Whale cruising up the Thames in London, passed Parliament

I hear the Japanese whaling ships are trailing close behind.

Oh my God, is this recently?

Ive been on a boat on the Thames, enjoyable but I dont know if it would be my first choice.

I think if I were a whale Id like to scare the b'jesus out of everyone in Venice.

My Mother in law loves to go for an early morning swim.

She probably stuck her arse out of the water.

Bloody shock for any passers by, methinks.

Funny you mention that Ellpus. I took this photo on a trip to London not long ago.

Edit [Moderator]: Image converted to link:
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Oh my God, thats me!

That's a lot of material, girl!

Oh, thats a good one, I shoulda come up with that...

You did Nimh(wink wink) dont you remember we were just discussing that earlier(wink)and you said it but I stole it(nudge nudge I want 5 pounds in unmarked coins)

How about 2.2 pounds?

In unmarked coins huh?

The answer is a giant basket of fish and chips with a couple buckets of malt vinegar.

California's Humphrey, the humpback whale
When I lived in California, we were started to find a lost whale, which was named Humphrey, in an estuary of the San Francisco Bay.---BBB

HUMPHREY: Probably the most famous humpback whale is "Humphrey," who was rescued twice by The Marine Mammal Center and other concerned groups. The first rescue was in 1985, when he swam into San Francisco Bay and then up the San Joaquin River.

Five years later, Humphrey returned and became stuck on a mudflat in San Francisco Bay near 3 COM Park. He was pulled off the mudflat with a large cargo net and the help of a Coast Guard boat. Both times he was successfully guided back to the Pacific Ocean using a "sound net" in which people in a flotilla of boats made unpleasant noises behind the whale by banging on steel pipes, a Japanese fishing technique known as "oikami." At the same time, the attractive sounds of humpback whales preparing to feed were broadcast from a boat headed towards the open ocean.

Since leaving the San Francisco Bay in 1990 Humphrey has been seen only once, at the Farallone Islands in 1991.

the whale has died at 7pm London time

Aww!

Watched live - BBC has a video on their website

save the whales; collect the entire set. but cerally folks this is what nature is all about not that I don't like whales but really this one went the wrong way (as happens in nature) just as the zebra gets eaten by the lion or the elephant gets mired in the mud. It's nature.

very sorry to report whale dead

sorry didnt read previous post.

There will be a national day of mourning on Monday. Whale to be give state funeral and buried in the crypt of St Pauls.