Comments on: Giant, hippie-hating, cannibalistic squids attack SF Bay Area http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 05:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156932 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156932 eat them? eat them?

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156421 cstatman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156421 i go fishing in the sea of cortez every summer. First thing you do in the morning is use jigs and catch 2 or 3 squid. If you run out of bait fish, you can use the squid bits. if not, cook the squid for dinner. The Mexican boat captains say the squid are eating everything else, and soon, we will only fish for them. FEH. Now they are off the NorCal coast? that's it, I am not swimming again. i go fishing in the sea of cortez every summer. First thing you do in the morning is use jigs and catch 2 or 3 squid. If you run out of bait fish, you can use the squid bits. if not, cook the squid for dinner.

The Mexican boat captains say the squid are eating everything else, and soon, we will only fish for them.

FEH. Now they are off the NorCal coast? that’s it, I am not swimming again.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156433 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156433 I wonder if they take kayakers? I wonder if they take kayakers?

]]> By: doplgangr http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156436 doplgangr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156436 somebody's been smokin' that Humboldt Green... somebody’s been smokin’ that Humboldt Green…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156440 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156440 ever read Kon Tiki? ever read Kon Tiki?

]]> By: benr http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156701 benr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156701 Why would <b>people</b> be at all afraid of <b>another species</b> that is cannibalistic? -Ben (hippie who's willing to eat them first) Why would people be at all afraid of another species that is cannibalistic?

-Ben (hippie who’s willing to eat them first)

]]> By: snufkin http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156465 snufkin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156465 I dissected one of these things in senior year AP Biology in Half Moon Bay High! Woo! I dissected one of these things in senior year AP Biology in Half Moon Bay High! Woo!

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156482 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156482 Readers may be interested to know that jet-propelled flying squid were <a href="http://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/HUML/Handbooks/Flying%20Squid.pdf" rel="nofollow">described recently</a> by marine biologists. Readers may be interested to know that jet-propelled flying squid were described recently by marine biologists.

]]> By: coyote http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156265 coyote Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156265 <i>"Marine biologists are working to discover why they've headed north from their traditional homes off South America."</i> ...uh, maybe because they can range further north because the globves oceans are warming up...? “Marine biologists are working to discover why they’ve headed north from their traditional homes off South America.”

…uh, maybe because they can range further north because the globves oceans are warming up…?

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156267 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156267 Now, the time is nigh. The story brings this link to mind. If you're only just now preparing, there is little hope for you. At least wear your message to save your own life! http://store.muledesign.com/shirts/squidoverlords.php Now, the time is nigh. The story brings this link to mind. If you’re only just now preparing, there is little hope for you. At least wear your message to save your own life!
http://store.muledesign.com/shirts/squidoverlords.php

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156274 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156274 Marine professor <i>Gilly</i>? Yeah, this is real... Marine professor Gilly?

Yeah, this is real…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156280 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156280 these bastards scare me. To meet them diving without wearing mail and being tied of to the boat? (shudder!) these bastards scare me. To meet them diving without wearing mail and being tied of to the boat? (shudder!)

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156285 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156285 Obviously a sign of God's wrath. I mean, San Francisco? It's not quite a plague of locusts but the fundies will be playing this up for everything they can get. Obviously a sign of God’s wrath. I mean, San Francisco? It’s not quite a plague of locusts but the fundies will be playing this up for everything they can get.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156293 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156293 no no, "gods wrath" IS fundies no no, “gods wrath” IS fundies

]]> By: libelle http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156297 libelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156297 Why do words like "eldritch" and "chthonic" come to mind? Why do words like “eldritch” and “chthonic” come to mind?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156304 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156304 you're gripping your tongue between your teeth? you’re gripping your tongue between your teeth?

]]> By: cephalopod http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156311 cephalopod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156311 I get two points for this story, and Captain Tom gets a tentacle slap for referring to squid as fish. I get two points for this story, and Captain Tom gets a tentacle slap for referring to squid as fish.

]]> By: Technical Writing Geek http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156312 Technical Writing Geek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156312 They look really cool. I wouldn't pick one up, but they're graceful and beautiful in the water. They look really cool. I wouldn’t pick one up, but they’re graceful and beautiful in the water.

