I don't know, it just seems like they would make good sponges, what with their gelatinous bodies, and all those tentacles...
-- Cuit_au_Four, May 22 2010

All pun, no bun.
-- swimswim, May 22 2010


You wish. Here's fish.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 22 2010


This made me smile. I'd suggest giving the jellyfish genes for oil-digestion prior to dumping.
-- sninctown, May 22 2010


More generally, given that the leak is quite slow, it should be possible to find *something* which would adsorb or absorb the oil and remain denser than water, keeping it on the seabed. Perhaps bankers or politicians.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 22 2010


No good. Politicians, as everyone knows, are full of hot air, which is less dense than water.
-- mouseposture, May 22 2010


expanded polystyrene foam?
-- po, May 23 2010


//given that the leak is quite slow//

That's a relative sort of a concept. 5000 barrels a day is only a slow leak in comparison to... erm... well, a really really big leak indeed.
-- wagster, May 23 2010


The most recent stuff I've been hearing is that they've now managed to capture about 5000 bbl per day, but they're still missing the other 90%. So the real numbers are still out there, somewhere...
-- lurch, May 23 2010


//given that the leak is quite slow//

The real numbers are much, much higher.
-- nomocrow, May 23 2010


I don't understand the premise hat gelatinous bodies would make good sponges. If that were true, shouldn't I be able to go into a supermarket and buy a gel-sponge for my kitchen? I can't; all they have is sponge-sponges. No?
-- jutta, May 23 2010


So, we could be first on the market?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 23 2010


And where can I get one of those premise hats?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 23 2010


I wonder how absorbant lawyers are.

And then there's always Bounty. Lots and lots of paper towels.
-- RayfordSteele, May 24 2010


//I wonder how absorbant lawyers are.//
What we need is a profession that's hydrophobic and amphipathic. How about bishops? According to Disraeli, they're both oleaginous and saponaceous.
-- mouseposture, May 24 2010



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