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Subject: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/10 at 2:27 pm

Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke says porpoises saved his life - by pushing him back to shore after he fell asleep on his surfboard.

The veteran actor, 84, told reporters how his ordeal began during an ill-fated trip to his local beach, reports The Guardian.

"I woke up out of sight of land," he said. "I started paddling with the swells and I started seeing fins swimming around me and I thought 'I'm dead!'

"They turned out to be porpoises. And they pushed me all the way to shore."

As well as Mary Poppins, Van Dyke's film credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dick Tracy. In recent years he has appeared on screen in Night at the Museum and its 2009 sequel.

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: snozberries on 11/11/10 at 3:58 pm




wait.... he's 84.... why was he out surfing????

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: gibbo on 11/11/10 at 5:16 pm




wait.... he's 84.... why was he out surfing????


He wasn't surfing...he was sleeping!  ;)

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: snozberries on 11/11/10 at 5:42 pm


He wasn't surfing...he was sleeping!  ;)


well his caretaker or the nursing home staff should tell him a surf board is not a bed  :P

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: gibbo on 11/11/10 at 8:59 pm


well his caretaker or the nursing home staff should tell him a surf board is not a bed  :P


Yeah...they should back slam him on a bed of nails. Then he can't go nowhere!!!  >:(    FIXED :P :P :P  (yes...I saw your correction).  ;)

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: wildcard on 11/11/10 at 9:09 pm

what should we do with the drunken actor?                          84 out surfing and falls asleep  I don't think so

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: Foo Bar on 11/11/10 at 9:54 pm


what should we do with the drunken actor?                          84 out surfing and falls asleep  I don't think so


Banana Daiquiri, anyone? 

Anybody?

Nobody?

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/s320x240.jpg

Fine.  So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/12/10 at 4:59 pm

On the home page it just says "Porpoises save Dick..."

I pictured some guy skinny-dipping out in the ocean who suddenly sees a huge fin coming straight towards him, and then at the very last second two dolphins come out of nowhere and slam into the side of the shark, knocking it off course and thwarting its attack.

For which they'd both certainly deserve the Congressional Medal of Honor.  8)

Subject: Re: Porpoises save Dick Van Dyke

Written By: gibbo on 11/12/10 at 5:06 pm

So Van Dyke went to sleep out there on porpoise?

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