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   Could be a chef from a Japanese Retauarant trying to harpoon him.   
      
      
   "banana"  wrote in message   
   news:2I7VaIAkOj0DFwht@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   > The whale that was in the River Thames in central London yesterday was   
   > reported as having a 'scar' or 'growth' on the left side of its head.   
   >   
   > What caused this? Has someone got a photo?   
   >   
   > I wonder whether the unfortunate animal hadn't been operated upon   
   > beforehand, and wasn't 'guided', by one means or another, to swim up the   
   > Thames?   
   >   
   > --   
   > banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
   >             give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
   >             Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
   >             rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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