Hurricane Irene may have damaged pumpkin crops, but a select few survived to be mauled by bears at the Bronx Zoo, a fall tradition. Oh, the pumpkinity!
The Great Pumpkin Massacre
September 24, 2011 By
Hurricane Irene may have damaged pumpkin crops, but a select few survived to be mauled by bears at the Bronx Zoo, a fall tradition. Oh, the pumpkinity!
Bear rugby league? oh noz… Bears’ pumpkin league.
Pfft. League is for wussies. Grizzlies would be rugby UNION all the way.
Go Canucks in the World Cup!
(dancing happy new post dance)
*joins skippymom in….hmmmm, let’s see……I think an
IRISH JIG would be appropriately celebratory!!!…*
*sighs wistfully for the days when an Irish Jig was do-able*
*celebrates victoreia’s cherce of the vocab term “wistfully”*
Signed,
Nostalgic
I really want to frolic in the stream with those happy bears.
Ahh, no I don’t think you really do, skippymom. Just keep thinkin;: pumpkin equals human head. Same thing to a grizzly and not really very comfortable for the human.
Allow me, please, to push my nose in where ‘t hasn’t been invited; and speak/ write as somewhat an afficianado of Things skippymom-ish.
*ahem*
MOST likely, she REALLY REALLY REALLY DOES **WANT**
to frolic in the stream with those happy bears. However, in the interest of,
to quote a sequel to a famous 1970s film …..”Stayin’ Alive” …..she plans to restrain herself from said recreational activity choice.
Signed,
But of course I COULD be wrong.
*wakes up and rubs sleep out of eyes*
Huh? Wha? Did somebody mention “Stayin Alive?”
Made my morning!!!! Stay Alive!
And here I had no clue that music videos pre-dated what I had thought to be my bleeding-edge access to early 1980s (“vintage”) MTV on *cable* …. !!!!
LMAO Fire Birfle!!!!!
@ Babzie: thx
Lookit the back feet sticking up out of the water as the bear floats on his back with the pumpkin!!
I’m lookiting, I’m lookiting!
that is so anorable
And did you see his clever little hand at :54 when he scooped some of the pumpkin guts?
It’s the Great Pumpkin Massacre Charlie Brown.
Smashing pumpkins.
Isn’t that the name of a music group ?
Yep…and my joke was LAME.
I was just thinking… now we know where they got the name ;P
“The seeds! THE SEEDS!!!!!!”
everyone knows its fun to play with your food. i love the bear feet!
That’s one way to carve a jack o’lantern.
Yes, it looks like (ursa) major performance ahrt.
Bearanksy, move over!
Snack time, then play time, then bath time, then snack/play/bath time….
…..and THEN, AT LONG LAST, it’s bath/snack/ PLAY time.
THAT’s always been MY personal favorite. Nothin’ like it
oh! oh! These happy bears remind me of my beloved goat. She had *so much fun* demolishing a squash, or a cabbage, or a cardboard box. Unlike a bear she had no claws to keep her food still, so she had to chase it around a good bit–which she did with enthusiasm and joy.
YAY GOATS & YAY (in certain situations) for
demolishing — WITH enthusiasm and joy — those things which need demolishin’
That is just Delightful!
I think I sound like an old lady saying that, but there’s no other word that comes to mind. I’m an old lady at heart, anyway.
‘what’s an ‘old lady’??? Ah ain’t never heard, uv NO SICH THANG.”
1: ennybody else, spy the url/ address for this pic???? (heh heh)
and 2:
SPEAKING, both of things Autumnal AND of Massacres …. please enjoy the following:
http://arlo.net/resources/lyrics/alices.shtml
Signed,
You’re welcome
Oh, I really hope Stephen Colbert spies this and puts a clip on the threatdown.
*snickers uncontrollably*
ah yes; it’s that time of year when they put pumpkin in _everything_
mmm yes! Pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, roasted pumpkin seeds…delish!
Not to metion Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Ale or Pumpkin Spiced Coffee (my favorite) -Oh yeah baby !!!
And pumpkin donuts, pumpkin pancakes, and pumpkin waffles. Must be time for Sunday breakfast…..
…Pumpkin spice cake, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin sause and pumpkin tea.
Here we see a match between longtime squash partners, Hairy and Clawed.
