sorry ...I don't think the kangaroos are enjoying the scrotum stories...

What the hell did I just read?!?

Oh crap not another one of Bilbo's riddles.

inukshuk, how bout a walrus penis. It is much like a walrus tusk.Someone took it to show and tell when my daughter was in kindgarten. maybe you ground those too. Sorry, for those who have penis envy.

Oh wow. *shakes head*

This is starting to sound like the silliness that goes down on my other board . And that is not necessarily a bad thing.

Mendalla

This thread is hilarious! (wiping the tears from my eyes)

Funny thing about beaver scrotum is that it is described as having a bitter taste and offensive odour.  I would really like to meet the person who discovered that tidbit of info. - Must have been at a Canadian tailgate party - Dude, hold my beer - I've gotta try something!

@crazyheart - whole new meaning to the Beatle song  I am the walrus!

remembering a picture of abpenny's ? grandson? walking around collecting prairie oysters at the annual spring ? deballing? 

hehehehehehehe

Seriously - who looks at bull testicles and thinks 'yum...add some cocktail sauce and we'll call it an appetizer'?

I expect the men to be absent from this thread from here on in.

John, I've never seen moose lock horns, but an acquaintance had a display of two huge racks locked together - he said he had found them in the woods where both animals had died.

I saw a video where the antlers of two deer were locked.  One was dead, and the other was dragging the bloodied carcass around.  It too would have died if two rangers hadn't found a way to get close to the exhaused animal and saw the antlers apart.  

OMG - I started at the top of this page ... say what????  Had to go back & catch up properly!  What a hilarious bunch.   Glad of all the moose news - as I'm off to Newf on Friday - I shall make a point of studying them & report back!  

I'm glad we're all talking about the important stuff now.

Hi carolla,

Keep a respectful distance.

A friend of mine was telling me about the time he walked around the corner of his cabin en route to his garage and came face to face with a bull moose.

They stood there quietly looking at each other until Dana said shoo.

The Bull snorted rather loudly and took a step toward him.

Dana took the hint and got lost in a hurry.

Grace and peace to you.

John

When my oldest sister was a baby, she and my parents went on a car trip in rural New Brunswick. My dad was driving. My mom's youngest sister was also along for the ride. This was about fifty years ago. People often didn't wear seatbelts, even if they had them. As they were motoring along on a country highway, a large male moose suddenly came out of the woods. My dad slammed on the brakes, but the car still hit the moose. Everyone in the car was injured to some extent. My aunt, travelling in the front passenger seat was injured the most. The force of the car striking the moose sent my aunt's head crashing through the car's windshield face-first. After the accident, my dad drove to the nearest hospital to check everyone in at the Emergency department. No one was laughing that day.

Indeed revjohn - we happened upon a doc on TV last week about moose - excellent timing for us.  Featured stuff on the traffic accidents that are so common and often tragic.   I know an orthopedic surgeon who often goes to St. John's for conferences on spinal cord injury - docs there see a lot of that from these accidents.  We certainly plan not to drive from dusk to dawn - fortunately summertime gives long daylight.  But I know they could certainly be encountered during the day too. 

 It was also interesting to hear that moose will charge dogs - as wolves are really the only natural preditor of moose, and dogs fall into the wolf family - and so people with dogs walking in the woods were also cautioned - as the people can be perceived by the moose to be part of the wolf pack.  Not something I would have thought about. 

Yeah, I can see that being unpleasant. Moose are bigger than some cars. I'd hate to think what one would do to a Smart or a Fiat 500.

Mendalla

I've been a bit horrified on occasion in Algonquin Park - moose near the roadside & people stopping - sending their kids off to get close to the moose so pictures could be snapped - really people - they're HUGE WILD ANIMALS!  It's not a petting zoo!! 

Jae - your family were lucky they weren't killed.  Moose are huge.  If a car hits them strait on, it knocks their long legs out from under them and the hugh head and body slam up against the windshield.  If it breaks the moose is right on top of the people in the front seat, usually threshing around, struggling for its life.  

Carolla - dusk and dawn are the dangerous times.  I think moose usually bed down for the night.  Still - keep on the look out - all the time.

Come to think of it, I've never had a dog with me when I met a moose.  I've just stood still or backed away slowly.  Never had a problem.  

Wow, seeler, I didn't know that. I am thankful they were spared. One thing about my family's story, I, never have heard to what degree the crash injured the moose.

The father of a friend of mine once had a cougar jump from an overhang and crash into his windshield.  He was lucky not to go over the drop off, and pulled over with the body of a cougar half in his vehicle.

Was this a seventy, white haired cougar on the prowl? They are dangerous.(  snicker)

A few years ago I was picking up a small rental car in Newfoundland.  The young agent says, "If you hits a moose, bring me back a steak."

I replied, "If I hits a moose with this car, neither the car nor I will be back."

Just stayin' on topic.

It's as obvious as kangaroo's balls what happened here........

One dark and stormy night, in the province of Saskatchewan, my mate Crazyheart was searching the internet for a heart avatar that she had never used before.

This was no mean feat, as she had been an original member of the FIRST Wondercafe, then known asYe Olde Wondertea (coffee not being invented in 1436 A.D.)

Suddenly there came a flash of lightning, shutting down her computer without so much as a warning to save her stuff, and sending Crazyheart into the hallway.

Undaunted, Crazyheart thought, "Well, there goes Farmville for the rest of the night, what can I do now?"

An image appeared in her mind......

It was a young man, naked from the waist up, with bulging biceps, wearing a tool belt and carrying a ladder......

It was the beginning of a night spent prowling for her quarry.

She had to find the roofer before her rival Matilda waltzed into the action.......

She was crouching on an overhang, when she saw him driving a car in her direction.

She pounced, crashing through the windscreen, in her ardour. (as well as her underwear).

It was not the roofer........

Matilda visited her in hospital, bringing a bunch of one grape.

"Should have gone to Specsavers", she said sympathetically.

PP. HOW WILL i SURVIVE IF THE wc'S BOTH GO BELLY UP? LOL

A treasure of a tale pilgrims!!

I knew the roofer would pop in eventually....but hadn't quite anticipated that way

I'm sure you must have received some nominations for him pinga - on the other hand, I hear he's pretty busy these days ... 

I've sent a WM to the account used for the OP.

If one of you ladies actually knows where the roofer is hanging out, can you pass him my contact info? I'm actually looking at getting my roof done. 14 years old and started dropping shingles this past winter.

Mendalla

Mendalla, I really don't know if he can shingle.He's more of a "lay on the roof and get a tan kind of roofer"

Ah. No, I need one who actually works for a living. I guess the lady across the street might like it though  (not so sure about her husband ).

Sorry for momentarily bringing this kinda on topic:  

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