So a priest, a rabbi and a badger walk into a bar... have you heard this one? German police were called to clear a road of a dead badger only to finnd the animal had in fact gorged itself on over-ripe, fermented cherries and, blind drunk, staggered out into the middle of the road.
"The animal's stomach had turned the fruit to alcohol and the badger was, to put it crudely, drunk as a skunk," said a police statement on Wednesday. "In addition, the badger was suffering from diarrhoea studded with cherry stones."
Prodding the reluctant beast with a stick, officers managed to persuade it to leave the road near the town of Goslar in northwestern Germany and to sleep off his night of excess in a nearby meadow.
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cousin roy, is that u ???</... (Below threshold)1. Posted by LaMedusa | July 9, 2009 1:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
cousin roy, is that u ???
1. Posted by LaMedusa | July 9, 2009 1:43 PM |
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Posted on July 9, 2009 13:43
2. Posted by GarandFan | July 9, 2009 2:18 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I'm sure PETA and the ACLU are looking for the person responsible for the cherry tree.
2. Posted by GarandFan | July 9, 2009 2:18 PM |
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Posted on July 9, 2009 14:18
3. Posted by Tim | July 9, 2009 6:02 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Those German cops are either very brave or very stupid. Poking the badger with a stick? What if he was a mean drunk?
3. Posted by Tim | July 9, 2009 6:02 PM |
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Posted on July 9, 2009 18:02
4. Posted by epador | July 11, 2009 1:13 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Tim, in Germany they post frog crossing signs and motorists are supposed to stop for the frogs when they're migrating across the road.
Scroll down at the link if you don't believe me:
http://www.gettingaroundgermany.info/zeichen.htm
What surprises me is the officers didn't offer the badger another pint of Pils.
4. Posted by epador | July 11, 2009 1:13 PM |
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Posted on July 11, 2009 13:13