Mar 28, 2009: Pink Elephant

Wolf told me she'd seen a pink elephant.
Well, we know Wolf loves her some mead.

And I know she's got toy/stuffed critters, but mostly mooses.


So I thought maybe she saw a tourist trap, or maybe a commercial promotion?



But it turns out she did see a pink elephant... and so did the BBC.

Here is the struggle of the conceit of man. Should we "rescue" him from the harsh African sun, or let him "struggle" to survive? Should we interfere, based on our "superior" knowledge, or let nature take its course? He can't walk in the shade of his mother forever.

So now Campbells Cream of Elephant Soup is not going to be gray anymore?

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Originally Posted by SPUCK So now Campbells Cream of Elephant Soup is not going to be gray anymore?

It probably wasn't the same pink elephant.

Shouldn't that be OTIS CAMPBELL'S soup?

Don't worry.....Mom has it covered

Don't forget about the pink dolphin and the rest of the BBC's Top Ten Weird and Wonderful Animals!

Whoops. Here's the link.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...l-animals.html

Somewhat off topic

A long, long time ago me and my friend Mike were sitting on a bench on our town square. At 2:45 AM. When a convertible pink Cadillac ElDorado drives by pulling a flat trailer. On this trailer was the fucking twin to this pink elephant, horn-rimmed glasses and all, in its trunk it's holding a giant martini with an olive in it the size of a basketball. Did I mention we were absolutely sloshed? We watched the spectacled spectacle go by in silence. Then Mike calmly turned to me and said "I didn't see a goddamned thing." True story.


I wonder if this the same one (trunk is in right position)? How many can there be???

er... might wanna ease up on the sauce, digger.

A schoolmate of mine's dad was a clown. Professionally.

Anyway, one of his props was a very large pink elephant. I'm not sure what it was made of, couldn't have been paper-mache because it sat out on their front lawn when dad wasn't working, often sporting a party hat and a "Don't Drink and Drive" sign (This was well before MADD).


Now this is funny: I was trying to see if anyone else had posted anything about Zetty's pink elephant. I didn't get any hits for it, but it's amazing what you can get by entering a couple of simple search terms into Google:

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr I wonder if this the same one (trunk is in right position)? How many can there be???

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Originally Posted by Flint Here is the struggle of the conceit of man. Should we "rescue" him from the harsh African sun, or let him "struggle" to survive? Should we interfere, based on our "superior" knowledge...

I guess pink is the new grey.

I don't think so, Shel. I mean, "Two in the grey, one in the stink" just lacks a certain cache, you know?

Just wondering, do elephants have colour vision?

Maybe some but not much.

I really don't think the color will change the flavor at all.

From Bruce: That elephant is in St. Cloud/Clearwater, Minnesota.

Must be a different one then, mine was headed south.

Maybe it was going to Disney World for vacation.

This wouldn't be a bad place to go while on vacation.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr A long, long time ago me and my friend When a convertible pink Cadillac El Dorado drives by pulling a flat trailer.

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs I guess pink is the new grey.

Hmm.. Dunno.. There is some resemblance.

Narcuul's pic reminded me of a book I read some years ago about alien elephant types invading Earth. "Footfall". One printing used this pic as a cover...

It's a fun book.

I thought that picture reminded me of something.

Yeah! It was to be one of the last Niven books before the scumbag sold out his huge following. It also was a total (absolute) spoiler for the entire book. I was really disappointed that he ruined the book that way. In fact, I tore off the cover before I gave it to the next person.