On the liberal use of the word "Rescue"
In Mississippi, a group of dolphins at an aquarium were swept out to sea by Katrina and now they are being "rescued."
posted by Monstro D. Whale at
8:08 AM
Sunday, September 18, 2005
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2 Comments:
I appreciate the irony of this situation. But, considering the toxic soup that the ocean is becoming today, a well-scrubbed swimming pool may be a godsend to those 'poor' dolphins.
Plus the origin of the word "rescue" has the latinate prefix "re" meaning to do something over. Hence, such dolphins were actually re-scued {or re screwed perhaps} much in the same way Livingstone, Sir Greystoke, and fun loving Oompah Loompahs were rescued and returned to productive society.
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