–Life imitated art (well, bad movies, anyhow) in Melbourne, Australia when four six-inch baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights.
There were twelve snakes in the original package, and a reptile expert searched for the missing four, but did not find them! It was unknown of the snakes were still on the plane, or escaped after the plane landed. The airline (Qantas) fumigated the plane, and returned it to service. Maybe this is why the koala in Qantas ads once said, “I hate Qantas!”
One can imagine that some folks in Melbourne checked out their toilets and looked under the beds thereafter…for many share the sentiments of Indiana Jones when he said, “I…hate…snakes!”
–If you’re like me, there are some things on TV you watch even if you’re not proud of the fact. Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior series is such wonderful nonsense, great guy stuff! Remember the old pointless arguments about the victor in a fight between a ninja and a pirate?–Well, now they’ve built a show around this kinda premise!–Is this a great country, or what?!
–At the Berlin Zoo on April 11th, a 32-year-old woman who deliberately jumped into the polar bear enclosure was (predictably) mauled by a bear. The bears did not behave abnormally; the woman did! Keepers were able to extract the woman while holding the bears at bay with poles. The attack occurred near the famous Knut, who was hand raised by a keeper from the time that he was a cub.
–A North Carolina dog named Augie (…remember Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy?) ate $400 in cash March 19th that their owner left in the bedroom. The bills were three $100’s and five $20’s.
–Depression strikes writers, artists, and musicians up to ten times as often as the general population, a tendency often attributed to the creative spark. But according to one study (Paul Verhaegher, Syraccuse U.), it’s the artist’s propensity for rumination that often leads to the blues, not creativity itself.
–Hosted by Spike TV, 1000 Ways to Die can be morbidly fascinating, although one would be well advised to take some of its reported “true” deaths with a large grain of salt….
–On May 1st, X-Men Origins: Wolverine will open in the U.S., with Hugh Jackman in the title role. Because of his furry nature, Wolverine is a fave of mine, and Jackman portrayed him well in the previous three X-Men movies.
–A bobcat walked into a bar…
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