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April 14, 2006
Lions and tigers and the equality that arises when every chimp gets exactly the same sized banana
This morning we got up early like virtuous folk and went to see zoo animals. Nothing like a zoo animal to make your problems seem small. As at any zoo, the people turned out to be the lamest exhibit. We watched a series of people leaning over the penguin tank and petting the penguins one by one as they swam back and forth, the penguins having nowhere else to go really. Finally one of the penguins bit a little girl's finger (I'd like to say clean off, but I can't be sure). The Lad said the girl's mom's face was priceless, like, I lean my kid out over this pen and encourage her to pet a wild animal and IT BITES HER???
Some would say that seeing the zoo in Berlin is a waste of time in a city so full of history and techno clubs. But we made a little history of our own by storming the walls and bringing down each and every barrier between us and the animals. Berlin and its zoo can at last be reunited thanks to us. And lion communism is defeated forever.
Sadly, the Lad was a casualty of this adventure, as he was eaten by a tiger. At least it wasn't by me this time.
Posted by didofoot at April 14, 2006 08:45 AM
Comments
Rioght here, right now, there is no other place I'd rather be than that zoo.
Posted by: sean at April 14, 2006 11:22 AM
...rolling in the cage with the baby black panther.
Posted by: michele at April 14, 2006 02:34 PM
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night, where the children of tomorrow go to that zoo.
Posted by: jason at April 14, 2006 03:16 PM
I see the girl, she's dressed to kill
And all I wanna do
Is see photos, I'll get my fill
Of streets we call the zoo
Posted by: michele at April 14, 2006 05:59 PM
Did you see the extraordinarily depressing cat exhibit? With the enormous tiger in the tiny cage? Or the "black" jaguar that actually has spots if you look closely enough?
Posted by: holohan at April 17, 2006 12:13 PM
tell me you got close enough to see the spots. please. oh man, please tell me you petted his big, black, spotted head.
fuzzy! kitty!
Posted by: michele at April 17, 2006 12:24 PM
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