January 20, 2005

I've been waiting for somebody else to post this... (via MeFi) Apparently armies of squid are advancing on California. They've even found ways to get inland. AND now, they've got night lights (and just read what they use to make them - yuck!). Even The New Yorker has noticed something. THEY'RE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!!
posted by wendell 19 years ago
  • *prepares stockpiles of salt and cocktail sauce* Let 'em come, the tasty bastards!
  • I for one..... well, you know.
  • We will fight them. With our beer batter and deep-fryers, we will fight them.
  • Oh, crap, and some human traitors are getting acquainted with them... (NSFW 19th century art...) mmh, wait, that's an octopus...
  • Jokes aside, what worries me is the significance of this kind of events. Aftermath of the recent earthquake? Or what?
  • The growth spurt could always be a natural cyclical thing, with all due respect to the man-made factors. I for one... what briank said.
  • You can't eat giant squid, they have too much ammonia in 'em.
  • In complete agreement with Nostril. Plus, the calamari is wicked tough. Like buffalo meat. But squiddy.
  • That's right, we got too much piss and vinegar in us. Don't be afraid. Join us. Join us. Join us.
  • Sounds like we need a Squidrancher.
  • Oh, there he is.
  • Man! I thought that tentacle pr0n was a recent phenomenon with the Japanese, Flagpole, although the picture you link to isn't tentacle pr0n in the strictest sense. There's probably a history PhD dissertation in this.
  • Yep, I'm driving this herd cross country to DC. We invade at dawn. Let's see what kind of threat level homeland security will come up with when they get a look at us.
  • ;E
  • *tips Stetson at Koko*
  • 239 squid recipes
  • Hmmm... Squidranch, The Giant Squid, Squid2005... and that quidnunc dude sounds fishy too... /looks around nervously, locates nearest exit, grabs harpoon
  • The squid's cousin as already come ashore. Of course, since there's a campaign to save them, maybe we shouldn't be too afraid...
  • I'll have mine with extra tentacles
  • you mean . . . the squidnunc kid? *"Good, Bad, & Ugly" theme whistle*
  • You can't eat giant squid, they have too much ammonia in 'em Maybe we can use them as part of our cleaning products...
  • Alert Level: Inky.
  • Well, they do have thier own University and football team. Hell, I'd even vote for one for President. Is that enough to show how I for one...you know?
  • Weezel, I will take your request up with the Elders.
  • ...cephalopods have been given an advantage not available to any other sea creature. Ha! They cheated! I knew it!
  • Deal is, we got these awesome eyes... mine are as big as basketballs. I don't know if that's much of a "world-overthrowing skill", but I'm also a terrific speller.
  • Yeah, but your legs really suck
  • And you smeel like fish!
  • TAGLINE ROLLCALL!!! MonkeyFilter: Let 'em come, the tasty bastards! MonkeyFilter: Aftermath of the recent earthquake? Or what? MonkeyFilter: we got too much piss and vinegar in us. MonkeyFilter: with all due respect to the man-made factors. MonkeyFilter: We invade at dawn. MonkeyFilter: I will take your request up with the Elders. MonkeyFilter: your legs really suck
  • The Stars are Right! The earthquake woke Great Cthulhu from his slumber, the squid are simply his advance minions.
  • I make a lovely from-scratch tartar sauce.
  • Squid are Nature's Ink-Jet Cartridges. This influx of cephalopods is clearly Gaia spamming us.
  • fun thread! Good job, Wendell. don't forget this one: MonkeyFilter: I make a lovely from-scratch tarter sauce Yea, Goofyfoot--we're ALL going to be tarter sauce for these bad boys.
  • The ammonia in squid (and sharks) is easily eliminated by soaking them in brine or milk for 4-8 hours. Alas, the squid invasion has not made it down here to San Diego yet. I'm keeping a sharp eye out. And I say, "bring it on"! Eww, wait, that's not the right quote. Let's go with Churchill instead: "whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. Never surrender! Never!"
  • At last, my dream of seeing GWB devoured by a giant squid may be materializing.... Failing that, I'm with hicinbaby (the soaking and bringing it on bit...mmm.....calamari....).
  • The ammonia in squid (and sharks) is easily eliminated by soaking them in brine or milk for 4-8 hours I soak 'em in milk too. Don't drink the milk afterwards, though. That squid-flavoured milk is some nasty stuff.
  • Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
  • Squid can fly. Sleep well tonight, guys.