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Drunk Badger Blocks German Road
AFP ^ | 7/8/09

Posted on 07/08/2009 12:34:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway

German police called to clear a road of a dead badger found the animal in question had in fact gorged itself on over-ripe, fermented cherries and, blind drunk, staggered out into the middle of the road.

"The animal's stomach had turned the fruit to alcohol and the badger was, to put it crudely, drunk as a skunk," said a police statement on Wednesday. "In addition, the badger was suffering from diarrhoea studded with cherry stones."

Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road near the town of Goslar in northwestern Germany and to sleep off his night of excess in a nearby meadow.

"It could not immediately be established whether the badger got into trouble with his wife when he came home in such a state,"

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: badger; fermentation; germany; napl
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1 posted on 07/08/2009 12:34:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows

Stomach brewing? That brings a new meaning to BYOB.


2 posted on 07/08/2009 12:35:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
"In addition, the badger was suffering from diarrhoea studded with cherry stones."

Ugh! TMI...

3 posted on 07/08/2009 12:35:44 PM PDT by John123 (Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
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To: John123

Well, THERE’s something you don’t see every day.


4 posted on 07/08/2009 12:36:43 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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To: badger

Thought you might be interested


5 posted on 07/08/2009 12:39:03 PM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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6 posted on 07/08/2009 12:39:24 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: nickcarraway

Thought this would be about a Wisconsin Badger in Milwaukee.


7 posted on 07/08/2009 12:39:31 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: nickcarraway
4 out of 5 mammals prefer pre-fermented drinks:

Bad Otter

8 posted on 07/08/2009 12:40:23 PM PDT by IrishPennant (RLT = Radical Left Terrorism...feel it????)
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To: nickcarraway

WARNING: Do not be misled by this story. Most badgers are mean drunks. Much more often than not, stick poking doesn’t end well.


9 posted on 07/08/2009 12:40:46 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: nickcarraway
Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road

Poking a drunk badger? Those beasties can be mean. I wouldn't want to poke a sober one, much less a drunk one.

10 posted on 07/08/2009 12:40:49 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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11 posted on 07/08/2009 12:41:34 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: CougarGA7
It would drive me to drink too.
12 posted on 07/08/2009 12:41:50 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road . . .

Sounds like some of my Navy liberties. :-)

13 posted on 07/08/2009 12:41:50 PM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: nickcarraway; SeaDragon

That’s not a headline I would have ever expected to see.

LOL


14 posted on 07/08/2009 12:42:03 PM PDT by RikaStrom (Bitter? Who me? Nah, I'm just clinging to my guns!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Snake and Mushroom could not be reached for a comment.


15 posted on 07/08/2009 12:42:13 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: nickcarraway

Anti-Wisconsin story!


16 posted on 07/08/2009 12:42:17 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Lazamataz

Badger ping.


17 posted on 07/08/2009 12:42:43 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: nickcarraway

Don’t blame me. Its a sickness.

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/


18 posted on 07/08/2009 12:45:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

You bastard!


19 posted on 07/08/2009 12:45:08 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Apparently singing Oliva Newton John's "Heartattack" is inappropriate in cardiac rehab. Who knew?)
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To: nickcarraway

Drunk Badger? Yep; that’s usually how they end up after losing to Ohio St.


20 posted on 07/08/2009 12:45:13 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Impeach President Soros!!!)
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