chocolate-chip chooky Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I love this thread. Thank you @Terabith 🌻 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) Go team Dazzle! Go team Dazzle! Is it wrong to hope that tomorrow someone wakes up to find a zebra on their porch having a bit of a nap? Edited October 3, 2021 by Faith-manor 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 There must be something in the air! Zebras very near me were on the loose just a couple of weeks ago. These ones escaped from a farm and were eventually caught. https://www.wkow.com/archive/garbage-truck-driver-comes-across-roaming-zebras-near-seymour/article_267f5365-54d9-5413-bcf1-d2fed5d4edbf.html 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Hold up. I also just noticed the "marm" thing. What cowboys say "marm"? Like... schoolmarm? What does marm mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, Farrar said: Hold up. I also just noticed the "marm" thing. What cowboys say "marm"? Like... schoolmarm? What does marm mean? A variation of "ma'am" but with a drawl, I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, Jean in Newcastle said: A variation of "ma'am" but with a drawl, I suppose. Oh! I see. Somehow that didn't occur to me that she meant ma'am in some cowboy accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 I think we need a Hive field trip to see the wild zebras, especially if we can see a group of cowboys in kilts attempting to round them up out of the Home Depot parking lot and Jane Smith's backyard. I'll bring the cupcakes. 8 3 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Terabith said: I think we need a Hive field trip to see the wild zebras, especially if we can see a group of cowboys in kilts attempting to round them up out of the Home Depot parking lot and Jane Smith's backyard. I'll bring the cupcakes. Well, I'll bring something in a crockpot. 2 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Well, I'll bring something in a crockpot. And I will haul picnic fixings in a shopping cart! 2 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Faith-manor said: And I will haul picnic fixings in a shopping cart! Which you will then dutifully return to the cart corral, amirite??? Edited October 3, 2021 by SusanC hmm, second glass of wine threw off my spellcheck function 3 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 minute ago, SusanC said: Which you will then dutifully return to the car corral, amirite??? Well, I don't know. If I let it loose, a kerfuffle will ensue, and Hive kerfuffles are entertaining! 😁😉 3 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Maybe some cart cowboys can round up any carts on the loose?! I’ll bring cupcakes, too! 3 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 34 minutes ago, Spryte said: Maybe some cart cowboys can round up any carts on the loose?! I’ll bring cupcakes, too! Yes, cart cowboys! We need those, and I think they should ride hobby horses in the style of Monty Python and the Holy Trail knights. Someone needs to run around behind them smacking two coconut halves together! 😂 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Terabith said: I think we need a Hive field trip to see the wild zebras, especially if we can see a group of cowboys in kilts attempting to round them up out of the Home Depot parking lot and Jane Smith's backyard. I'll bring the cupcakes. I'm so in. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, chocolate-chip chooky said: I'm so in. And I'll bring my bogan Aussie accent. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 (edited) . . . Edited October 26, 2021 by BaseballandHockey 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 11 hours ago, ktgrok said: Ok, if cowboys don't line dance (which seems right), do they at least two step? Waltz? Anything? Tell me my western romance novels haven't totally led me astray! Yes, cowboys dance two step. I've been to my fair share of rodeo cabarets and there is lots of two stepping. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Homeschool Mom in AZ said: @Lady Florida. Where did you get the idea they would destroy a lawn? That wasn't me who said that. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 We FINALLY have a kilt thread again after all these years! 😂😂😂 10 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 So not fair. There was that one morning that Mom wouldn't let us walk up the lane to catch the bus for school because there was a bull moose standing in our front yard between the house and the road, but it certainly wasn't an exotic zebra, which is 200x cooler than a moose and would've made a waaaaay better "why we were late getting to school" story. I would love to attend the Hive field trip, but crossing the border these days is a not an easy feat. No fair again. I think I must go pout now. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 14 hours ago, Farrar said: When they round up the deer in Rock Creek Park, they do it with a large group on foot. ROCK CREEK PARK! Better tell Duckie to bring the van! Tony had better look out for the poison ivy this time! 🤣🤣🤣🕵️♂️🕵️♂️🦓🦓🦓🦓 We watched a ton of NCIS when ds was younger. Do you know how many “dead bodies” they found in Rock Creek Park? We decided we would avoid it at all costs if we were ever in the area. I mean, wow. Hundreds over the years! I hope it’s not like that IRL. I bet Duckie, with his calm common sense approach to problems & Ziva with her real live ninja like skills could catch the Zebras if they worked together. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 4 hours ago, fraidycat said: So not fair. There was that one morning that Mom wouldn't let us walk up the lane to catch the bus for school because there was a bull moose standing in our front yard between the house and the road, but it certainly wasn't an exotic zebra, which is 200x cooler than a moose and would've made a waaaaay better "why we were late getting to school" story. A bull moose sounds pretty exciting to me! But keep in mind the most unexpected animals I've ever had in my yard were a mule and a Shetland pony (separate times). Both were calm, domesticated beasties, so there was much more curiosity than excitement involved. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 6 hours ago, fraidycat said: Yes, cowboys dance two step. I've been to my fair share of rodeo cabarets and there is lots of two stepping. Finally the important question is answered! 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
