Dec 12
Click for full imageTom Noir Comments: I need you to try, and try REALLY hard, not to think about where that dolphin’s blowhole is.
Published 1969
(Average: 7.09 out of 10)
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Tom Noir Comments: I need you to try, and try REALLY hard, not to think about where that dolphin’s blowhole is.
Published 1969
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December 12th, 2016 at 10:31 am
The destiny of the dolphins seems to be leading to their first taste of human flesh – look, the middle one’s relishing the idea.
December 12th, 2016 at 10:51 am
So long and thanks for all the fish!
December 12th, 2016 at 11:20 am
‘No, see, they’re all wearing bathing trunks. Look closely…what do you mean I have to get off the bus? This isn’t even close to my stop!’
December 12th, 2016 at 11:40 am
It seems this is the ‘tail end’ of a trilogy, preceded by Dolphin Boy (1967) and Daughters of the Dolphin (1968).This one must be when the paternity suit takes place.
December 12th, 2016 at 12:20 pm
Story by Roy Meyers
Cover design by Russ Meyer.
December 12th, 2016 at 12:37 pm
“Fa love Pa… Oi, not that much!”
December 12th, 2016 at 1:01 pm
Ugh, environmentalists, what a bunch of dolphin huggers.
December 12th, 2016 at 1:10 pm
When SeaWorld® trainers go rogue.
December 12th, 2016 at 1:51 pm
“The Upperair World Was A Forest Of Dangers.”
In an impressive double feat, this blurb gets both the “Dumb Coinage” and the Mixed Metaphor Awards for 2016! Move over, Dylan!
December 12th, 2016 at 2:49 pm
Flipper has a lot to answer.
December 12th, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Their swimwear would have to be yellow with polka dots.
December 12th, 2016 at 3:13 pm
They call him flipper, flipper, flipper. Yup, they’re all named flipper.
December 12th, 2016 at 3:19 pm
This trio has discovered a new species: the Humpback Dolphin
December 12th, 2016 at 3:56 pm
Upon further study, it seems that the key to this cover lies in that easy-to-miss fourth dolphin in the background, who’s thinking: “Heh, heh, let those smiling morons act like horses and carry stupid humans around all day. As for me, well, that was a tasty snack!”
December 12th, 2016 at 4:18 pm
The Upperair World Was A Forest Of Dangers But Immersing Air-Breathing Vertebrates In Seawater ALWAYS Works Out Well.
December 12th, 2016 at 4:21 pm
Putting the ‘seat’ in ‘cetacean’.
December 12th, 2016 at 4:49 pm
Note that this book cover tells us that it is the ORIGINAL. There are many naked people + dolphins knock-offs out there, so accept no substitutes!
December 12th, 2016 at 4:57 pm
Hey, Tag Wizard, wouldn’t you think the “devil’s dumplings” tag to be appropriate for this cover?
On a different note, those dolphins are definitely up to something nefarious. Look at their smug grins.
December 12th, 2016 at 5:17 pm
@Anna T.—you seem to have more pull with the Tag Wizard than I do, so why not lobby for a “Smirky McSmug” tag for those all-too-self-satisfied dolphins?
December 12th, 2016 at 5:49 pm
@BC: and what would be the porpoise in that?
(Someone had to say it!)
December 12th, 2016 at 6:45 pm
@DSWBT: 😉
December 12th, 2016 at 6:48 pm
@JuanPaul: funny enough, the people are named Footsie, Footsie and Footsie.
December 12th, 2016 at 9:43 pm
They’re no Bennie and the Jets.
Center dolphin is def. “Smirky McSmug”, as his extreeeemely close personal friend may also be. However, I don’t think “starkers” fits, as the humans are all wearing the famed itsy bitsy teenie etc. Although five’ll get you ten that they *were* starkers before someone hastily added the swimwear.
Since dolphins are now known to be rapey bastids, I’m not fussed about the blowhole. Ghu knows what those two get up to on a daily basis. The girls may be traveling behind them just to keep a wary eye on them.
December 13th, 2016 at 3:57 am
Bet these kids are really ashamed to be stuck with stupid old dolphins when all their friends are riding around on killer whales.
December 13th, 2016 at 1:26 pm
@RachelJ—that orca’s looking kind of smug as well. What is it with these cetaceans?
December 13th, 2016 at 2:21 pm
The Upperair World Was A Forest Of Dangers, So Everyone Sank To the Bottom And Stayed There.
Density and the Dolphins
December 13th, 2016 at 4:46 pm
@B. Chiclitz: You have a point.
@Tag Wizard: So, on top of the “devil’s dumplings” tag, how about “Smirky McSmug” for the dolphins, eh? I mean, just look at their smarmy grins.
December 13th, 2016 at 5:14 pm
The alt text made me laugh out loud. That guy in the middle is totally thinking, “I hope these dolphins know where they’re going, because I sure don’t. Guess it’s my destiny to go wherever they take me.”
Aside: since when does an ocean scene suggest either an “upper air world” or a forest of any kind?
July 22nd, 2019 at 3:01 pm
Reviewed, but not read, in episode 26 of Cover My Ass: “Roy Meyers’s THOT To His Enemies”
https://www.covermyasscast.com/e/26-roy-meyerss-thot-to-his-enemies/
“Boom-Shankar, dear readers-at-home, let’s have ourselves a good old-fashioned beach sesh!
Ayurvedic space hippies think they found the perfect gig, unaware that they’re being exploited by scheming planetary real-estate developers — and the very wildlife they think they’re protecting…
Make love, not peace.”
Thank you for another gem, Good Show Sir 🙂
July 22nd, 2019 at 4:44 pm
@Khaki — It’s almost, as if, in a sense … there is a story behind each of these terrible book covers!
Good Show Sir on your podcast! I’m a subscriber and they are funny as hell.