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Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered! [VINTAGE] (youtu.be)
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Coming up on the 54 year anniversary.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now there's a blast from the past - I remember this doing the rounds back in the day when you had to figure out the right codecs to watch something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I was born after the event, but when I was in cub scouts, long before the internet, one of my fellow scouts' parents worked for the news station that shot this piece and brought a VHS of it to a meeting once. It became a legend at our school to the extent that the parent later gave a copy to the school to show to kids so they wouldn't be left out of the fun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

well that was SOO worth it. thank you.

when the guy questioned how much explosive it would take I started giggling pretty good. like who the fuuuuck thought THIS was the best idea? lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dat aftermath

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Dat smell too

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Hwhale.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You know someone pitched the idea as a bullshit excuse to use a bunch of dynamite and everyone jumped on the bandwagon. For anyone who does not know, Florence OR is this little seaside town with not that much going on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Some great off road and camping sites though. Love Florence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's a great Dollop about this Whalesplosion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yes my favorite example of "unusual problems require unusual solutions.*"

*Your mileage may vary.