Now that
was an amoosing tale.
Suicidal moose descends on Alaska
You might say it was raining cats and moose. Minus the cats. On February 2, as reported by Anchorage Daily News, a swing-shift state trooper named Howard Peterson was motoring down the Seward Highway when he was nearly killed by a falling moose. At first, he thought the moose was a rock that looked like a moose. But the moose …
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Thursday 14th February 2008 11:32 GMT Chris Morrison
A Moose?
"he was nearly killed by a falling moose"
I've seen a fair few moose in my day. There forever scampering around the corn fields and I've even had the odd one in my hoose. BUt I aint ever seen a moose big enough to crush a car. That must be some crazy moose. My wee field moose would run away terrified!
Was the cat chasing the moose? Did the cat land okay? Did it eat the moose?
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Thursday 14th February 2008 11:59 GMT Derry Thompson
Møøse
A Møøse once bit my sister ...
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".
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Thursday 14th February 2008 13:13 GMT JCL
Moose fantastic recipes
@Marvin the Martian - I've eaten elk, but not moose. Apparently they can get a bit gamey, so a bit of marinading wouldn't go amiss. There is a recipe for jellied moose nose at http://www.recipecenter.com/Recipe.asp?code=5096 that could be useful. You have to make sure you scald the nose with boiling water so you can get the loosened hairs out easily. There's a few others on that site including meatballs that would be good if the moose had splattered somewhat...
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Thursday 14th February 2008 13:48 GMT Ishkandar
@JCL
Elk is the American word for moose since Americans have difficulty with more than three letters in a word !! I had lots of lovely moose steaks in Norway.
And please, reindeer are cute little creatures with slim horns. Moose are bloody great things with large spades,complete with pointy bits at the ends, on its head !! You seriously don't want to know what a moose can do to you with them pointy spades !!
Mine's the polar bear fur coat with the wolf skin hood, thanks !!
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Thursday 14th February 2008 14:08 GMT Anonymous Coward
What an IT story!
Here's the IT Angle. The moose had a faulty GPS system with Maps NOT updated. SO it used Windows Computer to navigate its way and the Moou'se sent him the wrong way and all hell FROZE in the PC (Being Alaska). Called M/soft Customer services, who told him those maps were illegal (since Google provided them- could not be supported). The Moose got angry FLEW into a rage, took flight and ended up on poor sods roadside (nearly killing him), who counted his blessings and wrote a story for the evening newspaper!
Phew, hairs breadth escape, and Miracles do happen!
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Thursday 14th February 2008 15:57 GMT John Cobb
Moose and Elk
Love the jokes and the Monty Python references.
However, Moose and Elk are different animals. Elk look more like stags, while moose antlers are more palmate in shape.
Moose: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=moose&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
Elk (known also as Wapiti): http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=elk&btnG=Search+Images
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Thursday 14th February 2008 16:25 GMT C
methinks there is still a law on the books
"It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane."
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/alaska
Then again if one could entice it to charge out on its own ... that would be Mooste funny .. err I mean acceptable.
But, the law did not mention black helicopters.
also .. "It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose."
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Thursday 14th February 2008 17:07 GMT Ryan Greenaway
After every Moose death, moost follow...
a Llama death.
Be prepared people, The Dancing llama's, their make up team and agents are all looking for their chance to make the news. Could it be that these event are linked to the Suicide squad from Monty Python's Life of Brian? Perhaps, the ghost of Graham Chapman, pushed this moose. Sounds Plausible!
As Mulder said "Keep watching the skies", although I'm not sure he would have followed it up with "for falling cows, moose's or Llama's".
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Thursday 14th February 2008 17:07 GMT Anonymous Coward
Mooset get 'em right, or elks.
@John Cobb
"However, Moose and Elk are different animals. Elk look more like stags"
This is another one of those transatlantic thangs.
A Scandinavian Elk _is_ a 'merkin Moose. (Alces Alces)
A 'merkin Elk (Cervus canadensis) is just a wannabe. Or a wapiti. Same difference.
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Thursday 14th February 2008 20:42 GMT Andy Bright
Moose stop for traffic lights
Yes really, in some of the smaller cities not only have Moose been captured on CCTV wandering into hospitals and supermarkets or playing in sprinklers - but have been seen stopping for red lights, which in my mind debunks the myth they're oversized lemmings. Apparently they learned through trial and error that the red light means large vehicles coming fast.
