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Russian Circus Crocodile Hurt by Falling Accountant

2014-05-23

[An Nahar] A crocodile was injured in Russia when an accountant weighing 120 kilograms (260 pounds) fell on him during a bus trip through the arctic north, local media reported.

Two-metre-long Fedya was injured on Tuesday when the accountant for the circus to which he belonged tumbled from her seat as the mini-bus took a sharp turn.

The Soviet Circus, based in the region of Murmansk, feared for the reptile's life when the shock left him vomiting for three hours, Russian media outlet Ria Novosti reported.

The accountant escaped with only minor injuries, but has been reprimanded for not wearing her seatbelt.

Fedya has since recovered and is now waiting in Moscow to become the star of a Russian television program, said circus director Vassili Kolos.

Posted by:Fred

#16 How's that?

Works for me. Babushka, too.

The old crocodilian regiment
Is not very partial to sentiment.
Given bags on retiring,
Instead of admiring,
The Colonel snapped, "Just an impediment!"

#9 Try using poetic license:
Gator, gata. See meaning #5 here.

Cool. That's nicely done.

On Bourbon, a morphodite gator
On break from a burlesque theater:
"When I'm not dancing gogo,
I like to read Pogo
In that new fountain up on Decatur."

I know this crap is mostly stilted and old-timey, but I doubt it'll change much in the next little while. For now, I'm too tired (and world-weary, meme-weary, maybe even -- please don't report me -- urban-weary). Too lazy. And there's an ancient ancestor who'll never read Rantburg but likes the limericks. But you (collectively) are right, of course. I've been a blunt badger for a good many months now.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-23 23:57

#15 Hard to improve on good, Squinty

I was responding to post #7 and didn't see post #8 in time.

Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-23 22:58

#14 I gotta ask: what the hell kind of circus has crocodiles in it?

Posted by: SteveS 2014-05-23 22:50

#13 Hmm...

In America, crocodile luggage fall on you. In Russia, you fall on crocodile luggage!

How's that?

Posted by: Angie Schultz 2014-05-23 20:19

#12 Uh, uh, DEATH BY BABUSHKA???

gut nuthin.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-05-23 19:36

#11 In Soviet Circus, you belt crocodile?
I c wut u did thar.

Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-23 18:50

#10 Hard to improve on good, Squinty

Posted by: badanov 2014-05-23 13:53

#9 Try using poetic license:
Gator, gata. See meaning #5 here.

Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-23 13:29

#8 As the circus rolled on, mile by mile,
The bookkeeper started to smile.
Circus life can be rough
And if you drink enough
You may find yourself crossing the aisle.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-23 13:24

#7 "Okay, so what have we got?"
"This sick little croc that we bought."
"A couple of thousand."
"An obese accountant."
"Call the press?" "Sure, let's give it a shot!"

At Cannes one year, Lina Wertmuller
And Fellini had drunk half a cooler
Of beer. Feeling groovy,
They plotted a movie,
But this story is weirder and crueller.

Not my day.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-23 13:13

#6 In Soviet Circus, you belt crocodile? Who am I kidding? I got nada. You'd think "crocodile" would be easy...

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-05-23 12:54

#5 Lawyers and Sharks, Accountants and Crocodiles.
A natural pairing, Grunter.

Posted by: Skidmark 2014-05-23 10:39

#4 Why were the crocodile and the the accountant together in the first place?

Posted by: Grunter 2014-05-23 10:35

#3 A real man bites lizard story.

Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-23 05:08

#2 I can honestly say I did not expect to see this.

Posted by: gorb 2014-05-23 01:26

#1 That's gotta be Headline Of The Day.

Posted by: SteveS 2014-05-23 00:32

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