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Zebras Are Running Loose Around D.C. and That Is Not the Weird Part
Red State ^ | September 10, 2021 | Brad Slager

Posted on 09/11/2021 11:45:07 AM PDT by Norski

When you deny involvement when there is no crime, you sound suspect.

Things have become completely unhinged in the nation’s capital, so why not add to the mayhem? For a few days now, it has been a story of mild interest in the area that five zebras have escaped from a compound where they had been kept. They have reportedly splintered to evade capture, with one trio running off and the remaining duo taking a different escape plan.

It’s the kind of nonsensical story that is basically welcomed, what with the world in complete disarray from the border, to the White House, to Afghanistan, and even our banks, as the economy continues to meltdown, to say nothing of our own President Softserve calling to override the Constitution on the regular. Hell, a small herd of black-and-whites on the lam is a far more tolerable piece of news worth following.

But if this is considered a weird story (as a Floridian I am unsure, as our measure of weird is far higher than most) but there is a component to this one that has arrived that certainly raises the stakes. As the days of freedom unspooled, there is now the arrival of a new aspect to this story, and if anyone comes up with a cogent explanation, I am receptive to interpretation. While some are curious how this escape transpired we have a federal politician arriving to clear her name.

D.C. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton has released a statement today, and it is the kind of thing that requires more questions to be asked. Norton’s release declares boldly that she denies any involvement in the release of the zebras. ...". . .

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: madagascar; washtington; weird; zebra; zebras; zoo
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To: ZOOKER

Someone did train a team of zebras to pull a carriage on a bet... But I would think as a rule they are too flighty and fighty... Even regular jack asses are tough hombres.


21 posted on 09/11/2021 1:17:43 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Bison can do the same thing only higher... That is, if they don’t just shove the fence over.


22 posted on 09/11/2021 1:19:25 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: forgotten man

They paint the donkeys up as zebras in Tijuana for tourist photos...


23 posted on 09/11/2021 1:23:22 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Norski

Five zebras but sooooo many RINOs


24 posted on 09/11/2021 1:27:41 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Norski

Diss article is racess.


25 posted on 09/11/2021 1:29:00 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Norski

Kamala and AOC must be very excited.


26 posted on 09/11/2021 1:51:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: heavy metal

The only person I know to have escaped there was a big black dude. He said he’s never going back. I think he was involved with some “interesting businessmen”...


27 posted on 09/11/2021 1:59:24 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

was his name corn pop?...


28 posted on 09/11/2021 2:08:33 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

LOL, no Q.

Not that Q though.


29 posted on 09/11/2021 2:12:16 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

i was raised in p.g. county...

and then was a manager/tow truck operator/repo man for a 24/7/365 automotive towing and recovery service for 10 years in p.g. county and washington dc for 10 years...

fun times...


30 posted on 09/11/2021 2:24:24 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

Surprised you’re alive.


31 posted on 09/11/2021 2:26:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

my dad was a p.g. county police officer...

i learned how to deal with people at a very young age...

along with self defense and the use of certain weopons...


32 posted on 09/11/2021 2:36:00 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: forgotten man

McKinney’s Cotton Pickers-Zonky (1930)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2vs1FcPLOc


33 posted on 09/11/2021 2:37:36 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake election, fake president, real deaths.)
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To: forgotten man

“You can mate a zebra with a donkey and get a hybrid known as a zonkey. There has to be a joke in there someplace.”

Zonkey. Hm... Perhaps Cheech and Chong rode one.


34 posted on 09/11/2021 2:42:57 PM PDT by Norski (Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Zebra printers (as much as I despise printers) stand up to years of 24x7 use where I am.

Lucky guy me is the one who gets the early AM phone call on a weekend to change a 170 type out or put some rollers in a little one.

If I had a nickel for all the labels they’ve kicked out in the past decade and change in service, that would be a fat check.


35 posted on 09/11/2021 2:44:01 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: EC Washington

“a good idea for a Tiger to guard his drug house.” . . .

Now must confess severe curiosity as to the rest of the story . . .


36 posted on 09/11/2021 2:45:17 PM PDT by Norski (Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?)
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To: Norski

Let me know if one of them is 8’x10’ laying down... 🦓


37 posted on 09/11/2021 2:46:46 PM PDT by smvoice (King Joege: He's really quite mad you know)
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To: smvoice

Not yet, but one may desire to go there to arrange it.


38 posted on 09/11/2021 2:50:00 PM PDT by Norski (Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?)
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To: ZOOKER
For most species, true domestication is a long, hard slog. Dogs, cats, and horses "get" and like humans in that when reared with or otherwise accustomed to close contact with humans, they draw reliable signals from our facial expressions, tone of voice, and movements. This makes us comprehensible and interesting to to them -- even to the point of craving our attention and approval.

Not so with zebras, monkeys, apes, and most wild animals. Even when hand raised and tame, they retain a wild streak and can become dangerous with little warning. More than that, they do not get simple signals from humans that dogs and horses easily recognize. For zebras as a species, humans are alien beings not to be comprehended or trusted. With a few hundred years of intense selective breeding, that could change, but why bother?

39 posted on 09/11/2021 4:01:11 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Norski

Let’s see... Zebras? Big deal!! In DC, there’s a lot of Jackasses and RINOs.... 🤓


40 posted on 09/11/2021 4:17:07 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/521 at the NCGOP convention)
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