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...determine their sex (the last pair of swimmerets on the male are hard, pointed, and hairless). She tells you how to kill them humanely. ("Using a sharp knife or lobster shears, cut straight down 1/2 inch into the back of the lobster, at the point where tail and chest join, thus severing the spinal cord and killing the lobster instantly.") For all who think that that's all there is to it, she adds disconcertingly, "To paralyze all muscle spasms, plunge the lobster head first into ... very hot water for 5 minutes, or until lobster is limp...
...ones substituted. Last week, Britain's House of Lords debated "The Wild Creatures and Forests Bill." which will deprive Queen Elizabeth II of a slew of prerogatives, some dating to the 13th century reign of Edward I. Most notable was her right to claim the tail of any whale washed up on the shores of England or Wales, or of any whale washed up in Scotland that proved too large to be dragged off on a "wain with six oxen...
Lord Hailsham, the Lord Chancellor, hastened to assure Her Majesty that the ancient right was of no real benefit to her. "There is an agreeable tradition," said Hailsham, "that the head [of a beached whale] was for the king, the body for the fisherman and the tail for the queen. This was based upon an anatomical fallacy, because it was supposed that the whalebone, which was used for the royal corsets, was in the tail. In fact it is in the head of a whale...
...point, an American helicopter bearing U.S. Ambassador Joseph S. Farland and 10-lb. sacks of rice, molasses and salt was nearly torn apart when it landed among starving Bengalis, who rushed the Ambassador and grabbed at the sacks. As the pilot swung into the air again, the tail rotor cut down three of the mob, seriously injuring them...
Determined to prove it, Plunkett went home that summer and "worked my tail off. I threw almost every day to my old high school receivers." He worked even harder in his sophomore year as a "redshirt," practicing with the varsity but not playing in any games -so that he would have an additional year of eligibility. Finally, he started his first varsity game in 1968 against San Jose State College. Connecting on 10 out of 13 passes for 277 yds., he buried San Jose by throwing for four touchdowns and running for a fifth. A few spectacular performances later...