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Author Topic: Whale Farts Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-30-2003 03:23 PM                        Just had to share this: From the Discovery Channel: Whale Flatulence Captured in Photo  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-30-2003 03:42 PM                        Interesting. Though I am not sure if there were enough pop-ups at that site. You'd think Discover wouldn't need pop-ups.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-30-2003 03:49 PM                     Gives new meaning to the phrase, "thar she blows!"  |  IP: Logged Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 08-30-2003 03:52 PM                        IF they had been observed here in NZ they might be subject to our silly Green House Emission Tax , At present they are going try to Tax farmers for Emissions from their Live Stock or F.A.R.T Tax. Story Follows === ENVIRONMENT-OFFBEAT 'Fart tax' causes a stink A tax on farting, belching livestock to be introduced by New Zealand to help combat global warming is creating a stink among the country's farmers. Methane emissions created by grass-munching cows, sheep, deer and goats are believed to account for about half of New Zealand's emissions of greenhouse gases. Now the country is attempting to clear the air by introducing a levy on pungent emissions by mid-2004. The tax will fund a new Agriculture Emissions Research body to meet commitments to the Kyoto Protocol global environment agreement. Farmers are outraged But farmers are outraged, saying the agricultural sector is already paying for its own research. The new tax, which will bring in around eight million NZ dollars a year (US$4.5-million) amounted to "overkill", said Jeff Grant, chairman of Meat New Zealand, a livestock industry support organisation. Tom Lambie, president of agricultural body Federated Farmers, said the levy disadvantaged farmers struggling to compete against less gas-anxious nations. "As far as I'm aware, we're the only country in the world to impose a levy like this," he said. NZ farmers facing hard times Jim Eagles, business editor of the New Zealand Herald daily called the levy "unnecessary, unfair and potentially damaging to the economy." New Zealand's farmers are already facing hard times due to a sharp downturn in returns for their produce. Eagle said factories from industrialised nations, not herds of cattle and sheep, were the main cause behind the increase in global warming, he said. New Zealand is home to around 45 million sheep and 9.6 million cattle, according to Statistics New Zealand. AFP  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-30-2003 04:11 PM                     I didn't get ANY popups. Oh wait, it's because I am using the mighty Opera browser.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 08-30-2003 07:15 PM                    The "Proxomitron" local proxy does it for me! (Navigator or Exploder)  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-30-2003 07:48 PM                     Thanks to Mozilla, I've virtually forgotten what a popup is. The Mac OS X Mozilla browser, which I use, allows you to deflate popups by turning off the "allow scripts to open unrequested windows" preference. It works 99.9% of the time (alas, I've happened across at least one popup-killer-hostile site in my travels) and earns an from me.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-30-2003 09:21 PM                        Funny, I didn't get any popups when I hit that site, and I'm using IE6 with no special popup killers. I am behind a NAT box being used as a firewall but I don't think that would make any difference.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 08-31-2003 12:50 AM                     Geeze, I wonder what an elephant can do...  |  IP: Logged Travis Hubrig Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Minot ND, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 08-31-2003 12:59 AM                     I've got a buddy that we should be taxing...  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 08-31-2003 04:25 AM                        quote: Geeze, I wonder what an elephant can do... Paul, whales are much bigger than elephants, so that is probably the biggest fart in the world! On the other hand, elephants are probably the animals which deliver the most impressive sneeze (on account of the long nose).  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 08-31-2003 06:02 PM                     I've got a friend with a Great Dane that can kill, and yes, we are talking farts. Miss Marbles: (sniff) Good God, Gas! Miss Withers: I cant help it, I'm old. Miss Marbles: No, not that kind.. The kind that kills! Miss Withers: Sometimes my gas k... --from Murder By Death (1976 Columbia/Rastar)  |  IP: Logged

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