Uses for a sea urchin

[jimi]

Can't think of one, can you?

 

[StugeronSteve]

Re: What noise annoys...

...a noisy oyster?

Can't think of one myself.

 

[Becky]

Leave one on your deckchair when not using it. Works better than a towel to keep Germans away. Very handy for pinning reminder messages to. One prickle will winkle out shellfish.

 

[Sans Bateau]

It can also be used to get a crowd gather around you on a beach, stand on one and everyone comes to find out what all the shouting is about!!

Seriously though, remember seeing a girl in Greece, years ago, stood on one, her foot came up like a balloon, ouch!

 

[Cornishman]

They are very useful for cleaning the galley chimney

 

[StugeronSteve]

Can come in handy as a pan scourer on ill equipped vessels.

 

[Gunfleet]

Funnily enough I have a sea urchin here on the desk who comments he can't see much use for a Scotchman. I referred him to Dr Johnson.

 

[catmandoo]

Used to dive for them to use as research at St Andrews University marine biology lab .

Did you now you can eat them raw . Cut out Aristotles lantern , tip the rest up like an oyster and drink the goo

 

[Sgeir]

oxter scratcher

 

[longjohnsilver]

Eat them and make a table lamp from the shell.

Oooops, just remembered I'm still a member of the Marine Conservation Society!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Papapete5]

In greece whre i live, we eat them. or rather my wife who is Greek does... Open up underneath, clean out loose bits, squeeze some lemon juice inside, add olive oil and eat the orangy bits inside. (Yuk!!) i think if you leave them to dry prickles will fall of and shell can make quite nice ornament ,although fragile.

Bon appetite!