[Pearls Before Swine]

The woman flung the vegetable at the bear, striking it and forcing it to flee.

I'm glad it worked, but I dunno about the "forcing" it to flee part. It might not work the next time.

[Larry Lucido]

A zucchini usually gets me running too.

[Hacklehead]

Next time I’m in bear country I’ll to pack a zucchinni.

[I cannot think of a name]

Further proof that vegetables can save your life.

Now a man armed with a banana...........

[IrishCatholic]

Bookmark for the wife.
Now maybe she will believe me when I say not even a bear in the woods would eat one.
Perhaps you know of a lima bean story? They are even worse.

[bigbob]

Is the zucchini gonna be OK?

[righttackle44]

This woman had better watch her backside. Even as we read, black ops specialists are being dispatched to take her and her squash into protective custody. Zucchini now has Taliban Terminator written all over it. All they're going to have to do is design a shipping case to get it overseas.

[nevergore]

The Anti-Zuchinni people will show up on this thread soon.....

You’ll get my zuchinni when you pry it from my dead cold hans.....

[Tijeras_Slim]

Dream date ping.

[RedMDer]

Zucchini is healthier than I thought!

[Old Teufel Hunden]

The Brady group are organizing a section to take away your zuchini rights as we speak. There is no way a zuchini is covered under the 2nd amendment!!!

[Vigilanteman]

This reminds me of the joke about the farm wife who called the extension office to report that zucchini was growing all over her garden and wondering what she could do with it.

Replied the agent "Treat the vines with 2-4-D or Roundup."

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Just spent 3 weeks in Montana and was carrying a .44 mag and a large can of bear spray. Who knew I was totally mis-armed?

[Don W]

I’m NOT alone! Even bears hate zucchini!

[SouthTexas]

You might want to ping the garden thread crew to this one.

[jessduntno]

“Police say a Montana woman fended off a bear attack with an unlikely weapon — a zucchini.”

This was just NOT the story it could have been ... why was she packing a zucchini? Was the bear an “acquaintance” or just a passing animal? Were there any signs of a struggle? Inquiring minds want to know ...

[RexBeach]

I once fought off a crazed camel with a sweet potato.

Really.

[Califreak]

[AU72]

I wouldn’t recommend taking a zucchini to a bear fight.

[Joe 6-pack]

Those Montana zuchinnis ain’t nothing like your wimpy east coast zuchinnis.