# Eight shades of bizarre: a donkey flies in Russia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641 "2010-07-22T21:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/1 "2010-07-22T21:06:01Z")
I… I’m not sure what to say, Except, _poor donkey_. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7900322/Russian-investigation-into-paragliding-donkey.html](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7900322/Russian-investigation-into-paragliding-donkey.html) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/2 "2010-07-22T21:25:17Z")
That’s…odd. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/3 "2010-07-22T21:33:53Z")
[“As G-d is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4) That TV show should be required viewing for everyone who works in marketing. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/4 "2010-07-22T21:43:37Z")
“You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain’t never seen a donkey fly!” –Donkey ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/5 "2010-07-23T01:52:16Z")
Relax, it’s just a message from the Cult Of Rasputin to various other groups of lunatics around the world. I have to check my codebook on the appropriate response. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/6 "2010-07-23T07:27:25Z")
Fuck. Does this mean that now I have to make good on all the times I said “sure, I’ll do that when a donkey flies in Russia!” ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/7 "2010-07-23T07:36:00Z")
In other news, [Darth Vader robs a bank.](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4e2_1279859451) ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/8 "2010-07-23T11:14:17Z")
Good job he landed in water. The Indian army tried parachuting donkeys into the front lines of their Himalayan front lines to carry supplies, their legs broke when they landed and they had to be put down. ---
**Author:** ![Cinebar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Cinebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinebar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/9 "2010-07-23T14:55:40Z")
I don’t know what kind of animal abuse laws they have in Russia, but I hope those sick fucks get the full brunt of it. :mad: I can’t imagine the terror that poor animal felt. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/10 "2010-07-23T15:10:01Z")
At the tail end of the linked article, it said the people who did it could be pinned for two years. ---
**Author:** ![Cinebar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Cinebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinebar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/11 "2010-07-23T15:18:23Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > At the tail end of the linked article, it said the people who did it could be pinned for two years. “could be” Even in this country, “could be” often doesn’t mean squat. And two years, as far as I’m concerned, isn’t nearly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-shades-of-bizarre-a-donkey-flies-in-russia/547641/12 "2010-07-25T20:21:37Z")
[You were right.](http://www.newser.com/story/96353/parasailing-donkeys-owner-wont-face-charges.html) At least the donkey was okay.