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[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by limey

WHERE did you get all that, CF? ?

That one just fell into my mailbox at work, courtesy of a client - no idea where he received it from, unfortunately. Thankfully there's the odd good offering that does the rounds along with the more cringeworthy stuff!

[Cyclefrance]

Can't get away from the big guys - today's Sunday Times:

Nothing for ages, and then two whale stories come at once. After the moving plight of the London whale, a couple stand to make £165,000 after finding a piece of whale vomit washed up on a beach in Australia. Fisherman Leon Wright and his wife, Loralee, found a 32lb piece of ambergris, which is vomited by sperm whales to rid their stomachs of solid objects. Ambergris - nicknamed Moby Sick - has a solid fatty/oily feel and will fetch around £13 per gram from perfume manufacturers.

[Cyclefrance]

Another from today's Sunday Times:

Chinese rail travellers are wearing adult nappies because holiday trains this Chineses new year weekend are so crowded, reports the China Daily newspaper. There's not even standing room left in the corridors as 120 million nigrant workers head home for this week's celebrations, so it's almost impossible to get to the lavatory. 'During the peak travel period last year, some passengers even became deranged on their joirneys because of the conditions and jumped out of the carriages', says the paper. Now supermarkets are reporting a 50% increase in nappy sales.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Can't get away from the big guys - today's Sunday Times:

Nothing for ages, and then two whale stories come at once. After the moving plight of the London whale, a couple stand to make £165,000 after finding a piece of whale vomit washed up on a beach in Australia. Fisherman Leon Wright and his wife, Loralee, found a 32lb piece of ambergris, which is vomited by sperm whales to rid their stomachs of solid objects. Ambergris - nicknamed Moby Sick - has a solid fatty/oily feel and will fetch around £13 per gram from perfume manufacturers.

How would you know that it was vomit? I guess he was a profeesional fisherman, they must cover that in fisherman school...

But still, "Hey honey, what's that?"

My luck, I'd drag it to the car, get it to the perfumers and find out it was just whale spunk.

"Sorry mate, can only give you 2 quid a kilo for that. Not much call for it really."