Posted on 11/01/2002 12:53:04 PM PST by Shermy
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:06:45 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Beer Foot, the raccoon who gained nationwide attention after being caught with a Coors Light beer can stuck on its foot, has died.
The female died Thursday morning at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida where it had been treated for injuries caused by the can.
(Excerpt) Read more at news-press.com ...
Two previous stories:
Oct. 27
Man Helps Raccoon Caught In Beer Can (Florida, With Pic)
Oct. 31
Hurt Raccoon Draws Plenty Of Attention (2nd Hold Muh Beer Alert, With Pic)
Look at that sucker. He looks just like every other skinny transient you see hanging around under freeway overpasses.
He probably died because he didn't get his normal fix.
Junkie. Good riddance.
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This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...
No Kidding!
Please people, the poor animal died. Show a little mercy, will ya? It was a coon, not a RAT. All these posts about it being a filthy, disgusting, disease carrying, nuisance, alcoholic, drug addicted, meaner than a junkyard dog, ignorant rodent seem to have this poor coon confused with your typical RAT.
They must be from the country and un-Disneyfied.
Oh raccons look cute all right but once you have seen the amount of destruction they cause they look more like trouble.
Sort of like getting all gooey-eyed over a deer. If you have a garden that the long legged rats are plundering or you ever made an unexpected venison harvest with your car they start looking less like Bambi and more like chili and sausage and steaks and sloppy joes.
a.cricket
In a sense, yes.
It comes from a joke, maybe from Jeff Foxworthy, which goes like...
"What are a Redneck's last words?"
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!"
It is applied here to a variety of Stupid Human Tricks-type stories. This raccoon story is a different take, to say the least.
a.cricket
Were not sure why she died, said specialist Rebecca LeBlanc.
She realized that the whole world now knows she drinks Coors Light, and she died of embarrassment.
It's used to mark those news stories, often involving alcohol (in this case, just the beer can), which end up not going so well for the parties involved. Do a search here on "Hold Muh Beer" and check out some of the other stories that have earned this recognition, you'll get a good idea of what it's all about.
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