when the boys on the coast guard cutter set up the tender for a christmas photo joke it was just a joke , BUT then they all got to thinkin.............
Cost cuts lead to ad hoc solutions. This emergency propulsion, er repulsion system is unfortunately unsuitable for use in crowded moorings so they don't let Elmo drive it.
AAP/Reuters: The Australian federal environmental minister Peter Garrett today left Hobart to interdict the Japanese whaling fleet personally. Piloting a low-emission, budget-conscious "LiLo" class frigate, he said "The time has come, a fact's a fact", adding that "the whales aren't theirs, let's take 'em back".
When asked if this move signalled a change in official government policy, Garrett disagreed, saying "I've been muzzled by my colleagues long enough. How can we sleep while our beds are burning?" He went on to say "If the Japanese politicians hit us with trade sanctions, it could certainly hurt coal exports, but if I work all day for the Blue Sky mining company, while there'll be pay in my pocket tonight, the balance sheet will meanwhile be breaking up the sky. As minister for environment, I'm not about to let that happen".
When asked for comment, Captain Paul Watson of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd organisation said "I've always known Mr Garrett had bigger balls than me, I'm glad he's finally decided to reattach them"...