Hippos are Vegetarian

Hippos are Vegetarian

[zzapper]

 A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand. 
According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was 
swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next 
act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that 
automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the 
hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the 
1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated 
that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th, 
1999) 

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Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Oct  7 14:07, zzapper wrote:
>  A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand. 
> According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was 
> swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next 
> act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that 
> automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the 
> hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the 
> 1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated 
> that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th, 
> 1999) 

LOL.  Live's the best comedian.


Corinna

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Aaron Humphrey]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM, zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk> wrote:
>  A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand.
> According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was
> swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next
> act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that
> automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the
> hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the
> 1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated
> that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th,
> 1999)
>
> --
> zzapper

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp

Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
hoaxes, out of the library.

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Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Dave Korn]

Aaron Humphrey wrote:

> 
> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
> 
> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
> hoaxes, out of the library.

  Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same.  This is
one of the classic urban legends of internet history.  And it has a hippo in
it! :-)

    cheers,
      DaveK

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Oct  7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote:
> Aaron Humphrey wrote:
> 
> > 
> > http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
> > 
> > Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
> > hoaxes, out of the library.
> 
>   Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same.  This is
> one of the classic urban legends of internet history.  And it has a hippo in
> it! :-)

But then again, it *must* be true, right?


Corinna

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Dave Korn]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct  7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Aaron Humphrey wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
>>>
>>> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
>>> hoaxes, out of the library.
>>   Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same.  This is
>> one of the classic urban legends of internet history.  And it has a hippo in
>> it! :-)
> 
> But then again, it *must* be true, right?
> 

  Exactly.  Truth is beauty, hence beauty is truth; this story is beautiful,
therefore it must be true.  And if it isn't, it should be, so the best thing
we can do is help the rumour spread :-)

    cheers,
      DaveK

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Oct  7 17:40, Dave Korn wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Oct  7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> Aaron Humphrey wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
> >>>
> >>> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
> >>> hoaxes, out of the library.
> >>   Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same.  This is
> >> one of the classic urban legends of internet history.  And it has a hippo in
> >> it! :-)
> > 
> > But then again, it *must* be true, right?
> > 
> 
>   Exactly.  Truth is beauty, hence beauty is truth; this story is beautiful,
> therefore it must be true.  And if it isn't, it should be, so the best thing
> we can do is help the rumour spread :-)

You forgot the hippo.  Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty
is truth.  Or something.


Corinna

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Dave Korn]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Oct  7 17:40, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Oct  7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> Aaron Humphrey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
>>>>>
>>>>> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
>>>>> hoaxes, out of the library.
>>>>   Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same.  This is
>>>> one of the classic urban legends of internet history.  And it has a hippo in
>>>> it! :-)
>>> But then again, it *must* be true, right?
>>>
>>   Exactly.  Truth is beauty, hence beauty is truth; this story is beautiful,
>> therefore it must be true.  And if it isn't, it should be, so the best thing
>> we can do is help the rumour spread :-)
> 
> You forgot the hippo.  Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty
> is truth.  Or something.

http://animalsneedkisses.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/hippos/

    cheers,
      DaveK

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Chris Sutcliffe]

>> You forgot the hippo.  Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty
>> is truth.  Or something.
>
> http://animalsneedkisses.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/hippos/

From that link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression

"To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to
distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area."

I think this would be a great feature for release 1.9!

Cheers!

Chris

-- 
Chris Sutcliffe
http://emergedesktop.org

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Dave Korn]

Chris Sutcliffe wrote:
>>> You forgot the hippo.  Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty
>>> is truth.  Or something.
>> http://animalsneedkisses.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/hippos/
> 
> From that link:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression
> 
> "To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to
> distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area."

  Pic related:

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/03/07/funny-pictures-tmi/

> I think this would be a great feature for release 1.9!

  Spraying crap over everything?  May require the purchase of an optional
hardware add-on of some sort, may it not?  How is the GNU OpenMuckspreader
project doing these days, anyway?

    cheers,
      DaveK

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[Morgan Gangwere]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Some random bloke <Le Fail Email
Address is Le Fail> defecated on their keyboard and had a sesiure, but
somehow typed the following:

>
>  Spraying crap over everything?  May require the purchase of an optional
> hardware add-on of some sort, may it not?  How is the GNU OpenMuckspreader
> project doing these days, anyway?

Pretty bad... it was a shitty project to begin with and its just gone
down the toilet.



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Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in
the Information Age, in The Cybercities Reader, S. Graham, Editor.
2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93.

Re: Hippos are Vegetarian

[zzapper]

Aaron Humphrey wrote in 
news:bfc52fe00910070837p5d874a63i754fb3e7ead9e84c@mail.gmail.com:

> htt

Drat appears it was a hoax, but apparently the reports in newspapers did 
actually appear.

ah well I've sent the hoax on it's way again!

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zzapper