math teacher Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Sounds like a job for Hank the Cowdog. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I was just talking to my daughter-in-law and she said there's an emu loose in their neighborhood! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 My daughter says that if these are smart zebras, they'll know where to cross the road, and this will be the key to finding them. PS Just wondering if you US folk have zebra-crossings and call them this? 🤔 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 44 minutes ago, chocolate-chip chooky said: My daughter says that if these are smart zebras, they'll know where to cross the road, and this will be the key to finding them. PS Just wondering if you US folk have zebra-crossings and call them this? 🤔 Pretty sure they’re just called crosswalks here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 A Stellar eagle escaped in Pittsburg. I hope he can be recaptured soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 2 hours ago, mom2scouts said: I was just talking to my daughter-in-law and she said there's an emu loose in their neighborhood! Is she in Roanoke? I was on Next Door, and I heard there was an emu loose here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 So in more wild animal news, my almost six year old grandson caught a chipmunk! He did not trap a chipmunk, he caught it, barehanded. And I have no photo because he was running towards my dd screaming, "Mama, look what I found!" And she was so frightened he would get bit that she yelled for him to drop it on the spot before she did a quick draw for her cell phone. I am bummed not to have a photo. I am wondering if N should be on a team to round up zebras because he seems to have some serious skill! Meanwhile, his mother seems traumatized because later he was out trying to catch a squirrel. I think she has her hands full with this one. She claims that I must have invoked "the mother's curse", but I maintain my innocence. 😉 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Terabith said: Is she in Roanoke? I was on Next Door, and I heard there was an emu loose here! No, there must be more than one emu on the loose. This emu seems to be on quite the adventure. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 There was an emu loose in North Carolina last year or the year before. It eluded capture for months. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Maybe the emus plan to meet up with the zebras. 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 14 hours ago, mom2scouts said: Maybe the emus plan to meet up with the zebras. And some penguins and sail to Madagascar? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 16 hours ago, Faith-manor said: So in more wild animal news, my almost six year old grandson caught a chipmunk! He did not trap a chipmunk, he caught it, barehanded. And I have no photo because he was running towards my dd screaming, "Mama, look what I found!" And she was so frightened he would get bit that she yelled for him to drop it on the spot before she did a quick draw for her cell phone. I am bummed not to have a photo. I am wondering if N should be on a team to round up zebras because he seems to have some serious skill! Meanwhile, his mother seems traumatized because later he was out trying to catch a squirrel. I think she has her hands full with this one. She claims that I must have invoked "the mother's curse", but I maintain my innocence. 😉 WOW!!! And he's lucky! I don't know about chipmunks, but regular old tree squirrels can bit REALLY HARD. Like, felt it through a thick leather glove hard. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Any updates? Zebras still at large? I am totally on Team Dazzle. I made the trek to the airport today for Dh's aunt, and my wildlife issue was a pair of pheasants in the middle of the toad who refused to move. I mean, flat out, defiant, you can't honk at me enough you will have to get out of the car and threaten to pick me up before I will move, pheasants. So there I was with the flashers on the car, stuck in the road, exiting my vehicle and having an argument with peasants, just trashing talking the tweerps before they finally decided to leave. And believe me, it was slow, spinning away in which I am sure they were trying to emulate Arnold Schwartzenager "I'll be back!" I have a theory. The animals are so mad about climate change that they aren't putting up with our crap anymore, and have decided to take back the planet. Next up, deer start knocking on my door at night wanting to sleep on the couch! 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Faith-manor said: Any updates? Zebras still at large? I am totally on Team Dazzle. I made the trek to the airport today for Dh's aunt, and my wildlife issue was a pair of pheasants in the middle of the toad who refused to move. I mean, flat out, defiant, you can't honk at me enough you will have to get out of the car and threaten to pick me up before I will move, pheasants. So there I was with the flashers on the car, stuck in the road, exiting my vehicle and having an argument with peasants, just trashing talking the tweerps before they finally decided to leave. And believe me, it was slow, spinning away in which I am sure they were trying to emulate Arnold Schwartzenager "I'll be back!" I have a theory. The animals are so mad about climate change that they aren't putting up with our crap anymore, and have decided to take back the planet. Next up, deer start knocking on my door at night wanting to sleep on the couch! 