Re: [Paddlewise] orphaned baby seals and sea lions

From: John Winters <735769_at_ican.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 08:15:19 -0400
Jackie wrote;



>One of the biggest
>complaints from the personnel at the facility comes from people picking
>up baby seals found on the beach thinking they are orphans.

Who has not been tempted to fondle the silky supple body of a wanton young
seal. It is enough to drive any young west coast lad to cast away his
Victoria's Secret catalogue and go screaming wildly to the beach. And is it
all his fault? Driven wild with desire by non co-operative feminists
trussed up in vinyl and already pierced with enough hardware to set off all
the security checks at LAX from a distance of twenty paces. Certainly the
seals are not entirely blameless, batting those big liquid brown eyes at
everyone who passes and writhing sensuously on the sand.

This is  no new phenomenon. For centuries Selkies have been luring
unsuspecting Scottish lads away from the farm. (Sceptics will say they were
running away from  haggis but we know better) The Selkie was a kind of
early days UFO that, unlike modern UFO's that only kidnap housewives,
garage attendants, and untenured college professors with a book in the back
of their heads, only took rural young Scots who could not afford a ticket
to Edinburgh. That the precise amount of a train ticket to Edinburgh was
usually missing after the young person disappeared was only a coincidence.

Various misguided church women's groups have done nothing to alleviate the
problem  on the west cost beaches. Armed with Gucci shopping bags filled
with cast off Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein they have been ranging the
beaches in an attempt to cloth the seals. It avails them nothing. I myself
have seen a pre-pubescent beach bunny being lured behind a red Corvette by
a seal dressed in a Chicago Bulls jacket and trailing the scent of candied
licorice.

Perhaps it is time we became more enlightened regarding trans species
relations. I know it has only been recently that we abolished miscegenation
laws in the US but are we not capable of extending equal rights to all.

Even so, I can sympathise with the residents of the beaches. Having pimply
faced juveniles picking up seals in your front yard is not good for
property values. Both parties could get on with it better in a trendy night
club than on the beach where all can witness their lewd and lascivious
acts.

Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.d., DD, LL.d, Ph.G
Transcribed by his humble servant John Winters


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