Stalin's last army - hordes of gigantic crabs on their way to invade Europe -

The Telegraph - UK ^ | February 28, 2004 | Julius Strauss

[G.Mason]

"Typical! Euroweenies just don't understand that FREE ENTERPRISE could take care of this problem very easily."

The entrepreneur spirit was shot out of them many years ago. They can't do anything on their own. The government must tell them what to do.

We're getting that same training now, in the U.S..

[commish]

OK, I am now officially Hungry and ready to do my part to save Europe from this horrible sciurge. Pass the butter, and lets get to saving!

[IrishCatholic]

YOU BET! I would love to have as much crabmeat as I could. What fools. If I lived there I would go into the crab business in a heartbeat. I would tell the enviro-nuts I am protecting nature.

[OpusatFR]

I have the Old Bay and a huge pot.

Somebody else bring the corn.

[stboz]

Man! I could sell a *hitload of those things in Fresno!

[7.62 x 51mm]

I'm on that same page with you both! I'm bringing some sledgehammers and 200lbs of clarified butter. I'd bet that claw meat is awesome!

[freedumb2003]

What a problem, having hordes of $10/LB critters advancing on you

Too bad Stalin didn't have a taste for lobster!

[americanbychoice2]

Why would you need Socialist Norways permission to fish for them, if you stayed outside the territorial limits? According to the reports, they are all over the place?

[BooBoo1000]

Corn, don't space for corn, bring on the Crabs. Nothing better than a crab omlette. Or bring the crackers, and whack. UMM

[7.62 x 51mm]

I wouldn't ask permission, in the first place. 12 miles out and they can't say boo-hoo anyway. Just wait until a child or pet is caught and eaten; the socialist Norweigans will be offering bounties for everyone to *get 'em*.

[americanbychoice2]

looks like a business opportunity to me? Wnat to buy a boat and start catching critters? :)

[Lady Jag]

[SAMWolf]

[talleyman]

We must get the UN involved immediately. They can easily spend the next 12 years passing resolutions ordering the crabs to comply with their previous resolutions. Oops, bad idea - they'd set up a crabs for food program - never mind. Pass the butter!

[7.62 x 51mm]

I was thinking the same thing... Freeze them immediately and fly them back here to America, where they'd bring top dollar. Heck, crab's almost $21/lb here in southcentral Penna, now.

You could probably pay-off the boat purchase in under 5 days, if you really humped. Stay out for a month or so, and there's no telling what you could make.

[Calamari]

In the 1990s, for reasons nobody quite understands, the population exploded.

Global Warming? Global Cooling?

[AnAmericanMother]

At present, some Norwegian fishermen have been granted seasonal licences to catch the Kamchatka crab but stiff regulations on the size of the boat used and other criteria mean they are few in number.

Aasmund Bjordal, of the Department of Marine Resources in the western Norwegian town of Bergen, said: "We're between two policies. One is to get rid of the crabs. The other is to manage it as a fishing resource.

How typically socialist. With their stupid permits and "criteria" (probably 5 or 600 pages of regulations), they're stopping the natural predators (man) from taking care of the problem. They can't see a gold mine while they're tripping over the nuggets.

Stand back and let the fishing enterprises come in with large boats, harvesting equipment, and a large freezer plant. They'll ship 'em all over the world at bargain prices, and soon have the seafloor all nice and peaceful again. Sustained fishing should keep the numbers down enough for the other fish to replenish themselves.

Idiots. And now I'm hungry. I LOVE crab. Zatarain's Crab Boil, couple of bay leaves, my big 4 gallon lobster kettle, a pair of pliers, nutmeat pickers, and LOTS of butter melted and clarified. Put a big pile of napkins in the middle of the kitchen table and STAND BACK!

Isn't me - it's some lucky Dutchman. Wish it were me.

[Lady Jag]

I'm getting hungry

[AnAmericanMother]

Wouldn't work. They'd just imprison you and seize your boat.

These people are deluded.

At least crab is cheaper here -- around $15/lb last time I looked at the Publix.

[Bon mots]

Bring 'em on!