Moose Are No Joke
Jan 8th, 2007 at 6:03 pm by Chris
Okay, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Ask anybody. Hell, you could even ask this guy. Look, I try to resist. For the sake of Democracy and accountability and all that is good in the world, I try to stay away from the baby animal pictures, but I’m just too weak. Clearly. Anyway, I knew all about the cuteness of baby pandas and kittens, but holy shit, have a look at these moose!
This does bring up an important point, however. Whenever a conversation about moose occurs, it’s absolutely imperative that somebody say “moose are no joke” before the conversation is done. The life you save just might be your own.
When they were much younger, my niece and nephew referred to my brother, Bruce, as Moose. They would say “Mooooooooooose” and then laugh and laugh hysterically, until they were finally reminded by a sober minded village elder that moose are no joke. As smart children, they understood this immediately and would spend the next several hours in quiet, somber reflection. May your village elders be so wise and the children of your siblings so docile.
(Stolen from Cute Overload)
Sober-minded? Village elder?
Now that’s funny. Maybe I need to spend some time in quiet reflection too.
My sister was bitten by a moose once….
that’s funny, neither of them look like Marshall Wittman, who is plug ugly
Bull Moose is an ass. We want pandas!
Where’s the squirrel companion? How can you have a moose without a squirrel?
That’s a good idea PurpleGirl. Susie hates squirrels even more than life itself. A few hundred squirrel pictures on her website should do her some good.
I’m with the village elder! I heard a nature guy on Radio Times once tell a story about how a moose almost killed him. The moose knocked him down and then every time he moved - or even breathed - the moose would smash him again. It went on for hours - as I remember. I don’t remember why he survived.
This does not take away from your pix which transcend mere cuteness and belong in some netherworld of adorable.
tonight keith had a story about a town in a state i didn’t catch, overrun by moose, so they were being airlifted into colorado. seriously.
somegirl: I saw that too…hmmh…I think this mysterious “Chris” is actually Keith’s handle when he blogs.
Yeah they’re cute until they grow up to be the size of a Ford F-150. On top of the occasional attacks we hear about, people have been killed running into these brutes, they come right up the hood and through the windshield.
moose are the new deer.
Another drawback of the moose is that when there
are more than one of them, they are called Meese.
That is a drawback, and let’s not forget the sleepless nights spent listening to your moose running on its infernal excersise wheel for hours on end.
yes, but mostly it’s jealousy that keeps me awake. If I had an exercise wheel (or ball!), I wouldn’t have to be such a calorie watcher. Meese get all the fun toys.
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