# He's got Hiigh Hopes he's got.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055 "2007-01-30T02:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/1 "2007-01-30T02:08:23Z")
[Eagle](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/29/national/a140317S79.DTL) downs power lines while carrying a deer (head). Poor eagle tried to take home more dinner than he could carry. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/2 "2007-01-30T02:35:52Z")
His eyes were bigger than his gizzard. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/3 "2007-01-30T06:05:39Z")
What, no pics?!? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/4 "2007-01-30T08:11:01Z")
Juneau, he caused a power failure? ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/5 "2007-01-30T13:18:25Z")
“You have to live in Alaska to have this kind of outage scenario,” said Bugs Meany, an Alaska Electric Light & Power spokesman. “This is the story of the overly ambitious eagle who evidently found a deer head in the landfill.” “And that’s quite a story,” said Encyclopedia. “For a Light & Power spokesman, you must not think we’re very _bright_.” HOW DID HE KNOW BUGS WAS LYING? _Turn to page 117 for the solution._ Encyclopedia knew no one would throw out a perfectly good deer head, a prized delicacy in Alaska. After being confronted with this, Bugs admitted he shocked a bird in Juneau, just to watch him fry. [RIGHT]117[/RIGHT] ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/6 "2007-01-30T16:50:00Z")
Maybe the deer had been a friend of his and he was so despondent he flew into the power lines? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/7 "2007-01-30T18:31:34Z")
I fully expect Stephen Colbert to tell us that Colbert Jr. has gone out in a blaze of glory, selflessly sacrificing his own life to eliminate a terrorist deer. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/8 "2007-01-30T18:41:55Z")
Eagle cariBOU! Reindeer. Grizzly. Musk ox what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/9 "2007-01-30T19:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] I fully expect Stephen Colbert to tell us that Colbert Jr. has gone out in a blaze of glory, selflessly sacrificing his own life to eliminate a terrorist deer. [/QUOTE] That’d be too sad for words. I’m hoping he’ll just want everybody to know that Stephen Jr. is alright. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/10 "2007-01-30T19:09:41Z")
This proves the importance of heeding Miss Piggy’s advice, “Never eat more than you can lift.” And why not? **Because you die!** ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/11 "2007-01-30T19:52:11Z")
That’s the most perfect thread title ever. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-got-hiigh-hopes-hes-got/390055/12 "2007-01-30T22:52:02Z")
I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my deer head burden me I want to fly like an eagle I’m so greedy Oh, lord, spare me indigestion… 😃