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| Swedish Moose Runs Off With Bicycle |
| 2004-05-24 |
| STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The massive moose didnât take it for a joyride, but she did run off with Bjoern and Monica Helambâs bicycle, the couple said Monday. The married couple was ready for the moose, which has visited their yard in Vuoggatjalme in northern Sweden annually since 1995 to snack on their roses. This year, though, they put their bicycle in front of the flowers in a bid to protect them. "So we thought we would at least protect our favorite roses from her appetite by making it harder for her to get to them," Bojern Helamb told The Associated Press. It didnât help. The moose, dubbed "Droopy Ear" because of her deformed ears, slid her head through the bikeâs frame and munched on the roses last week, sating her appetite with a flowery feast. "Then she disappeared, with the bike hanging around her neck," Helamb said. He found the bike later, about 1,640 feet from the house, bent apart and beyond repair. Despite purloining the bicycle, Droopy Ear came back over the weekend for roses, but was chased away by the couple. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #13 Cow tse tung. Nuff said. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-24 5:07:43 PM |
| #12 I am reminded of the old Woody Allen standup routine (back when he was funny) about his shooting a moose, and ending with: âMr. Berkowitz was shot, stuffed, and mounted, at the New York Athletic Club. And the joke's on them, 'cause they're restricted.â |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-05-24 5:01:46 PM |
| #11 John Kerry comments: The son of a bitch stole my bike! |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-05-24 4:28:22 PM |
| #10 We'll fight for bovine freedom and hold our large heads high! We will run free like the Buffalo Or dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Cows With Guns! Glad you got to see it mucki. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-24 4:12:26 PM |
| #9 "Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër? See the løveli lakes, the wøndërful telephøne system, and mäni interesting furry animals including the majestik møøse. A Møøse once bit my sister...No realli! Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti..." --Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-24 3:49:50 PM |
| #8 Mucky: He was a scrawny calf, he looked rather woozy Noone suspected he was packing an Uzi.? If so: Yup, very cool. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-24 3:30:53 PM |
| #7 angie purdy deep thinker. hey shipman! thanks for showing me cows with guns. it has become theme song. :) |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-05-24 3:22:11 PM |
| #6 #2 20 minute standing ovation from my living-room. |
| Posted by: Evert V. in NL 2004-05-24 3:21:04 PM |
| #5 LOL Angie! Crazy funny. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-05-24 3:18:24 PM |
| #4 Angie - Lol! Mucky - Try Bullwinkle for inspiration... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-24 3:17:21 PM |
| #3 hmmm. wanting to make boris coment here but am coming up empty. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-05-24 3:09:18 PM |
| #2 A moose with a deformed ear wanders around Sweden with a rose in its mouth and a bicycle around its neck. Didn't I see this in a Bergman film? The moose of course is mankind, the bicycle represents the stifling comformity of the modern world, and the rose is joy. The significance of the ear is left as an exercise to the reader. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-05-24 3:05:34 PM |
| #1 Moose, why do they hate us and our ways? |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2004-05-24 3:03:10 PM |