Man Too Busy Texting to Notice Whale Surfacing Right Next to Him - Neatorama

Photographer Eric J. Smith snapped this shot near Redondo Beach, California. A man on a sailboat was texting while a humpback whale surfaced. He never noticed. ABC News (warning: auto-start video) quotes him:

"A small private sailboat maneuvered really close to the whales, and this guy on it was literally sitting in that position and never moved," Smith said. "He could have been texting his mom in the hospital for all I know, but I thought it sucked that he missed such a wonderful moment happening just two feet in front of him."

-via Ed Morrissey

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If he's reading Neatorama on his phone, then he's making the right decision about how to spend his time.

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Probably reading an article on Neatorama about a guy on a sailboat...

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Whatever he was texting, it wasn't important; they never are. He was probably watching a stupid youtube video and missed that amazing whale right there.

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Great Idea! Got featured on Thingsthatmakeyouhappy.com with more images and scenes from Albert Lamorisse’s Le Ballon Rouge. Enjoy:
http://thingsthatmakeyouhappy.com/2011/06/08/floating-bench/

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Ah! Le ballon rouge! This famous French film loved by American school teachers, seens by plagues of American students, but absolutly unknown to the French....

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