Sins It is clear from the above you have NEVER smelt the process of rendering down of whale blubber , or the extraction of Whale oil!!!! Your mention of it even Now, 40 years later made my stomach roll loudly and the contents endevour to make a rapid and involuntary exit through my throat!!
I'll have a large(VERY Large) glass of the 1996 Marques de Riscal Rioja(you can tell it by the brass wire around the bottle) that someone is trying to hide behind the Chianti!!