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Japan is offering free whaling lessons and discounts on harpoons in a bid to encourage more people to take up its favorite leisure pursuit.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)ind06
    ind06
    March 7, 2008, 11:25 p.m.

    In related news: Brazil Offers 'Come Personally Cut Down The Rainforest' Package Tours

    "We think it's a winner" says John Menicinos, Brazil's Minister of Tourism & Forestry, "And people should definitely take advantage because with prices like these, the rainforest won't last much longer!"

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)ETproductions
      ETproductions
      March 8, 2008, 12:54 a.m.

      Sign up quick! There are still a few precious natural resources left, but they will soon be gone. If you miss this brief window of opportunity, you will never again be able to take classes in how to destroy them.

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)uncle-dave
        uncle-dave
        March 8, 2008, 1:10 a.m.

        A Mr.Ishmael has recently taken Mr. Kenji Katakuri up on his invitation to "chase big fish", but said he was disappointed because Mr. Kenji Katakuri didn't have the obsessive compulsive desire to hunt down and kill big white fish that he was use to when he sailed on the Pequod.

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)cowboygrandpa
          cowboygrandpa
          March 8, 2008, 4:33 a.m.

          Does this include the music package from Marley and the Whalers?

          Cause you know you have to have the right music man. To put you in the mood to go whaling.

          Good one ind06

          • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)gamahuche
            gamahuche
            March 8, 2008, 5:47 a.m.

            Whale burger! That's for wimps.

            Why not go the whole hog, as it were, and make it whale sushi cut into jumbo-sized pieces.

            Way to kill 3 birds with one stone..

            BTW Does Dlia Smoth know about this? Is she laughing?

            • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Shadowolf
              Shadowolf
              March 8, 2008, 8:55 a.m.

              ...the Japanese banned me...last time, I plugged a sumo wrestler...

              • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)ghengisghan
                ghengisghan
                March 8, 2008, 2:40 p.m.

                theres a great cruise coming up off New Foundland...includes a free baseball bat to beat baby seals.

                • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)BronxBomber
                  BronxBomber
                  March 8, 2008, 3:41 p.m.

                  Oh my gosh! I harpooned Rosie O'Donnell by mistake!

                  Well...it wasn't like it was ALL my fault. She was just "spouting" off, and I let her have it.

                  8o0

                  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)HazyDavey
                    HazyDavey
                    March 8, 2008, 7:01 p.m.

                    I'll be whaling on Lake Erie on my pontoon boat now!

                    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)unkelSam
                      unkelSam
                      March 8, 2008, 7:33 p.m.

                      Indo. me was thinkin, why go tu da amazon rainforest when we hav much forests rite here at home. Califonia has much forests .We can start at da sequioa national forest. One of dem big trees should provide more den enaf timpa tu build a blok of houses, den we can cut down da redwwods in northern cali and work our way up da coast tu oregon and washington state. wat du u fink?

                      unkel sam

                      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)unkelSam
                        unkelSam
                        March 8, 2008, 7:47 p.m.

                        ....as fo da japanese well they got quite an epitite fo whale meat, tuna and crabs...kum tu fink of it they eat anyfink dat swims( if u catch me drift) uha,aha, aha!!!!

                        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)sagesports
                          sagesports
                          March 8, 2008, 10 p.m.

                          Hey, I think thats ok !, check out our web site www.prairiedogposse.com or hit our you tube clip, prairie dogposse!, I only wish there were whales in colorado !

                          • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)lehmannzx
                            lehmannzx
                            June 15, 2008, 8:50 p.m.

                            Meanwhile TV chef Delia Smith has thrown her weight behind the Japanese campaign producing a series of recipes books including How to Cook Whale, Whale for One and Delia's Whaley Christmas.

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