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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Bears, why do they drink our beer?
2005-06-17
DUNBAR, W.Va. (AP) — Larry Gaynor and his brother had to cut their latest fishing trip short after a black bear ate their food and guzzled their beer. Gaynor, 67, and his brother, Billy Bob Gaynor, 53, were camping at Summit Lake near Richwood on Friday when the bear wandered into their campsite at about 9 p.m.
Of course his name is Billy Bob, it is West "By God" Virginia
Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree, scattering a case of Coors Light. "He only drank three cans," Larry he said. "He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."
"Course, if it had'a been Bud, we'd a had to fight him fur it"
Billy Bob Gaynor said the bear ate all of their food, so they returned to Dunbar the next day.
Posted by:Steve

#9  Back in the 60's here on Guam, when commercials were as long as 15-30 minutes, SMOKIE THE BEAR and GENTLE BEN were favs of us local kids. POTUS Teddy Roosevelt is famous for wanting the Bear as a national symbol of America - gentle and playful when left alone, absolutely fearless, ferocious, and invincible when riled, with no known natural or superior enemies except man or other bears. Maybe its time for America, Incorporated to make the Bear as a the next pop cultural icon again ala SPUDS, BENJI, "CLYDE" THE ORANGUTAN, and now the Geico GECKO!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-06-17 23:57  

#8  Steve - my very first thought: "from the land of sky blue waters"....and beaten again by the AOS! Damn!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-06-17 19:51  

#7  Bears, why do they hate light beer?
Posted by: phil_b   2005-06-17 18:25  

#6  give them bears some assorted 12- or 24-packs and see which beer they prefer.

That's easy
Posted by: Steve   2005-06-17 14:34  

#5  Of course, we all know which beers are preferred by bigfoot....
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2005-06-17 14:29  

#4  Yes! Way good idea Dar!
Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-17 14:17  

#3  Same reason dogs lick their balls.
Posted by: mojo   2005-06-17 13:40  

#2  Now there's an interesting marketing idea--give them bears some assorted 12- or 24-packs and see which beer they prefer.
Posted by: Dar   2005-06-17 13:26  

#1  Ironically, the beer in the cooler was this stuff.
Posted by: Mike   2005-06-17 12:24  

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