Everybody needs the comfort of a Teddy Bear once in a while.

[Calliope]

That's sad. I wonder what Knut thinks about him not being around?

They obviously had a special bond.

 

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1271652

8/30/2010

Residents of Shamattawa in northern Manitoba got a surprise visitor early yesterday evening...a polar bear.

RCMP spoke to several elders in the community who told them that it was the first time anyone in the area remembers seeing one.

The bear didn't cause any damage, merely appeared to drink from the river and then leave town.

Another pic at link.

So now even the polar bears are coming into town to drink, eh?

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1271652

8/30/2010

Residents of Shamattawa in northern Manitoba got a surprise visitor early yesterday evening...a polar bear.

RCMP spoke to several elders in the community who told them that it was the first time anyone in the area remembers seeing one.

The bear didn't cause any damage, merely appeared to drink from the river and then leave town.

Another pic at link.

So now even the polar bears are coming into town to drink, eh?

I'm surprised he didn't go to a polar bar.

 

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314878/Woman-fights-rampaging-bear--COURGETTE.html

24 Sept 2010

A woman in Montana, USA, fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home by pelting the animal with a large courgette from her garden.

The woman suffered minor scratches and one of her dogs was wounded after tussling with the 200lb bear.

The attack happened just after midnight when the woman let her three dogs into the backyard for a late night 'walk' before she headed to bed, Missoula County Sheriff's Lieutenant Rich Maricelli said.

more at link

(Yes, that is the actual zucchini she used.)

 

[Melanie]

Steely - you are soooooo funny. Thanks for the laughs

Mel

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314878/Woman-fights-rampaging-bear--COURGETTE.html

24 Sept 2010

A woman in Montana, USA, fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home by pelting the animal with a large courgette from her garden.

The woman suffered minor scratches and one of her dogs was wounded after tussling with the 200lb bear.

The attack happened just after midnight when the woman let her three dogs into the backyard for a late night 'walk' before she headed to bed, Missoula County Sheriff's Lieutenant Rich Maricelli said.

more at link

(Yes, that is the actual zucchini she used.)

I read that story and I debated putting it here because it's not a very cute bear story. However, I decided that I was gonna post it until I saw you already had.

 

[Steely Dan]

I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. - Woody Allen

 

[Steely Dan]

 

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[Steely Dan]

http://www.whtk.com/cc-common/news/..._Bear_Breaks_Into_Calgary_Store.wmv&redir=yes

 

[Tuffy]

http://www.whtk.com/cc-common/news/..._Bear_Breaks_Into_Calgary_Store.wmv&redir=yes

:floorlaugh: the first couple of frames when that bear comes racing through the store! omigosh

 

[Tuffy]

 

[Steely Dan]

:floorlaugh: the first couple of frames when that bear comes racing through the store! omigosh

They never show him buy anything.

 

[Tuffy]

They never show him buy anything.

He shops like me then. I browse so much that I talk myself out of buying anything. Salespeople hate me.

Yeah, I'm an awful shopper.

ETA - The "patient bear" picture makes me seriously laugh out loud, every time. I just never quits being funny!

 

[Steely Dan]

He shops like me then. I browse so much that I talk myself out of buying anything. Salespeople hate me.

Yeah, I'm an awful shopper.

ETA - The "patient bear" picture makes me seriously laugh out loud, every time. I just never quits being funny!

You'd think he'd at least want some honey roasted nuts or something?

 

[SuziQ]

It looks to me that the store didn't carry his size shoes. As it usually happens to me, he goes up to customer service for help and there is no one there!

 

[Tuffy]

It looks to me that the store didn't carry his size shoes. As it usually happens to me, he goes up to customer service for help and there is no one there!

No shoes in his size? Now he's gonna have to go bearfoot! :floorlaugh:

someone stop me!

 

[Steely Dan]

No shoes in his size? Now he's gonna have to go bearfoot! :floorlaugh:

someone stop me!

That literally made me laugh out loud.

 

[Steely Dan]

The special effects are stunning.

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