep 28 2005
Giant Squid Discovered = Dave’s Nerdery Uncovered.
Almost a year to the day since I wrote my acclaimed homage de 20,000 Leagues, which still attracts traffic to my site on a daily basis, a Japanese scientist has finally managed to photograph a live Giant Squid in the wild. I think this is absolutely awesome, as I've been unhealthily fascinated with the beasts for 30 years. I have no defense or childhood trauma to link it back to. I won't even eat a fishstick. That's just the way it's always been. My childhood was chock full of giant squids, Star Wars and Popeye Candy Cigarettes - and fully devoid of reason.
This photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, a 26-foot-long Architeuthis attacks a prey hung by a white rope, left, at 900 yards deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo.
I don't want to mislead anyone - so I'm gonna come clean and admit that I wasn't actually in the original photo. That was just photoshopped in recently. But if I had been there, and was able to breathe 900 meters underwater without the aid of any scuba gear, that is how excited I would have been. It's practically the equivalent of 100% scientific accuracy if we're going to split hairs. Again, ladies - please form a line to the left.
So to all you skeptics and nay-sayers be dammned. The truth really is out there if you look hard enough. Next on my agenda - those frigging bastard Minotaurs.
This photo released by Dr. Tsunemi Kubodera of the National Science Museum, a 26-foot-long Architeuthis attacks a prey hung by a white rope, left, at 900 yards deep off the coast of Japan's Bonin islands, 1,000 kilometers (670 miles) south of Tokyo.
I don't want to mislead anyone - so I'm gonna come clean and admit that I wasn't actually in the original photo. That was just photoshopped in recently. But if I had been there, and was able to breathe 900 meters underwater without the aid of any scuba gear, that is how excited I would have been. It's practically the equivalent of 100% scientific accuracy if we're going to split hairs. Again, ladies - please form a line to the left.
So to all you skeptics and nay-sayers be dammned. The truth really is out there if you look hard enough. Next on my agenda - those frigging bastard Minotaurs.
2 Responses to “Giant Squid Discovered = Dave’s Nerdery Uncovered.”
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# graemeon 28 Sep 2005 at 6:18 pmDave, rumor has it that if you uncovered something other than your "nerdery" people might find giant crabs lurking underneath. Is this hearsay true?
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# Dave Pyeon 28 Sep 2005 at 6:59 pmSpeaking of which, you've yet to reference the comment I made a couple posts ago about the crackhead in your lap at the Lennox. Clean up your own backyard/lap.
