7/18/2003: Sea Lion radio

Undertoad · 07-18-2003, 02:33 PM

A Steller sea lion named Faith surfaces in Seward, Alaska, revealing a lollipop thingy on her head. The glued-on tracking device will fall off later this summer. Faith is the first Steller to be released into the wild by the people at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and they plan to keep an eye on her for a while.

I thought it was funny because this is the same scale antenna, at the same angle, as the VW antennas.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2003, 05:09 PM

Great picture, UT. Looks like a party animal, for sure.

Conesus · 07-18-2003, 05:17 PM

How'd ya spot that one?

Good eye, I guess.

Elspode · 07-18-2003, 07:57 PM

I would think that the organization tracking these cars would simply use the sales records instead of going through all the trouble to mount those transmitters on them.

How long does it take the VW antennae to fall off?

Undertoad · 07-18-2003, 08:08 PM

Cos I have one is why! It works pretty well.

joydriven · 07-19-2003, 11:39 AM

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How long does it take the VW antennae to fall off?

This reminds me of those old candy commercials where the little boy quests to find out how many licks it takes to get to the chocolately-chewy center of a Tootsie Roll lollipop. Finally he finds the old wise owl who promptly crunches the poor boy's lollipop up and informs him that the world may never know.

Griff · 07-19-2003, 11:47 AM

Its always about VWs with you isn't it?

elSicomoro · 07-19-2003, 12:20 PM

I've been let down again by IotD. Here I was thinking it would be a radio in the form of a sea lion. Or sea lions with their own conservative talk show somewhere.

joydriven · 07-19-2003, 01:41 PM

you know, i was run over by a VW once.
(explains a lot i guess.)
but i don't have anything against most of them.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-19-2003, 02:23 PM

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but i don't have anything against most of them

Bwahahahahahahahahaha

pegusitas · 07-21-2003, 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by joydriven
you know, i was run over by a VW once.
(explains a lot i guess.)
but i don't have anything against most of them.

Ha. Who are you, Happy Gilmore?

joydriven · 07-21-2003, 11:58 AM

if i could make my living golfing, i would be, trust me.

Undertoad · 07-21-2003, 12:25 PM

Wait a min, I just realized that Joy's earlier message isn't exactly correct, which is important because it concerns a very important matter... the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie(TM)-Pop.

The wise old owl does crunch into the -Pop but only after taking three licks. Then he announces that the number of licks it takes to get to the center is THREE.

It's the announcer who suggests that the world may never know, but the current thinking we have on the subject remains THREE.

I HAD to make this correction, because I'm using up valuable brain-space remembering that commercial in detail, and before now this information had not been useful at all.

joydriven · 07-21-2003, 01:58 PM

...uttering a very decided 'th-r-r-r-EEE.'
and the dejection on the boy's face as the narrator concludes that the world may never know.
sorry for causing all the extra brain exertion, UT.

DNK · 07-21-2003, 02:12 PM

It seems that there have been studies:

http://www.tootsie.com/memoriesLicksMachine.html

07-18-2003, 02:33 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/18/2003: Sea Lion radio A Steller sea lion named Faith surfaces in Seward, Alaska, revealing a lollipop thingy on her head. The glued-on tracking device will fall off later this summer. Faith is the first Steller to be released into the wild by the people at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and they plan to keep an eye on her for a while. I thought it was funny because this is the same scale antenna, at the same angle, as the VW antennas.

07-18-2003, 05:09 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Great picture, UT. Looks like a party animal, for sure. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-18-2003, 07:57 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I would think that the organization tracking these cars would simply use the sales records instead of going through all the trouble to mount those transmitters on them. How long does it take the VW antennae to fall off? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-19-2003, 11:47 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	vague demographic reference Its always about VWs with you isn't it? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-19-2003, 01:41 PM	#9
joydriven joywriting in the rock river valley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 41	VWs you know, i was run over by a VW once. (explains a lot i guess.) but i don't have anything against most of them.

07-18-2003, 05:17 PM	#3
Conesus hit of sunshine Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 8	How'd ya spot that one? Good eye, I guess.

07-18-2003, 08:08 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Cos I have one is why! It works pretty well.

07-19-2003, 12:20 PM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I've been let down again by IotD. Here I was thinking it would be a radio in the form of a sea lion. Or sea lions with their own conservative talk show somewhere.

07-21-2003, 11:58 AM	#12
joydriven joywriting in the rock river valley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 41	happy gilmore if i could make my living golfing, i would be, trust me.

07-21-2003, 12:25 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Wait a min, I just realized that Joy's earlier message isn't exactly correct, which is important because it concerns a very important matter... the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie(TM)-Pop. The wise old owl does crunch into the -Pop but only after taking three licks. Then he announces that the number of licks it takes to get to the center is THREE. It's the announcer who suggests that the world may never know, but the current thinking we have on the subject remains THREE. I HAD to make this correction, because I'm using up valuable brain-space remembering that commercial in detail, and before now this information had not been useful at all.

07-21-2003, 01:58 PM	#14
joydriven joywriting in the rock river valley Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicagoland area Posts: 41	ah—you're right. i can hear him now.... ...uttering a very decided 'th-r-r-r-EEE.' and the dejection on the boy's face as the narrator concludes that the world may never know. sorry for causing all the extra brain exertion, UT.

07-21-2003, 02:12 PM	#15
DNK Thick skinned and I like (my wife's) Bush Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hotlanta, Ga Posts: 54	It seems that there have been studies: http://www.tootsie.com/memoriesLicksMachine.html __________________ "Every man thinks his burden is the heaviest" Robert Nesta Marley

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