Tuesday, August 9, 2011

INSTANT KARMA:  Today's Boston Globe:
On Thursday, a group of Buddhists traveled to Gloucester and purchased 534 lobsters, about 600 pounds worth, from a wholesaler and dumped them back into the sea in a prayer ceremony in which the crustaceans’ bands were cut and blessed water was sprayed on them.

Freedom. But it may have been short-lived.

Yesterday, lobstermen from the fishing vessel Degelyse said they had traveled to the site of the ceremony, laid their traps, and hauled up exactly 534 lobsters...
[HT: The Awl.]
Posted by Adam at 8:53 AM

16 comments:

  1. isaac_spaceman12:12 PM

    Poor planning by the monks, who should have tried to spread out the lobsters, but also kind of a dick move by the Degelyse and its crew. 

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  2. Meghan12:27 PM

    Do they build good karma for the attempt?

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  3. Squid12:35 PM

    As a descendent of dairymen, I think it was a dick move for the monks to buy & dump the lobster in the first place.  Won't anybody think of the butter makers?

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  4. Adam12:39 PM

    Given these circumstances, can we call the Degelyse's haul one of poached lobster?

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  5. Anonymous1:02 PM

    yummmmmm.....lobster. 

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  6. Charles Carmicheal1:17 PM

    Sorry, Buddha.

    Those lobsters were Hindu and some of them were waiting for the wheel to turn......Reincarnation, Ah Yup!

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  7. Bobby3:29 PM

    Don't worry butter makers, it was all a joke from one of those evil bloggers: http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/ill-take-responsibility/

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  8. Anonymous4:06 PM

    Blessed are the Cheesemakers? whats so special about the cheesemakers?

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  9. Rob5:47 PM

    *Sniff* I wish Pinchy was here to enjoy this story...

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  10. isaac_spaceman6:19 PM

    Wait, so are both parts fake or just the part about catching them? 

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  11. Adam6:34 PM

    Just the part about catching them, apparently.

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  12. The Pathetic Earthling7:48 PM

    Blessed are the Cheesemakers?

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  13. Genevieve8:48 PM

    The buttermakers.

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  14. Joseph J. Finn8:50 PM

    <span>Homer: And now for the main course... Steamed Maine Cabbages!
    Bart: Pardon me for asking, but where the hell's my stupid lobster?
    Homer: We're not eating Mr. Pinchy, he's part of the family now. Pinchy, I made you some Risotto.
    Bart/Lisa/Marge: Oh Dad/Homer!
    Homer: What's your problem, veggie, you don't even eat lobster.
    Lisa: No, but I enjoy the smell.</span>

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  15. Squid10:05 AM

    The Adoration of the Baby Cheeses.

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  16. Mr. Cosmo12:31 PM

    And Squid clears the sinuses!  Every time a Babybell cheese comes out of the fridge . . .

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