The Amazing George

The story of George the lobster caught my attention this morning. Evidently, a New York seafood place had a 140 year old lobster in their tank, only days or hours away from certain steamed execution. But PETA stepped in and convinced them to release 'George' to a sanctuary where lobster trapping is forbidden. The whole story is here. What most interests me is the fact that George managed to live 140 years before getting caught. In the meantime, George has witnessed the Spanish-American War, the times before we had the automobile, the sinking of The Titanic, World War I, The Great Depression, World War II, the entire lifespan of the Soviet Union, 26 U.S. presidential administrations (he would have been born in Ulysses S. Grant's term), the dawn of the Nuclear Age, The 1960's...that's impressive. I would love to sit down with George and get his firsthand impressions of the Depression years, what he thought of the flappers and the hippies, whether he prefers the days before cell phones, computers and iPods. If he could talk. And think. And live outside of water.


ABOVE: George will live out his days in peace in a lobster sanctuary, thanks to the efforts of PETA and the pardon granted by City Crab & Seafood