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2004-03-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Estonian bear suspends training exercise

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Posted by Scott 2004-03-08 1:14:31 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Seems like it would be easier to kill it while it was asleep, just me I guess.

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-8 1:23:07 PM|| 2004-3-8 1:23:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a job for a bunker buster.

Posted by ed 2004-3-8 1:34:35 PM|| 2004-3-8 1:34:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Americans donate a MOAB, that would probably give the bear some incentive to wake up.

Posted by Scott 2004-3-8 1:55:38 PM|| 2004-3-8 1:55:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I should think a few HE rounds would wake him up pretty quick...

Posted by mojo 2004-3-8 2:17:34 PM|| 2004-3-8 2:17:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 In the spirit of Waking the Bear, let me offer the following:

Congleton Bear

The Wakes coming on and the bear he took ill
We tried him with potion, with brandy and pill
He died in his sleep at the eve of the Wakes
The cause, it was said, was strong ale and sweet cakes

[chorus]
The cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware
Of stories they tell of the Congleton Bear
Congleton Bear, Congleton Bear
They sold the Church Bible to buy a new bear

He'd served the town well and he's served town true
To lie him in state was the least they could do
The old bear was dead, a successor they'd need
A new bear was wanted, and that at great speed

Now a parson is useful in times of great need
And imbibed with strong porter he quickly agreed
The parson, his Bible he gave then and there
We sold it in Nantwich to buy a new bear.

The new bear, a she-bear, was toast of the town
To music and laughter she danced up and down
So loudly the cheering would waken the dead
It caused the old bear for to rise from his bed

Pills, potion and brandy induced a deep trance
And refreshed by the music he began for to dance
He danced down the road causing many a gaze
Word quickly spread that the old bear was raised

He rolled his dark eye as he spied the she-bear
And with an embrace they danced jigs pair-and-pair
The cheeses of Cheshire are famed but beware
Of stories they tell of the Congleton Bear.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-8 5:37:42 PM|| 2004-3-8 5:37:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Seems like Alaskans have this thing about dancing mammals... Not that there's anything wrong with dancing mammals.. it's just uhhhh... different.

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-8 6:40:40 PM|| 2004-3-8 6:40:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 There is also another song about my Uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears, that I learned as a wee lad, but let's not go there.

Bears are very intelligent and complex animals. Just look at the recent Pepsi commercial. Hey, they can pass checks! Don't underestimate the Estonian bear.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-8 9:17:53 PM|| 2004-3-8 9:17:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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