Actually a little known fact is that deer swim as part of their foraging for food. On the East coast they are known to swim from lower Cape Cod to Nantucket!!! Across the strongest current on the coast.

“Or is it still Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

It’s Don’t eat, Don’t tell.

I wonder how many vegan Marines we have. Or is it still Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?

Sad that he made that “hunting” quip. Being killed by being hunted is surely not a fun experience for a deer or their family often grazing nearby. Yes, theo, I know deer don’t understand english – but still – I am definitely not clapping for the sad confused dude who saved that deer but thinks it is ”’’so darn heelariiious man how it’s gonna be killin’ time later. Guffaw guffaw guffaw!”’ Get yer cute ideals straight, peoples. Go vegan and really honor the Cute!!!

(and aloria, this isn’t a soapbox – have some kindness in your heart for the opinions of people who really love animals and respect them to the point where it is part of their ideals, instead of worrying about how it ruined 5 minutes of your time while staring at computer screen. Your cute world will continue.)

Criminy! As I said elsewhere, it looks like satire really *is* dead. When did everyone become so literal? What happened to our collective sense of irony? Is the internet breeding it out of us? Is it making us so lazy as to not think beyond the words on the screen? Or maybe it’s always been this way, and the internet just makes it more apparent. *grump grump grump grump grump*

Sorry. I know this is not the place for my grump so I’ll take it elsewhere.

Limegirl: “Considering the swimming habits of deer, am I the only one who thought about how PISSED this deer would be if it was actually headed somewhere?”

Ha! I had the same thought, Limegirl! I was imagining the deer thinking “Wait! No, wait! Oh… fer crying out loud!” But reading the snopes article, it really sounds like the poor little thing was struggling.

Tim, you’re a hero in my book! You saved Lulu and you got some awesome bear pictures!

WTF? Why did they say, “Since the fish weren’t biting, we decided to help the derr.” You wouldn’t help that poor thing if you had a trout at the end of your line???

[Last time I'll say this: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. Who cares what he *said* when what he *did* is what really matters? It's not like the dialogue could ever bother the deer, just other humans... - Ed.]

oh, and thumbs up to the “hot guys of CO” calendar!

it’s easy to laugh at people not getting b-serv’s joke. it’s funny.
but considering how dogmatic and irrational nuffers sometimes get around here, it’s really not that much of a stretch…

babs and theo: i totally thought new yorker, too! i was wondering, “if i make a comment, will anyone know what i’m talking about?” when i read your post LOL!

OK, Melinda, it looks like you might be new here, so I’ll go easy. Berthaservant was employing a rarely-used and little-understood literary device once known as “satire”…