Posted on 04/07/2011 8:17:49 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A flock of ten flamingoes have met a brutal end at a zoo in Eskilstuna in eastern Sweden after a curious anteater broke into their compound and clawed them to death, leaving a further five birds nursing injuries.
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Epic win.
how come you two always post your best stuff when I’m in my office subject to the onerous blanket censorship of Websense??
It’s so suffocating; I’m amazed anyone can still fart in the building.
C'mon, Guys. I don't think my sides can take any more laughter! I'm almost to the point of frowing UP! LOL!
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Could be worse. They could be using Websense to hermetically seal you into the building. No fresh air in, no re-fried bean miasma allowed to escape....
Afternoon, all. Run-up to Cub Scouts ... we’ll be having a campfire.
Ok...Now I am curious enough to read the article to see why flamingos and an anteater would generate so many responses. :-)
Flamingos? Anteater? 406 responses? Huh?
It’s the Undead Thread. We’ll be chatting here on the “weird news of the zoo” theme all month. All are welcome. The rules are posted back somewhere on May 1, but basically, no arguments about anything except anteaters, because we’re here to have fun.
I wonder if flamingoes in Florida or the Bahamas would be better able to defend themselves from rampaging anteaters than flamingoes in Sweden.
Oh... You poor lost soul.
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Been there, DONE that, DC. I ended up on the floor, under the bed just to make sure I had “safe air,”
I wondered when the thread that never dies would show up here.
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Since I’ve been without wheels for most of the last 10 months, even a skateboard sounds like a wild ride!
I woke up this morning feeling absolutely LOUSY and decided to stay home for a while. I did a load of laundry and “attacked” a problem in the kitchen. Multiple trips up and down the stairs have left my legs hurting and weak. I have thick phlegm and a “scratchy” throat - eyes itching - yup! It’s allergy season. Although I’m SICK of the rain, it cleans the air of that nasty green pollen. And, I can’t find my generic bottle of Zirtec.
Sionn is in SF having more “fun” - I’ve been getting picture messages.... He gets home tomorrow and leaves on the 9th for Europe - just enough time to empty the suitcase, get laundry done, iron and fold shirts for packing in those special “envelopes” we got, feed him home cooked meals so he remembers where home is, and make the trek to the airport, yet again.
My mother lived like that while raising us kids overseas, away from any family support. I know the routine all too well. You could say I was trained for this. Mother occasionally got to go with Daddy some place special (just the two of them) but mostly we went places as a family (Spain, Mallorca, Gibraltar, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg... you get the picture). Home leave (6 weeks Stateside) was always something to look forward to with joy - seeing family and familiar places again - just so we didn’t forget we were Americans.
Once a year (or so) I get to go with Sionn, usually in connection with a business trip, someplace special. This year it’s Rome, Italy. I haven’t been there since 1970 when my sister and I were sent there to boarding school at St Stephen’s. The school itself turned out to be a disaster, but we really enjoyed getting to explore the city and its environs. Such memories.............
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