Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Moose gets drunk on apples, gets stuck in tree
http://www.metro.co.uk ^ | 09-07-2011 | Staff

Posted on 09/07/2011 11:10:24 AM PDT by Red Badger

A drunk Swedish moose had to be cut free from an apple tree after an intoxicating evening foraging for fruit.

The silly moose suffered the fate of many an intoxicated human after a night of heavy drinking - and found himself in a very embarrassing predicament.

Police believe the inebriated elk got into a state after eating fermented apples, and got stuck while trying to reach fruit higher up the tree.

The binge-drinking beast somehow managed to wedge itself into the branches of the tree with all four legs off the ground.

Fire crews had to chop down the tree to help free the animal from the branches.

Once free, the drunken deer staggered off into nearby woods, presumabl to sleep off the effects of his big night out.

The moose was left physically unharmed by the incident but will probably have a cracking hangover to nurse, along with the embarrassing memory.

His friends'll have a field day over this one - 'remember the time Marvin got stuck in the tree? What an idiot.'

'Yeah, ok guys, whatever. That was ages ago, can you stop going on about it please?'

Maybe he won't be alone in his suffering though - drunken moose are said to be fairly common in Sweden, where they often eat fallen fruit that has fermented.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: moose; napl; sweden
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last
To: Red Badger
Is nice tree, Moose, no?
21 posted on 09/07/2011 11:36:13 AM PDT by Beowulf9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dayglored
The article referred to the animal variously as a “moose”, “elk”, and “deer”. WTF???

Altered for alliterative effect

Aleces aleces: the largest member of the deer family, generally known as the moose in N.America, and the elk in Europe.

22 posted on 09/07/2011 11:48:17 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: dayglored; Red Badger; Slings and Arrows

"Bill, I'm really sorry to hear that drunk moose fatally bit your sister. I hope he gets imprisoned for life in the freezer!"

23 posted on 09/07/2011 11:50:01 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch ("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Charles Martel
Mynd you, drunk møøse Kan be pretty nasti...

Where did you get that font?

24 posted on 09/07/2011 11:50:50 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Democrats: the Party of NO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

He looks stuned.


25 posted on 09/07/2011 11:59:59 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The democratic party is the greatest cargo cult in history.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dayglored

A moose is the largest member of the deer family..............


26 posted on 09/07/2011 12:02:58 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]


27 posted on 09/07/2011 12:25:23 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: I Drive Too Fast

He would want his own fermented apples in a white van of course.


28 posted on 09/07/2011 12:29:09 PM PDT by windcliff
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër ?


See the løveli lakes


The wøndërful telephøne system


And mäni interesting furry animals


Including the majestik møøse


A Møøse once bit my sister...


No realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...


We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked.


Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...


We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

29 posted on 09/07/2011 12:32:07 PM PDT by VRWCmember (If it wern't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Mynd you, møøse hångøvers Kan be pretty nasti...

30 posted on 09/07/2011 12:42:01 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Due to the earthquake the president has officially implemented Rule 18-1.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tex-Con-Man

That really cracked me up!


31 posted on 09/07/2011 1:04:47 PM PDT by Beowulf9
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: FatherofFive
Awesome photo! That would make a great rock album cover.

I love the subtle "National Geographic" in the lower right corner...

32 posted on 09/07/2011 1:06:57 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I think somebody should have “gone all Sarah Palin” on that moose ...


33 posted on 09/07/2011 1:09:19 PM PDT by Scythian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: eCSMaster

You need ASCII to get those fancy letters. Here’s the link.

http://www.bignosebird.com/ascii.shtml


34 posted on 09/07/2011 1:09:34 PM PDT by Newfy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Newfy

Thanks a LØT!


35 posted on 09/07/2011 1:17:49 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Democrats: the Party of NO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: dayglored

elk, moose, at least they left out Shriner.


36 posted on 09/07/2011 1:21:39 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: dayglored
"The article referred to the animal variously as a “moose”, “elk”, and “deer”. WTF???" What we call a moose they call an elk in Europe generally, and "deer" as they use it applies to a host of ungulates. Our elk is sometimes calłed a stag over there, but may also be called deer.
37 posted on 09/07/2011 1:29:02 PM PDT by tarotsailor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
I can't imagine how many fermented apples it would take to get a several hundred pound moose drunk.

He's going to have more than just problems with a hangover tomorrow.

"I'm never going to do THAT again.......and this time I mean it!"

38 posted on 09/07/2011 1:39:40 PM PDT by wbill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: andy58-in-nh

LOL... I live in Wisconsin. A few years back there was a deer that had been hit and killed on a busy stretch of road outside the Wal-mart shopping strip. His body had been dragged over to the grass under a stop sign. The poor dead deer laid there for a couple days. The funny part was on the second or third day when someone put a beer in the deer’s “hand”. Animal Control finally came and picked up the carcass pretty quickly after that...

I really wish I had had a camera phone at the time. It was one of the funniest things I have seen...


39 posted on 09/07/2011 1:45:07 PM PDT by LibertyRocks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: KarlInOhio

Has Ted Kennedy been reincarnated and returned via Sweden?


40 posted on 09/07/2011 2:07:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson