Leaper
December 29, 2002, 2:12am
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Is here , in a story about how fake robotic deer fool poachers.
“Then the guy all of the sudden slammed on the brakes, vaults out of the truck, takes out a big sheath knife, tackles it, and knocks it to the ground,” Kirkland said. “The head rolls off.”
The man got up mumbling about game officers and drove off. No arrest was made because there’s nothing illegal about tackling a deer.
I love it!
Wikkit
December 29, 2002, 8:18am
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Somebody got in trouble for beating up a bear, so why are dear open season for the ruffians?
Seriously, though, anyone who can catch a deer can do whatever they want to it, in my book. I’ve never managed to walk within ten feet of one.
Maybe try the Ford Prefect method.
The trick is, to emit just the right smell…
Phermones.
slortar
December 30, 2002, 4:01pm
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Personally, I find this to be a disturbing trend. Sure, today it’s fine to tackle deer, but what’s next? Burrow owls? Wolverines? When will the madness end?
Trion
December 30, 2002, 5:12pm
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Well, Leaper , that’s pretty good. But this is better:
Disclaimer: Someone started a thread about this not long ago, but I couldn’t find it.
Anyway, from here.
Californian Robert Cusack has been sentenced to 57 days in jail for trying to smuggle the monkeys, a total of four exotic birds and 50 rare orchids into Los Angeles Airport after a trip to Thailand, officials said on Thursday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Johns said Cusack had been undergoing a routine inspection when he arrived last June until an official opened his suitcase.
“It became non-routine when they opened his luggage and a bird of paradise took off flying in the terminal,” Johns said.
Johns said the agents found three more birds in his bag, tucked into nylon stockings, along with 50 orchids of a threatened species.
Asked by agents if he had anything else to tell them, Cusack responded: "Yes, I’ve got monkeys in my pants."
Beat that.
Ringo
December 30, 2002, 6:01pm
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What a slippery slope; first, it was cow-tipping…
Lure
December 30, 2002, 6:22pm
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Personally, I find this to be a disturbing trend. Sure, today it’s fine to tackle deer, but what’s next? Burrow owls? Wolverines? When will the madness end.
I make the wolverine a 1-2 shot to end it
Amp
December 30, 2002, 6:30pm
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If someone can take down a wolverine with his/her bear hands, they are the king of the forest in my book.
Wikkit
December 30, 2002, 6:42pm
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If they have bear hands, I think they’d be able to take anything.
Amp
December 30, 2002, 6:45pm
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You know what I meant. :smack:
slortar
December 30, 2002, 6:50pm
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There was a story here in Michigan a while back about a redneck who went off in the woods (near Allegan, I think), dressed in football gear. He then snuck up on a deer and attempted to engage it in hand-to-hand combat. It promptly beat him senseless. Wish I could find a cite for that one…
I’d pay good money for people to try that with a wolverine.
ENugent
December 30, 2002, 7:29pm
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I can’t find a cite for it, but on Leno a few nights ago, he read a quote from the sports section about a local defenseman: “22 quarterbacks have felt his sack.”
misstee
December 31, 2002, 7:30am
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*Originally posted by Wikkit *
Seriously, though, anyone who can catch a deer can do whatever they want to it, in my book. I’ve never managed to walk within ten feet of one.
Maybe try the Ford Prefect method. **
Ok, so what is the Ford Prefect method?
How ya doin wikkit ?
Wikkit
December 31, 2002, 7:58am
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Doin OK, you? Did you see the ChiDope thread?
Douglas Adams’ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe , chapter 30.
(on acquiring animal skins and furs on a primitive planet)
Ford’s technique seemed to consist mainly of standing still for a while and smiling.
After a while an animal — a deer perhaps — would appear from out of the trees and watch him cautiously. Ford would continue to smile at it, his eyes would soften and shine, and he would seem to radiate a deep and universal love, a love which reached out to embrace all of creation. A wonderful quietness would descend on the surrounding countryside, peaceful and serene, emanating from this transfigured man. Slowly the deer would approach, step by step, until it was almost nuzzling him, whereupon Ford Prefect would reach out to it and break its neck.
"Pheromone control,’’ he said it was, "you just have to know how to generate the right smell.’’
misstee
December 31, 2002, 8:13am
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*Originally posted by Wikkit *
Douglas Adams’ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe , chapter 30.
(on acquiring animal skins and furs on a primitive planet) **
Thanks-- I learn something new every day.
Well, we are mostly harmless…
Ogre
December 31, 2002, 9:04am
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It’s too damned bad that the old internet gem about the frog-gigging Arkansans is utter crap, because the following quote would have been a contender for all-time greatest:
Note: they changed the text from the original on the Snopes article.
*Originally posted by Ogre *frog-gigging Arkansans is utter crap, because the following quote would have been a contender for all-time greatest:
Note: they changed the text from the original on the Snopes article. **
Damn, that was a Lewis Black bit, too.
Biggirl
December 31, 2002, 5:53pm
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Not real news and not a news story, but one of the tabloids (The Star?) had Tabby Awards. J-Lo won the award for the celebrity who most often said “Does my ass look fat in this wedding dress?”