😁 I heard a gamekeeper talking about just how stupid pheasants are. Those that don't die by guns die under wheels. Thousands are bred every year for shooting but even the escapees don't thrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Laura Corin said: I heard a gamekeeper talking about just how stupid pheasants are. Those that don't die by guns die under wheels. Thousands are bred every year for shooting but even the escapees don't thrive. Oh yes, stupid and defiant. It is a lethal combination in wildlife! 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 The animals are coming for us! https://www.abc12.com/2021/10/05/police-2-foot-long-alligator-caught-detroit-area-street/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) I don't see any updates from more recently than three days ago, but this article from September 11 says that the zebras "are too fast to catch." (Maybe they just haven't tried the cowboys with not shiny boots yet?). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/11/zebras-escape-maryland-farm-officials-say-too-fast-catch/8293584002/ Also, apparently they have been taking dips into people's pools? These zebras are the best! Edited October 5, 2021 by Terabith 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Terabith said: I don't see any updates from more recently than three days ago, but this article from September 11 says that the zebras "are too fast to catch." (Maybe they just haven't tried the cowboys with not shiny boots yet?). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/11/zebras-escape-maryland-farm-officials-say-too-fast-catch/8293584002/ Also, apparently they have been taking dips into people's pools? These zebras are the best! 😂😂😂They are really living their best lives! My hat off to them. We bow to the masters! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 At this point I think I need to remind the hive of the randy peacock with a penchant for petrol pumps 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 There's also this story, which is really kind of sad, about the crane who fell in love with a human. Can you imagine your employment options being curtailed for DECADES because you cannot leave the crane that is in love with you? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/07/23/feature/the-crane-who-fell-in-love-with-a-human/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Oh my goodness, the peacock! Darwin award! Not going to keep the genes in the gene pool this way. 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 In other animal news, the meme about that guy who married a crane has been going around again. Remember that guy? The Washington Post did a long article about him a few years ago. The crane is an endangered species and she may have (probably) killed the two male cranes they tried to get her to mate with. And then she started trying to mate with the keeper who raised her. So he learned the mating dance and artificially inseminated her. They don't let her raise the babies because, I mean, obviously she's bird-icidal (whatever the word for that is). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Farrar said: In other animal news, the meme about that guy who married a crane has been going around again. Remember that guy? The Washington Post did a long article about him a few years ago. The crane is an endangered species and she may have (probably) killed the two male cranes they tried to get her to mate with. And then she started trying to mate with the keeper who raised her. So he learned the mating dance and artificially inseminated her. They don't let her raise the babies because, I mean, obviously she's bird-icidal (whatever the word for that is). 💖💖💖 This is QUITE the love story! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Farrar said: In other animal news, the meme about that guy who married a crane has been going around again. Remember that guy? The Washington Post did a long article about him a few years ago. The crane is an endangered species and she may have (probably) killed the two male cranes they tried to get her to mate with. And then she started trying to mate with the keeper who raised her. So he learned the mating dance and artificially inseminated her. They don't let her raise the babies because, I mean, obviously she's bird-icidal (whatever the word for that is). It's really sad, because cranes mate for life, so this poor man is kind of tied to where she lives forever, in terms of job prospects and geography. They live a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nashville needs some fun wildlife happenings. All our exotics seem to be content at the zoo. I moved a box turtle turtle off the road this afternoon and saw a raccoon skittle across the road in the wee hours this morning. Boooring! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, ScoutTN said: Nashville needs some fun wildlife happenings. All our exotics seem to be content at the zoo. I moved a box turtle turtle off the road this afternoon and saw a raccoon skittle across the road in the wee hours this morning. Boooring! But you moved the turtle! I love turtles. You did a good thing! Be careful what you wish for or you will end up with a bobcat trying to mate with the neighbor's calico! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Faith-manor said: But you moved the turtle! I love turtles. You did a good thing! Be careful what you wish for or you will end up with a bobcat trying to mate with the neighbor's calico! We DID hear a bobcat in 2020, when we were backyard camping during the shutdown!! Dh recorded it in his phone and we matched it using a wildlife website. But that was last year. We need current adventures! Edited October 6, 2021 by ScoutTN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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