wonkydog Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 ELEPHANT STORY...In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.....On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with hishunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Mbemb was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephantenclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure.He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one ofMbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantlyProbably wasn't the same elephant .......... Happy birthday to me. :lol: Been working every day since boxing day. :lol: What needed doing is now sorted. :lol: I get to have a couple of days off! :lol: PS what day is it? they all seem to run into one with no TV or newspapers.ITS CHRIIIIIIIISSST, (stop the "Slade" song right now that was last week!) I wish you all a very happy new year, drink if you want to, I am. But don't drive tonight, or tomorrow morning if it was a heavy night. Best wishes out to all that have to work tonight. See you in 2007! Quote
gregers Posted January 1, 2007 Report Posted January 1, 2007 happy birthday m8 and have a prosperous new year Quote
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