"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons.
Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert man to the danger; but most of their attempts were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for titbits, so they eventually gave up and left Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived.
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated double backward somersault through a hoop whilst whistling 'Star-Spangled Banner,' but in fact it was this: so long and thanks for all the fish."
- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The second-highest intelligent forms of life on this planet.
And we've turned them into armed assassins.
Great.
Well, guess that's the end of mankind.
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I've been trying to verify the validity of that article because I wanted to use it today in my own post. But fine, you can have it. In the end, I'm just disappointed they don't have "Lazer beams" instead of darts... and they're not man-eating sharks instead of dolphins... and I wish that Austin Powers references never went out of fashion.
You know, your reference is possibly all the better for it's slightly enhanced obscurity. I mean, it would have been too obvious to quote it at the time of the movie. And in a few years, no one will know what the hell you're talking about. But right now? It works... sort of. It's the best possible time for that joke, if it's going to be made at all. So feel good about that.
Anyway, I really think that we need some better choices in what animals we give weapons to. Can you imagine a whole battalion of sparrows with derringers strapped to them? It would be mayhem. MAYHEM!
- Scott
Yeah, this is almost certainly untrue. The guy who initially reported it apparently has a penchant for trying to spread conspiracy theories.
But it sounds like a great idea. I think we should start if we haven't already.
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