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156317 Freddie Freelance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156317 They were everywhere off the coast of San Diego earlier this year: http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/outdoors/20080301-9999-1s1outnotes.html They were everywhere off the coast of San Diego earlier this year:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/outdoors/20080301-9999-1s1outnotes.html

]]> By: AliasUndercover http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156834 AliasUndercover Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156834 Maybe the sharks told them how delicious that new shark repellent is. Maybe the sharks told them how delicious that new shark repellent is.

]]> By: redsquid http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-157100 redsquid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157100 As a red squid living off the coast of Florida I have to join in. The plural of 'squid' is 'squid'. We only use 'squids' as a self referential slang, as in 'me and my squids was hanging out off San Fran when we decided to go inshore and eat some hippies.' You did get the anti-hippie agenda spot-on. When not eating hippies or moving our tentacles in new and expressive ways we also enjoy squirting ink on stuff, especially walls, canvases, cars, and discarded television sets. Squid have an afinity for adhesive art and pacific rim cuisine, no matter how September 10th it is. We absolutely hate faux-hawks. WE ARE NOT AT ALL TASTY! Our flavor is best described as a cross (or culinary mash up, if you will) between stale peeps, warm domestic lager, and concentrated pork ramen flavor packets (the really cheap kind). Our texture is so rubbery we make the lesser market squid seem as soft as room temperature yogurt. In closing- please leave us alone. If you do we promise to help rid California of its unbearable hippie infestation. Pinkie promise! As a red squid living off the coast of Florida I have to join in. The plural of ‘squid’ is ‘squid’. We only use ‘squids’ as a self referential slang, as in ‘me and my squids was hanging out off San Fran when we decided to go inshore and eat some hippies.’ You did get the anti-hippie agenda spot-on. When not eating hippies or moving our tentacles in new and expressive ways we also enjoy squirting ink on stuff, especially walls, canvases, cars, and discarded television sets. Squid have an afinity for adhesive art and pacific rim cuisine, no matter how September 10th it is. We absolutely hate faux-hawks. WE ARE NOT AT ALL TASTY! Our flavor is best described as a cross (or culinary mash up, if you will) between stale peeps, warm domestic lager, and concentrated pork ramen flavor packets (the really cheap kind). Our texture is so rubbery we make the lesser market squid seem as soft as room temperature yogurt. In closing- please leave us alone. If you do we promise to help rid California of its unbearable hippie infestation. Pinkie promise!

]]> By: i_am_at_work http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156589 i_am_at_work Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156589 "All the punks are gonna scream yippee! 'Cause it's the thing that only eats hippies!" First thing that popped into my head. “All the punks are gonna scream yippee! ‘Cause it’s the thing that only eats hippies!”

First thing that popped into my head.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-157104 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-157104 mmmm,rubbery! So, ah, you doin anything later? mmmm,rubbery! So, ah, you doin anything later?

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156852 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156852 <i>I liked it when she said Mesopelagic. That's a great word.</i> Yeah, but 'abyssopelagic' is even better. Who was the narratrix? Hillary Swank, maybe? I liked it when she said Mesopelagic. That’s a great word.

Yeah, but ‘abyssopelagic’ is even better. Who was the narratrix? Hillary Swank, maybe?

]]> By: constance http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156351 constance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156351 they look really beautiful in the waters. they look really beautiful in the waters.

]]> By: Gatorfree http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156607 Gatorfree Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156607 I liked it when she said "Mesopolagic." That's a great word. I liked it when she said “Mesopolagic.” That’s a great word.

]]> By: Spoon http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156353 Spoon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156353 @coyote Or perhaps a random mutation that allows them to thrive in a different environment? @coyote

Or perhaps a random mutation that allows them to thrive in a different environment?

]]> By: Shalom http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156354 Shalom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156354 Gross. Gross.

]]> By: soupertrooper http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156641 soupertrooper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156641 To any of those who seriously doubt, Google Bodega Bay Humbolt Squid Trips. While fun, these charters can get VERY messy. The Humbolts release huge ammounts of ink making the deck very slippery. In the end I had more calamari than I could use which made friends and family very happy. To any of those who seriously doubt, Google Bodega Bay Humbolt Squid Trips. While fun, these charters can get VERY messy. The Humbolts release huge ammounts of ink making the deck very slippery. In the end I had more calamari than I could use which made friends and family very happy.

]]> By: Guesstimate Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/04/01/giant-hippiehating-c.html#comment-156649 Guesstimate Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-156649 Wondering if the presence of the squid is related to the delining salmon populations... Wondering if the presence of the squid is related to the delining salmon populations…

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