Monday, 23 May 2011

Quick, Everyone, Down To Brightlingsea Harbour!

Bring your own lemon juice and Tabasco sauce:
Wild oysters are being dredged in Brightlingsea’s harbour after their razor-sharp shells cut the hands and feet of sailors.

Brightlingsea Sailing Club requested the rock oysters be removed after members suffered injuries while landing and launching their boats.
If only all problems were so easily solved!
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6 comments:

  1. Macheath23 May 2011 at 09:13

    Not so fast, Julia! Remember this?

    According to Marine zoologist Alex Ford, 'Effluent is concentrated in river estuaries and coastal areas, which is where shrimps and other marine life live - this means that shrimps are taking on the excreted drugs of whole towns.'

    Somehow the presence of Colchester just up-river is a little off-putting...

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  2. Captain Haddock23 May 2011 at 10:13

    Easy answer to this one ..

    Ship the entire "harvest" over to France & spread a little sunshine ..

    Let's face it, the French have been giving us the shits for centuries ..

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  3. Woman on a Raft23 May 2011 at 10:37

    There have been sightings of a walrus and a carpenter offering to act as consultants.

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  4. Captain Haddock23 May 2011 at 10:48

    @ WOAR ...

    Nice one .. Lol

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  5. David Gillies23 May 2011 at 21:47

    Bleurgh. I love seafood, just not raw oysters. Pan-fry 'em for thirty seconds in garlic butter, no worries, but otherwise it's basically just a lump of phlegm on a seashell.

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  6. JuliaM24 May 2011 at 06:07

    "Somehow the presence of Colchester just up-river is a little off-putting..."

    Eeew! Maybe David Gilles' idea is the best one after all.

    "There have been sightings of a walrus and a carpenter offering to act as consultants."

    /applause

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