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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:31 PM Original message |
Woman Eats 22 Pound Lobster On Her Birthday ($500 Entree) |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Umm, I'm pretty sure that's outside the legal weight limits here in Maine. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. my thoughts too |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. rock lobster |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Rock lobsters are small and are caught in the Florida Keys. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't they get rubbery when they get that large? |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Not necessarily |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. True...same thing |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's a good thing that doesn't have pinchers on the way out |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kinda sad, really |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. Very sad. |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Star treatment" indeed, after being plunged live into boiling water no doubt |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. actually they aren't boiled |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Do you work at the restaurant? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. no. what the hell does THAT have to do with anything? |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Wondering how you know that particular lobster was steamed, not boiled |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Invertebrates lack nervous systems developed enough... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Yet, they clearly react to injuries in ways we would |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Involuntary response to stimulus. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I'd love to see some of them |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I've never seen anything peer-reviewed... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Given that science can't measure pain at all |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. Whole Foods doesn't agree. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. hey, don't drag science into this! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. If someone claims that science has proven |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. i understand what you are saying |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I'll disagree about it making sense. |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Right, animals are autobots. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. .... |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. You completely missed the point. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. That's absurd. |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I'm not incapable of that, although you seem to be incapable of |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Invertebrates aren't sentient; |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. According to the dictionary they are. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Sorry, but I DO know the definition of the word; |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. And afterward, she crapped on a poor person in the street. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. A creature makes it to 110 years old and they KILL it? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I appreciate the sentiment but have to wonder what their lifespans' |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. According to this article, east coast lobsters |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. So it may have been close to the end of it's life anyway? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. My thought, exactly. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Yup... disgusting. The whole thing is just nasty all the way around. n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. It's basically an insect |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Where do you get the idea that it is basically an insect? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. True - but in terms of intelligence, and their biology |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Well, all crustaceans are arthropods... |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. I remember that one, and you're right. It's about the same thing. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. Exactly |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. I agree, it's sad that something lives that long and meets this fate. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. So how much actual "meat" in a 22 lb lobster? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Gluttony |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yuck - I've found that beyond two pounds, they get rubbery and not as tasty |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Did I miss something? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. rest of the article..... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Still doesn't say she ate it |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "And how did Chelsea taste? “It was perfect,” Verde said." |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Verde is the restaurant manager |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. That seems like way too much meat to me |
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pdx_prog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. I like a good surf and turf just as much as the next person |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Shame on her.. |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. A N.H. woman just won an even bigger one in a raffle |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Uh huh uh huh.. but... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. Considering this happened in Louisiana... |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. Those people are pigs |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. wow i suspect she had help eating that bad boy! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Does "soylent green" mean anything to you? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. anyone else but me find lobsters absolutely disgusting |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. wonder how many toxins are in a hundred-year-old scavenger? |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
44. Disgusting people, but fitting |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Do you like crawdads? |
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Lowell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Of course I love mudbugs and rice |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Excellent! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. How much butter was required? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. I love lobster, but I find this sad... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. That's just wrong |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. Oh man, you guys are making me feel guilty. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. How sad....that lobster was alive the last time |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. Tacky, just plain tacky |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. Puke |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
69. Damn. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
72. "Now fell me a redwood -- I need some toothpicks." nt |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
81. Would that even taste good? |
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