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Drunken Elk Hides Kids' Swing Set in a Tree
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Posted on 09/25/2011 1:58:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An elk drunk from eating fermented apples in southern Sweden ended its binge by making off with a family's swing set and hiding it in the woods. Hunter in hand-to-hoof battle with angry elk (12 Sep 11) Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree (7 Sep 11) 'Leffe the moose man' promises elk intimacy (6 Sep 11) A homeowner from Storebro in northern Kalmar County arrived home on Wednesday night to find his garden littered with bits of apple and other signs that an elk had been partying in his back yard, the local Östran and Barometern newspapers reported.

The concerned homeowner also discovered that the children's swing set which normally sat in the yard was missing.

The man immediately called police, who contacted a local hunter to track down the inebriated elk who was thought to possibly be injured.

Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when fermenting apples are plentiful, both on the ground and hanging from the branches of trees which many Swedes have in their yards.

While police and the hunter failed to meet up with the prank-playing elk, they did eventually find the family's swing set, propped up in a tree deep in the woods about 500 metres from their home.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: elk; elktoberfest; sweden; sweduhn; undeadthread
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To: Monkey Face; fanfan

Um.

If I stay up another hour, I can sort another load of laundry. We’ll see ...

I’m going to put my feet up.


701 posted on 10/24/2011 6:05:56 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Sensible, logical, responsible and practical. I also walk dogs.)
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702 posted on 10/25/2011 4:09:17 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sensible, logical, responsible and practical. I also walk dogs.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Anoreth

“Novelist’s eye” category:

A woman is at Walmart at 7:30 on a Tuesday morning, buying three cans of Red Bull, a box of Cheez-Its, and a copy of “The Five Love Languages.” What’s going on?


703 posted on 10/25/2011 5:23:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sensible, logical, responsible and practical. I also walk dogs.)
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To: Tax-chick

YOIKS!

I’m not sure I would want to go there...


704 posted on 10/25/2011 7:33:47 AM PDT by Monkey Face (It's OK to stumble, as long as you fall forward. <Unknown>)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; Darksheare

Howdy. 21f right now. 20% chance of snow today. The rest of the week is supposed to be sunny.


705 posted on 10/25/2011 8:05:49 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne; Monkey Face

It’s not going to snow here. 61 and sunny.

We went to the library and the Petsmart, because we needed crickets. Otherwise we’d have done the library another day.


706 posted on 10/25/2011 8:27:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sensible, logical, responsible and practical. I also walk dogs.)
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To: Tax-chick
Her husband works third shift so she is buying him snacks and drink for the rest of the week. The book is because she loves him and wants to make sure he knows it by expressing it in the right way.

I would say being up and dressed(?) at 7:30 am to buy your husband Red Bull and Cheez-Its would qualify.

707 posted on 10/25/2011 8:38:32 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (*Philosophy lesson 117-22b: Anyone who demands to be respected is undeserving of it.*)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yes, dressed ... and sensibly, too: slacks, sneakers, jacket. It was in the 40s this morning.

That response actually makes sense!


708 posted on 10/25/2011 8:41:32 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: Tax-chick
It makes sense? Then I must have had the right amount of coffee. :)

The book is very good at not only telling you how to express love and approval to your spouse but also how to recognize it when it is expressed back. Sometimes my sweetie and I have to have a, "This is what I heard, what did you actually mean" talk. Just because you love and live with someone does not mean you speak the same language all the time. Literally in our case, when I hear him muttering in Arabic it is time to get away, explosion is pending, for me it is Greek. :)

Poor Dad, he wanted his children to be literate in the classical languages but all I remember are the insults.

709 posted on 10/25/2011 9:06:28 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (*Philosophy lesson 117-22b: Anyone who demands to be respected is undeserving of it.*)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I get cranky in Spanish.


710 posted on 10/25/2011 9:15:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: Tax-chick
It is very freeing.

Until you are around someone who understands what you say. Realizing that you just described that blasted cat's (who just walked over your freshly applied tung oil) probable ancestry and never once mentioned felines in front of the Chanter from the local Greek Orthodox Church can be a little embarrassing. Even if he does nearly hurt himself laughing.

711 posted on 10/25/2011 10:09:30 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (*Philosophy lesson 117-22b: Anyone who demands to be respected is undeserving of it.*)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Catz can bring out the worst in us. And so many people understand Spanish that it’s of limited use for saying anything you wish people hadn’t understood.


712 posted on 10/25/2011 10:13:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: ColdOne

Still alive, just have a bunch of extra hours this week.


713 posted on 10/25/2011 10:26:51 AM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: Tax-chick
But it is very expressive.
714 posted on 10/25/2011 10:26:56 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (*Philosophy lesson 117-22b: Anyone who demands to be respected is undeserving of it.*)
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To: Darksheare

;)


715 posted on 10/25/2011 10:41:08 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: Tax-chick; Anoreth; Harmless Teddy Bear
"A woman is at Walmart at 7:30 on a Tuesday morning, buying three cans of Red Bull, a box of Cheez-Its, and a copy of “The Five Love Languages.” What’s going on?"

It's poker night. Her hubby's buddies are coming over later, and she wants to have something to read.

716 posted on 10/25/2011 2:45:16 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Dick Cheney - "I was born an American; a blessing surely among life's greatest.")
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

True. As are the catz.


717 posted on 10/25/2011 2:52:48 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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To: Darksheare

Any word if garn is any better??


718 posted on 10/25/2011 8:20:00 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob
"What’s going on?"

I would ask myself that same question when I would see odd set of items while in line. Then one day I saw a man with two boxes of pampers , two cases of beer and a roll of red ribbon. I quit asking myself that question. There some thing I just don't want to know.

719 posted on 10/25/2011 9:09:05 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ( If you can't laugh at your self, I well for you.)
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720 posted on 10/26/2011 3:23:25 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You can tell them I just sailed away.)
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