As for the Canadian language comments, weird, because Alaska is actually a US state. Point of fact you'd be more accurate doing a GW impression what with all the Texans digging up every patch of ground looking for oil. "Let's split Alaska in two so we can make Texas the 3rd largest state."
The unofficial state bird is the mosquito. Anyone that's been here during the summer will understand.
Cold? We have all four seasons I'll have you know - June, July, August and Winter.
So yeah, come up here to see the majestic mountains, watch glaciers crash into the sea, travel down colourful rivers (minerals and all that), catch king salmon - then get run over by a moose and eaten by a bear.
Telephones? We have the best communications system in the country. No bandwidth throttling or limited downloads in Alaska. My 7Mbit connection has been rock solid for over 3 years. No inconsistent Comcast bullshit, if you pay for 7Mbits, you get 7Mbits and the only variation in speed is upwards.
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Friday 15th February 2008 01:46 GMT Nawve Eliyahu-Yehoshua Cohein Gadol Ben-Malchezadek
Idiots, all of you.
I live in Alaska and can tell you that I have nothing but sympathy for all of you folks. Here in Alaska we enjoy so much freedom and seperation from you guys that we are virtually a different country, 50 miles from former Soviet Union at our closest point, yet approx. 2,500 miles from the continental United States at your closest point,THANK GOD. You dont even realize that the phrase "United States of America" is a falsehood, there is no "United States of America", although there is a "Unity State of The Americas," don't worry, I won't call you stupid if you can't understand, just think about it for a minute instead of your next Quad Breve'. Do any of you realize that stuck as you are, within your cities and apartments; that if the trucking industry were to be shut down %80 of you will have turned to cannabalism within 72 hours, while the rest of you will be meat, which once again is nonsustainable. You are stuck in a toxic environment where even your air is so poisoned that it is as if you grew up smoking cigars or huffing toxic effluent. Your ecosystems (Cities) are shot and are made for immediate gratification, and if you look closely (whereas I can see it from all the way up here in Alaska) you will see that your downfall is your continual mental masturbation, i.e. you see it, want it, you get it, which is once again nonsustainable because of the aspect that once it no longer exists you're screwed, it is simply because of the fact that you take and take and never give back, never grow your own food, ( this statement is intended for those of you who are inner-city dwellers, which make up the greatest portion of the population, and not for you micro-agriculturists who are contributors, to you I say thank you and keep up the good work.) do any of you even know how to grow your own food? I and most other individuals here live off of our own food, I grow bananas in our greenhouse (Raja Puri and Cavandish, as well as Kiwi, Carob, Apples, Grapes, Hierloom Tomatos, and tons of vegies, all STRICTLY HIERLOOM ORGANICS. WE are the fountain head from which you recieve a great portion of the purifying aspects in your society. I see that in most of your homes that you may have at the best, silk or paper flowers, the occasional rubber tree or helicopter plant, but nothing edible. I pity you and pray that you wont leave a big pile of trash behind when you move on.
Namaste,
Nawve Eliyahu-Yehoshua Cohein Gadol Ben-Malchezadek
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Friday 15th February 2008 20:37 GMT Anonymous Coward
@Nawve Eliyahu-Yehoshua Cohein Gadol Ben-Malchezadek
No no no no no.
You're looking for the "Lazy O' Magic Circle Dudes Ranch and Collective Love Farm"... just down the road apiece.
Relax.
Breathe.
Again.
Feel better? Good.
And do not, DO NOT sign off a crazy-assed screed like that with a cheery "Namaste," 'cause then you sound even dumber still.
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Wednesday 20th February 2008 02:04 GMT Anonymous Coward
@Nawve Eliyahu-Yehoshua Cohein Gadol Nebuchadnezzar Ghengiskhan Abelincoln
Fellow Reg readers, I would like to use this post to assure you that this man in no way represents the majority of Alaskans. He has been whisked away by our top-secret seal-fur covered (Soundproofing!) black 'copters to a secure facility where he will remain until he is over the suicidal plummet of his wife onto the Seward Highway.
Thank you,
-Your chilled buds to the North
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