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European court says France needs more hamsters
The Virignian ^ | 6/9/2011 | Moneyrunner

Posted on 06/11/2011 10:22:14 AM PDT by moneyrunner

France has failed to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace, a cute fur-ball facing extinction with fewer than 200 remaining, Europe’s top court said Thursday. …

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TOPICS: Government; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: europe; france; hamsters
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1 posted on 06/11/2011 10:22:16 AM PDT by moneyrunner
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2 posted on 06/11/2011 10:24:53 AM PDT by dfwgator
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And in the grand scheme of things, what will happen to France if this little rodent vanishes from the face of the earth?

NOTHING.


3 posted on 06/11/2011 10:25:11 AM PDT by NWFLConservative (Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
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Because one can never have enough hammy. Just ask Obama.


4 posted on 06/11/2011 10:25:43 AM PDT by Soothesayer9
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Richard Gere was unavailable for comment...


5 posted on 06/11/2011 10:27:09 AM PDT by GQuagmire ('Don't Piss The Lady Off')
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the choice is yours
6 posted on 06/11/2011 10:27:55 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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....and your father smelled of elderberries!

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/monty-python/d50963d0f31802dafa12d50963d0f31802dafa12-897515128007?q=Monty+Python+your+mother+was+a+hamster&FORM=VIRE1


7 posted on 06/11/2011 10:28:15 AM PDT by NWFLConservative (Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
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Richard Gere was unavailable for comment...

I thought he favored gerbils...

8 posted on 06/11/2011 10:28:53 AM PDT by PROCON (Liberals Mistake Education and Knowledge for Wisdom and Common Sense.)
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France must be careful. Only ugly smelly animals must die, or this guy gets mad.
9 posted on 06/11/2011 10:29:00 AM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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I think Gere’s thing was with gerbils.

Just sayin.


10 posted on 06/11/2011 10:29:33 AM PDT by Soothesayer9
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No picture of the hamsters?


11 posted on 06/11/2011 10:29:57 AM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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Now that was a real “up the ass” comment!


12 posted on 06/11/2011 10:30:12 AM PDT by NWFLConservative (Game On!.................Saracuda 2012)
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Fascinating markings on the little guy.


13 posted on 06/11/2011 10:31:58 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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This is why there are fewer than 200 remaining.

“The hamster, Cricetus cricetus, an animal that hibernates for six months and spends the vast majority of its life alone”

Not very social, are they?

Some ‘rodents’ don’t breed like ‘rats’ apparently!


14 posted on 06/11/2011 10:38:38 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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2:37. Impressive.


15 posted on 06/11/2011 10:43:14 AM PDT by magslinger (Because I read The Book and paid attention!-FReeper Psalm 144)
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16 posted on 06/11/2011 10:50:09 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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In other, wholly unrelated news:

A lengthening list of Hollywood celebrities have vowed to move to France if Obama fails to win re-election in 2012.


17 posted on 06/11/2011 10:54:11 AM PDT by rogue yam
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3G5IXn0K7A


18 posted on 06/11/2011 10:57:47 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Democratic Underground: The Hogwarts of stupid.)
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The Great Hamster of Alsace?

I shall destroy it with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!


19 posted on 06/11/2011 11:08:36 AM PDT by Erasmus (I love "The Raven," but then what do I know? I'm just a poetaster.)
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That’s what happens when you give external control of your country to outsiders.

So far the US has avoided this trap to a large extent, although I know there are exceptions. This is the great danger of a “globalist” president.


20 posted on 06/11/2011 11:22:05 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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