# Half-eaten wife used as bait to trap killer Tanzania lion

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 15, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489 "2004-06-15T16:04:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/21 "2004-06-17T01:09:10Z")

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> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#):
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> From the [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3808735.stm):
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> Strangest headline I’ve seen all day.

At least they didn’t select “Woman Drives Lion To Drink”.

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**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/22 "2004-06-17T02:16:19Z")

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‘you can lead a Lion to a half-eaten wife, but you can’t make him eat’?

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/23 "2004-06-17T03:30:30Z")

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Kudos is interesting. Since we’re so used to hearing it as plural, I want to think of it as plural… but then the anal retentiveness kicks in and I want to say _kudoi_.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/24 "2004-06-17T17:53:53Z")

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In my estimation, she’s still his better half.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/25 "2004-06-17T17:59:19Z")

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They’re having the memorial service over at the litter box.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-eaten-wife-used-as-bait-to-trap-killer-tanzania-lion/250489/26 "2004-06-17T23:15:29Z")

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[George Jones]  
She stopped nagging him today…

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