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7 foot moose headbutts girl (Actual Headline!)
The Sun ^
| 3/09/11
| Staff
Posted on 03/10/2011 12:10:12 PM PST by txroadkill
A WOMAN suffered injuries to her face and chest after being headbutted by a 7ft MOOSE. The 50-stone animal attacked her as she tried to CUDDLE it.
The 24-year-old woman had spotted the moose eating from a tree in Anchorage, Alaska.
A police spokeswoman warned people "not to agitate the moose".
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: amoosebitmysister; napl; stupidhumans
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To: Navy Patriot
To: Verginius Rufus
“50-stone is 700 pounds American”
Check your math; the last I knew a “stone” is equivalent to 20 pounds. That makes the beast 1000 pounds.
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
Well, after reading your comment, I got to wondering why you would come up with a bizarre number for a stoneweight, so I checked it out.
You came up with that figure because that's the OFFICIAL weight the Brits use (unless they're weighing meat; then it's only 8 pounds)! So, is the moose 700 or only 400 pounds??
FWIW: In the vernacular, a stoneweight is anything from 4 to 26 pounds. In Europe, where I became acquainted with the term, it is commonly understood to be 20 pounds.
To: Slings and Arrows
Ummm.... a moose story for you. (grin)
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:22:33 PM PST
by
PERKY2004
(Proud wife of a military pilot ~ He's in his 28th year of military service and appreciates prayer!)
To: txroadkill
Why izit the UK finds all the good stories?
45
posted on
03/10/2011 2:37:35 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: Verginius Rufus
They need to put up signs: DO NOT CUDDLE THE MOOSE That would not be necessary if parents took the reponsibility of telling their kids that. But 83% of parents fail to do so.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:53:15 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it -Voltaire)
To: Cowman
I always wanted a house with a fireplace and a moose head over the mantel Maybe the moose wanted a house with a stuffed girl over the mantel.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:54:16 PM PST
by
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
(Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.)
To: PERKY2004; a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ..
A police spokeswoman warned people "not to agitate the moose".Don't they mean "A pølice spøkeswøman warned peøple "not to agitate the møøse"?"
Lazy reporters.
48
posted on
03/10/2011 2:56:54 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
You came up with that figure because that's the OFFICIAL weight the Brits use (unless they're weighing meat; then it's only 8 pounds)! So, is the moose 700 or only 400 pounds?? FWIW: In the vernacular, a stoneweight is anything from 4 to 26 pounds. In Europe, where I became acquainted with the term, it is commonly understood to be 20 pounds. That pretty much sums up why we made it to the moon and all of Europe didn't even try.
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:00:03 PM PST
by
txroadkill
(In God we trust, everyone else goes through NCIC)
To: Gettin Betta
The 24-year-old woman had spotted the moose eating from a tree in Anchorage, Alaska. I didn't realize moose could climb trees
The girl had pretty good vision too, being able to see all the way to Anchorage, Alaska.
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:01:15 PM PST
by
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
(Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.)
To: txroadkill
Was she trying to steal the moose’s cheese?
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:01:58 PM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Islam is like termites. They get access through your weakest point and then cause great destruction.)
To: Cowman
"Where's the rest of this moose?"
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:01:58 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: SgtHooper
Why izit the UK finds all the good stories? Because the only actual investigative journalist in America is Glenn Beck, and he's very, very busy.
Oh, and because they still teach children English in the UK. Well, in between the 5 daily prayers anyway.
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posted on
03/10/2011 3:04:27 PM PST
by
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
(Incidentally, one can get beaten up in school simply by referring to oneself as one.)
To: Jim 0216
Moose do that
54
posted on
03/10/2011 3:12:17 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it -Voltaire)
To: Slings and Arrows
Agitating a moose is a good way to get your sister bit.
To: Oztrich Boy
A Moose-a made of stone-a?
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posted on
03/10/2011 4:10:08 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: silverleaf
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posted on
03/10/2011 4:15:19 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: Dr. Sheldon Cooper
58
posted on
03/10/2011 4:17:57 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: TheOldLady
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posted on
03/10/2011 6:37:01 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY
My dictionary says one stone equals 14 pounds. I just checked online and several sites had that ratio, but one had 1 stone at very close to 17 pounds.
Admittedly the dictionary I consulted was published about 50 years ago, so maybe things have changed. Someone may have misunderstood the injunction "grow some stones!" and decided to make stones weigh more.
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