[Daffynition]

If you look beyond the strange ludicrousness of this story, I think you'll find a poignancy that touches the heart.

I'm reminded of Harold and Maude:

Maude: Harold, *everyone* has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much.

Jack the kangaroo is stuck here, along with his owners, Larry and Diana, and a goat.

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[WayneS]

Holy crap!

I thought this was some sort of parody until I saw the photos.

Now I’m not so sure...

“He has them all the time” RE: strokes is the quote that made me think this might not be a real story.

[Daffynition]

On some level, this has to touch your heart and your funny bone.

Diana and Jack shopping ....

[screaminsunshine]

Hmmm...I think I would of voted for the Kangaroo over McClame or Oblahblah. The goat would of been a better vp than Biden.

[wbill]

Sigh. Some stories, you just can't make up.

I'm all for people doing their own thing. However, Kind of hard to generate sympathy for them when they do their own thing and it jumps up and bites them.

I've never even *heard* of someone with a kangaroo for a pet. Or, a "wheelchair-assisted goat".

[Bob]

Jack was nestled in Diana's lap as she drove, like a 60-pound Yorkshire terrier.

I certainly hope that wasn't the way she was driving. Yorkshire terriers are terrible drivers. If you've got the choice, always let the labrador drive. :=)

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[r9etb]

Nicholas Cage should star in the Cohen Brothers movie version.....

[Slings and Arrows]

Edward, who was injured in a car accident 13 years ago and needs a cart to get around because his front legs are useless,

How did the goat get a driver's license in the first place?

[dead]

Naming your kangaroo "Jack" is very lame, but having strokes "all the time" is pretty tough, so it's a wash.

the motel allowed goats but not kangaroos...

Naturally. Kangaroos bark all night.

[dead]

...it just seemed up your alley!

[autumnraine]

Oh I SO want to go the movies and see a kangaroo sitting in a seat eating popcorn.

Just once in my life. Really.

[kalee]

As the Moyers’ luck would have it, the motel allowed goats but not kangaroos.

Which motels allow goats?!?!? I don’t believe I care to stay there.

[kalee]

Stranger than fiction ping.

[LucyT]

Two-year-old (Kangaroo) Jack, who is a registered service animal for Diana, helping her get through some recent troubled, emotional times, even "goes to the movies with us," Larry said. He sits there and eats popcorn and everything."

Just when you thought you'd heard it all...

[dbwz]

OK, I need to put a placeholder on this one.

[Dysart]

Don’t look now, but could this be FR’s own Diana In Wisconsin.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Diana Moyer of Beaver Dam, WI...”

This person is NOT me. I repeat, THIS PERSON IS NOT ME, LOL!

However, I, too, have a hard time finding someone to babysit my two dogs, two cats and 50 chickens when I want to run away from home for a week to ten days. :(

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping..Good read.