Swedish flamingoes massacred in frenzied anteater attack

The Local (Sweden) ^ | April 5, 2011

[ConservativeStatement]

A flock of ten flamingoes have met a brutal end at a zoo in Eskilstuna in eastern Sweden after a curious anteater broke into their compound and clawed them to death, leaving a further five birds nursing injuries.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Dilbert is not a comic. It is real life.

[sionnsar]

Gotta love those Europeans and their solution to labor problems.

Yah. It seems the strikes, "Le Grève," are a regular thing. And it hits the German trains too.

This trip I had the experience of 200 MPH trains.

[sionnsar]

Happy birthday then, ‘Face! (At least it’s tomorrow here today.)

[Tax-chick]

[Monkey Face]

Actually, my birthday isn’t until tomorrow. I just don’t like to shop on Sundays, in keeping with the “Day of Rest” thingy.

:o])

[Tax-chick]

It’s already tomorrow somewhere, and it’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, too, and I believe it’s still 2003 in Ethiopia.

I have to pay the electric bill. I’ll be back!

[Tax-chick]

Well, I did that, and checked the plants. Shannon’s done more euphemisms in my bean patch. It’s very important to her.

I think I’ll put some bean seeds over by the wisteria trellis, since the wisteria isn’t doing much. Other people have wisterias that need their own zip code, but mine keeps acting like it wants to die.

[NicknamedBob]

"Other people have wisterias that need their own zip code, but mine keeps acting like it wants to die."

I'll trade you. Mine wants to kill.

[Tax-chick]

Maybe it’s a triffid.

Time to go to church. Pat and Sally are serving a First Communion Mass, and I have a *shudder* Hispanic Ministry committee meeting.

[Tax-chick]

Turns out there wasn’t a hispanic ministry meeting, but I was going to be there anyway so it didn’t matter. I wrote up my journal and provided affection for Father’s little dog, who was very sad about being shut in the office hall.

[NicknamedBob]

"... and provided affection for Father’s little dog ..."

Only you would consider the phrase "Mother Earth" to be a complete sentence.

[Tax-chick]

I can’t help it. Look what I’m going through over my poor wisteria.

Father’s dog is a Boston terrier of advanced years. Frank keeps getting confused as to whether it’s a dog or a cat. Dogs look like Ash, you see.

[NicknamedBob]

Wait until Frank sees a pug.

With them, it’s hard to tell if they’re coming, or going.

My foster brother described one as “a loaf of bread with four legs”.

[Tax-chick]

Fatheer’s dog has a visible head, but no tail.

Pat, Sally, and Elen have gone to swimming practice. The sun kind of came out, although there are more clouds building to the north. Hopefully there will be no thunder until the girls are done at 4:30.

[Darksheare]

Well, if tales of someone getting saran wrapped to shipboard structures comes back, you know that it just might be my fault.

[Tax-chick]

Anoreth mentioned a story about security risks in Panama which I would SWEAR originated with P.J. O’Rourke.

[Darksheare]

Uh oh.
This I gotta hear.

[Tax-chick]

It had to do with the Mossad being very active in Panama, because of the critical importance of the Canal, so that if American military personnel wandered about in Panama, they might be picked up and interrogated by the Mossad.

I would point out that we might not mind that, because we think Israelis are pretty darn cute ... but it would look bad when we got back to the boat smelling of falafel ...

[Darksheare]

LOL!
I’d worry more about the Chinese toll keepers at the canal instead.

[Tax-chick]

I don’t think Anoreth’s boat went through the Canal, although I didn’t get any information from her, following the rules as she was. The CG has separate divisions for Pacific and Atlantic/Gulf.