yeah, it is a shit book. 99% of it copied out of an encyclopaedia on whales
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Duke Otterby you pre-verts,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:11,
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All about Whales:
Fact one: Whales are fish.
sigh
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manwithunderpantsonhead older than a Time Lord,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:12,
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Fact two:
The capital of whales is Cardiff.
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giant_squid,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:13,
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fact three: if you see a whale, kill it and steal its oil
the end
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manwithunderpantsonhead older than a Time Lord,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:15,
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but it did inspire
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, so it's not all bad.
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giant_squid,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:14,
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how does that work?
ah you mean, as one man's hunt for the beast that has burdened his life
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Duke Otterby you pre-verts,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:15,
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sounds more like Elmer Fudd to me
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manwithunderpantsonhead older than a Time Lord,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:17,
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A lot of Khan's monologues are straight out of Melville
"From hell's heart I stab at thee" etc.
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giant_squid,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:17,
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so not much from the book then
As wrath of khan contained no whales
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Duke Otterby you pre-verts,
Sun 19 Apr 2009, 19:19,
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