The whale fever spreads as Heyamoto tries to pretend she wasn't 3 years old 22 years ago and that she lived in Sac.
I'm attempting to use the comments to plug my tshirt. I'm just going to sit back and watch the money roll in. Can I quickly trademark the phrase "whale fever"?
goddamnit, the moderator isn't including the comment that had the link to my shirt! whose palms do i have to grease to get it through?
ReplyDeleteToo late anyways, hasn't the SF Chronicle already declared that the whales are "Rio" and "Vista."
ReplyDeletethe sf chronicle doesn't get to decide.
ReplyDeletei just realized that the moderator for the sacbee censored and innofensive tshirt link while allowing a multitude of discriminatory and offensive shit get through all the time! i call bullshit.
Whoa! Check out all the 'tards from Maui in the reader comments section of the Heyamoto piece.
ReplyDeletemaui also has whale fever (TM)
ReplyDeleteand the awesome name suggestions continue to roll in! i think the traveling whaleburys wins. Delta Dawn and Sunny continue to inexplicably to popular. This comment wins for most sanctimonious:
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I really think the situation for the whales is pretty tragic and can't quite muster the spirit to join in on a naming contest. Both whales are critically injured, haven't eaten sufficiently in quite awhile and have been traveling out of their normal salt water environment for a dangerous length of time. The outcome doesn't really look good for them. Everyone seems to be so delighted about our visitors, but frankly, I'm grieving for them
The Travelling Whaleburys! That's a good one. I mean, I'm so saddened by this whole thing. No wait, I mean those whales shouldn't have been hanging out with thugs at The Library at 1:00 AM.
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miller,
ReplyDeletei almost had tears in my eyes from laughing at your meta-comment. i think we should have a whale fever party at the library.
"Since the last river bound whale was 'Humphrey", we need to have the next whale start with an "I, i". Just as the Hurricanes go in alphabetical order.
ReplyDeleteSo, Mom gets an "i" name and baby gets a "K" name.
IRENE, and KORI. Since we do not know the sex of the baby, KORI can be either male or female.
from Carlo, in Maui, Hawaii..next whale coming up the Sacramento River will need a name that starts with L."
Ummm...what about J? Am I missing something?
we should take a clue from some of sac's most popular childrens names: if it's j it should be "jayla" and k can by "kayla" i don't know about "i". iayla?
ReplyDeletejayla the whale-a
for the record, i was 7 in 1985. though I was living in hawaii, so you got me there.
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