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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
June 29, 2011
Scratch One Item Off the To-Do List
By: Aaron Datesman
(To be fair, it's reasonable to question the conclusion that radioactive cesium found in whales harvested 650 kilometers from Fukushima must be due to that disaster. If this discovery represents instead the legacy of atmospheric bomb tests which ended forty years ago, however, it's hard to understand why contamination was found in only two of the seventeen whales examined.)
— Aaron Datesman
"The levels are far below the limit, and the meat from the catch is safe for consumption," Fisheries Agency official Kosei Takekoshi said.
--Yes, I'll have the radioactive whale meat special, please. What's the soup of the day?
Posted by: N E at June 29, 2011 10:21 PMSomeone should let Mr. Takekoshi know that people who aren't assholes interested in eating endangered or at-risk species have other considerations than their consumability.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 30, 2011 09:32 AM1ST WHALE: hear about that new hot place to eat? it gets one glowing cetacean after another.
2ND WHALE: don't ever speak to me again.
