"Nobody swallows a Dwarf!"
Posted on 01/31/2009 2:02:26 PM PST by woofie
Bangkok: A hippopotamus swallowed a circus dwarf in a "freak accident" in northern Thailand according to a columnist in the Pattaya Mail.
The Grapevine column reported" A circus dwarf nicknamed Od,died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus waiting to appear in the next act"
"Vets said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which caused her to swallow. More than 1000 spectators continued to applaud wildly until they realized there had been a tragic mistake"
Based on current theoretical physics, this may have happened in a parallel universe.
"Nobody swallows a Dwarf!"
I don’t care. It was on the internets, so its gotta be true.
You can’t make this stuff up.
How do I know SNOPES is true? Who’s checking out snopes?
Check it out here Collected on the internet 1994
1. snopes.com: Hippo Eats Dwarf •••
Was a circus dwarf swallowed by a hippopotamus?
...Home --> Horrors --> Freakish Fatalities --> Hippo Eats Dwarf Hippo Eats Dwarf Claim: A circus dwarf died when he bounced off a trampoline into the...
...From the Las Vegas Sun: An Austrian circus dwarf died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a hippopotamus. Seven...
...people watched as little Franz Dasch popped into the mouth of Hilda the Hippo and the animal's gag reflex forced it to swallow. The crowd applauded...
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:23:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
2. snopes.com: Typographical Errors •••
Miscellaneous newspaper stories and typographical errors.
...Paul Finch, returned home unexpectedly, and, spotting an intruder in the garden, had visiting Mrs Finch and, hearing the front door open, had climbed out...
...An Austrian circus dwarf died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a hippopotamus. Seven thousand people watched as...
...people watched as little Franz Dasch popped into the mouth of Hilda the Hippo and the animal's gag reflex forced it to swallow. The crowd applauded...
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:30:07 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/typos01.asp
ya know, the string theory is rough on dwarfs.
Thailand?
When I read the headlines I thought this was going to be a story about Rosie O’ Donnell and Robert Reich.
Authorities report that Snow White has been taken to a local precinct and is being held for questioning...
I did check with Snopes and they said it was Bush’s and the Republican’s fault.
(Just kidding folks)
That was odd.
This is the best 3 3 word title in some time now.
Yet another evil perpetrated by Bush and the IDF
Could be just like factcheck.org which in my opinion was a front for the Obama campaign.
Just another example that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
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