Drunken Elk Hides Kids' Swing Set in a Tree

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[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.

[NicknamedBob]

"Well, you ain’t too far off...."

I'm making progress. I'm trying to master the devilishly clever and mysterious abilities of the jellyfish.

Shouldn't you be working? Or sleeping?

[Tax-chick]

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[Monkey Face]

Meh and double meh.

[Tax-chick]

And a good morning to you cheerful people, too.

[NicknamedBob]

I was cheerful this morning.

And then I woke up.

[NicknamedBob]

Your tagline:

"Dan, is that your eyeball on the floor?"

Reminds me of the early days in the Castle, when we were kicking empty bottles around in the mornings.

Dan had his act together then.

[Tax-chick]

Ahh, the good old days, when Pacific Coast (and further westward) people would turn up and trash the place every night.

Back before Dan started showing symptoms of the Zombie Plague ... the tagline is a direct quote from one of his brothers.

Fortunately, things should get back closer to what passes for normal within a few days after Hallowe’en.

[ThomasThomas]

My sister said it snowed yesterday out her way. It has been cold here also, last night it dropped below 50^o. I always liked kicking cans better than bottles. Not for the kicking as much as if you stomp on bottles you can get them to stick to your feet and walk on then.

[NicknamedBob]

Nobody offered us 2¢ deposit on cans in those days.

[Monkey Face]

I’m cheerful! I’m so cheerful in fact that I went to breakfast with Busdaddy. Pleasant surprise for a Sunday.

Now I’m home. It’s 56 out, clear with a slight breeze.

Someone clipped fire hydrant and ran into two gateposts along the fence, long about 6:15. I was going to go out and see what it was, but I was in the middle of a jigsaw puzzle.

I told Busdaddy I’d meet him outside and then had to re-consider once I got outside. I told him to meet me at the west driveway because emergency vehicles were blocking the east drive. Probably folks on their way home from a night of drinking.

One just never knows these days.

Things are never static here.

[Monkey Face]

Yahbut. That was back in the day when Rexxy crashed the wall into the Smoky Back Room, and we began construction on the Flying Castle.

Boy. Those were the days....

[Monkey Face]

Tin cans made a much better noise than aluminum cans do, and they were harder to flatten.

It also used to take a really strong man to bend a bottle cap between his thumb and forefinger...not today...

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Morning has broken
(I didn't do it)
Blackbird has spoken
(It wasn't my fault)

I hate being hustled out of morning service. It lacks dignity. Of course, so does fainting at the altar so ya have to pick sometimes. :)

[NicknamedBob]

Rexxy has been doing bit parts in the movies for a while now.

He had hoped for a big break, playing Godzilla, but he just didn’t have the voice for it.

At least he doesn’t have to subsist on tilapia and traveling salesmen any more.

[Monkey Face]

*HUG*

Awwww...poor Fluffy!

[Monkey Face]

He’s on youtube a lot, too, right? He’s such a publicity hound.

[NicknamedBob]

"I hate being hustled out of morning service. It lacks dignity. Of course, so does fainting at the altar so ya have to pick sometimes."

We had somebody faint at the altar in the Church of Bob once.

I have to admit, the snoring was a distraction.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Tends to throw you off your rhythm.

[NicknamedBob]

"Tends to throw you off your rhythm."

You just go with the floe, er, phlegm, er, I mean, "go with the flow".