Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke

[Courtesy Flush]

Source: The Guardian

Van Dyke's ordeal began during an ill-fated trip to his local beach. "I woke up out of sight of land," the 84-year-old actor told reporters. "I started paddling with the swells and I started seeing fins swimming around me and I thought 'I'm dead!'"

Van Dyke was wrong. "They turned out to be porpoises," he said. "And they pushed me all the way to shore." The porpoises were unavailable for comment.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/11/dick-van-dyke-porpoises-rescue

[CatWoman]

1. ELIANNNNNN!!!!!!

:)

[librechik]

2. wha? Did he trip over an ottoman and fall into the ocean?

[CatWoman]

3. rofl!!

:)

[FSogol]

5. +1, LOL. n/t

[madmax]

6. LOL

[abelenkpe]

7. LOL!

Awesome! That truly made my day :)

[Roland99]

12. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Man I miss DUzys. nt

[ThatsMyBarack]

33. ....

:rofl: OH, ROOOOB!!! :rofl:

[underpants]

44. Pickles says, very funny

[Enrique]

53. ha!

:spray:

[tomhayes]

4. I hope this story is true

Because it's just about the best story I've hear all year long!!!!

[MinneapolisMatt]

8. Best headline of the year!

Wow. HAHAHAHA!

[felix_numinous]

9. Bless his heart, surfing at 84!!

[Obamanaut]

50. Probably not. Merely telling a tale on teevee at 84. nt

[formercia]

10. An actor with a porpoise

Porpoises with a porpoise.

A good story.

[LongTomH]

16. The Porpoise-Driven Life?

:hide:

[live love laugh]

47. Literally...yes his life was in the hands (fins?) of porpoises who drove him to shore. nt

[leveymg]

19. An unexamined life isn't worth pushing back to shore.

I guess it was the penguins who told the porpoises that Mr. Van Dyke's life was well-examined and found to be one of the ones worth saving.

[formercia]

35. Perhaps they were just throwing him back.

Gear Adrift.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Porpoises rock!

:yourock:

Thanks for the thread, Courtesy Flush.

[xchrom]

13. A headline I never thought I'd see. Nt

[Frisbee]

18. Well I always knew it was only a matter of time.

:rofl:

[Pab Sungenis]

15. You sure it was porpoises

and not penguins?

[rocktivity]

24. It's called reaping what you sow, LOL

He made the penguins famous--the porpoises returned the favor!

:rofl:
rocktivity

[Lasher]

17. He's lucky it wasn't narwhals.

He'da been Steve Irwined.

[BrklynLiberal]

20. I guess Dick Van Dyke has some great Karma going there

[rocktivity]

21. This story is totally unbelievable

He's 84 and he still surfs?

:wow:
rocktivity

[EFerrari]

25. Well, if he was going to develop a pattern of truthiness

we would have seen it by now. :)

I love Dick Van Dyke. If he told me space aliens made his breakfast and did the dishes, I'd believe him. :)

[Ilsa]

51. He amazes me. There is an outclip of him dancing in the credits

of Night at the Museum. Modern moves, flexibility, it's all there.

[Haole Girl]

22. He can surf at 84?!

Wow.

[eShirl]

49. No, but he can nap on a floating board.

[struggle4progress]

23. Dude! Porpoises Once Saved Surfing Dick Van Dyke

Actor Dick Van Dyke says that porpoises once saved him when he dozed off on his surfboard and ended up out of sight of land. He did not say when this event happened ...

http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/etc/101111-porpoises-once-saved-surfing-dick-van-dyke.html

[SteppingRazor]

26. My claim to fame: In my 8th Grade talent contest, Dick Van Dyke said I was "Really good."

(In answer to the question, "What was Dick Van Dyke doing watching your 8th grade talent show?", I went to school with his grandson.)

[glitch]

29. Color me impressed (and envious) :) nt

[nolabear]

27. Thank goodness he didn't get pushed across the state line, just in case they were immoral porpoises.

[PurityOfEssence]

28. Yes, and they would definitely be performing a man act

And like they say at the end of French movies, "Fin"...

[Dyler Turden]

36. Awwwww! Reminds me of the punchline

Crossing the stately lion for immortal porpoises.

One of the worst jokes in the world that still brings a smile to my face.

[sufrommich]

30. "And they pushed me all the way to shore."

I think Mr. Van Dyke is telling a tall tale.

[surrealAmerican]

34. ... but it's not a fish tale ...

... they're mammals.

[Contrary1]

31. One of the reader's comment:

"Flippercalifragilisticexpialidoshus!"

:rofl:

[DainBramaged]

32. I have a porpoise for Dick

[Cetacea]

43. You'd do the same with dull normals

given the circumstances. :)

[LWolf]

37. I ran into Dick Van Dyke near his (then) local beach about 20 years ago.

Marina Del Rey. I was visiting an elderly relative who lived there, and went for a walk for some fresh air. I looked up, and coming toward me was a kind of lanky older man in shorts and flip flops with a nice smile. I smiled back as if I knew him, and then realized who he was and froze. He chuckled, waved, and went on.

I was thrilled, because I'd run into Bert, a favorite character from one of my favorite movies of all time, off on one of his adventures. ;)

I have no trouble believing that he fell asleep on his surfboard and was helped back to land by porpoises. :D

[Ilsa]

52. He dances in the credits of Night at the Museum. Good moves. Nt

[UTUSN]

38. What did we ever do to porpoises to deserve this?!1 n/t

[Shireling]

39. We need to take better care of their home.

They save our lives. We give them oil to drink.

:hippie:

[jmondine]

40. Anyone who dances with penguins is a friend to porpoises

[Canuckistanian]

41. Meanwhile, in a parallel universe.....

Giant Lemurs are rescuing Dean Martin from wild boars.

Yeah, right.

[Cetacea]

42. The photo shows a belugo whale, a species that has nothing to do with cavier.

He was most likely pushed ashore by bottle-nose dolphins. It's interesting that some find this story hard to believe. lol

[underpants]

45. Dwight Shrute weighs in

Dolphins get a lot of good publicity for the drowning swimmers they push back to shore, but what you don’t hear about is the many people they push farther out to sea! Dolphins aren’t smart. They just like pushing things.

[Cetacea]

46. lol. There was a story of a pod pushing Navy sailors onto enemy shores

[Syrinx]

48. by "reporters" the Guardian meant Craig Ferguson and Geoff Peterson...

The mohawked skeleton robot.

Dick Van Dyke told that story on Craig's show the other night. And if it happened for real, it was a long time ago.

[MrScorpio]

54. Porpoises love pushing things

Dick Van Dyke is lucky that the ones he met pushed him in the right direction.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

55. renews your faith in porpoise-kind

actually, I never lost my faith in porpoise-kind.

It's man-kind I have problems with.


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