260O, you are, as always, astounding. Brava! Brava!
*snortlaff!!!!*
Keep ‘em comin’, 260O!!!!
Isn’t that the name of a game ? Or am i thinking of Something I saw in an olde Mad Magazine ??
Hmmmm…..not ringing a bell w/me. Anyone?
@ kimmaroo:
while the clip, below,
MIGHT not solve the query of bob drummond ….I feel
that it is *somewhat likely* to provide you some with some merriment,
while we await the Smart CO’ers who will surely, eventually
know the “name of the game”.
Peace and merriment!
http://www.schooltube.com/video/b9f9385b8e3f317d6563/Boring-Economics-Teacher
Many thanks, FB. When I click on the link, it tells me that “SchoolTube is currently being updated.” Maybe that’s just temporary?
Now I remember ! It was called SQUAMISH and appeared in an old MAD magazine article way back in the sixties .
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
*sigh* That picture looks so autumn. It’s so hot here. I can’t wait until it finally gets cold. I love fall. Such pretty browns and oranges. I can’t wait for Halloween and Thanksgiving. And leaves falling on the ground. And bare tree branches.
Suuuuure, rub it in! Over here in the middle of the Pacific, we have two seasons: rain, and summer (with occasional rain).
*sniff* I miss having four distinct seasons.
Come for a visit here in New England, v. We have 4 distinct seasons. Oh, yes, we do. Sometimes 3 of them in one week. o_O
In New Hampshire we had 5 seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter, Mud, and Spring.
Fun is!
;-D
Oh, don’t get me wrong…I live smack dab in the Mojave desert. We don’t get four seasons here but I miss that from when I lived in the beautiful, fabulous State of Colorado! (Gosh, I miss that state. I think I’ll go back some day). Here in the desert, we do have some trees whose leaves turn yellow and fall on the ground, but the temperature seems to go from 112 to 40 in the course of about two weeks in November. I CAN’T WAIT for the cold! Each year, I celebrate that first day when I step outside, breathe and I can see my breath on the air. And I LOVE when the brown mountains surrounding the valley here are dusted with snow so that it looks as if the mountains are huge gingerbread treats and the desert looks like dessert!
AND yet agin, QofD paints a lovely portrait of nature and the seasons,
in just a few lines of simple text.
Signed,
I Love skillful storytelling
(AND cute things, too) ….
Where are you now and where did you use to be?
They’re so jiggly!
The feet…..the feet. *thud*
Also: “DA Beahs.”
At first I was like, “Aw, cute!” Then I was like, “What if that was a human head?”
YUCK!!! WHAT A GHASTLEY IDEA !!
….erm ….
Cool! I like how you think, eliza! Tres morbid and fits right in with October being right around the corner.
I love how excited they seem to be when they see the pumpkins initially and they remember just what to do with them. They’re such gorgeous creatures.
Pumpkins are popular amongst zoo peeps this time of year. Check out this snow leopard in the Central Park Zoo;
I love at 0:19 when he’s like, “WTF? Where’s my steak?”
OMG, I love it how they play exactly the same way as domestic cats! It´s so cute!
I didn’t realize til my second viewing that the face on the jack o’ lantern was a cat face!
Also, I can’t help imagining that every time he pauses in playing with the pumpkin that he’s thinking “Uh-oh, do I look undignified? Look dignified!”
Plus the epic floof and monumental PO’d face of the Prospect Park Pallas cat:
thanks theresa, those were both awesome! the huge paws on that leopard are killing me. no pun intended
I bet that leopard can make some serious biscuits with those paws. Pass the gravy.
wow that kitty is even scarier-looking than the sugar glider
@ Theresa,
re. PPP feline & his PO’d facial expression….
(not to MENTION, his/ her FLOOFTASTIC outfit!!!):
kat sez “We are NOT amused. by ENNYthang!!!!”
That cat could be the new Face of Disapproval.
Ack! Grizz!!! *backs away slowly*
They are soooo cute! If they weren´t so deadly, that is.
1:06 nose rub *thud*
Bears eat pumpkin? Who knew.
Great video.
I think bears will eat anything. Including toothpaste, lotion, toilet paper, people…anything. Camping can be tricky in an area that is heavily populated with bears because they’ll come into camp and be all, “Move aside, beeyatches. All this crap is for me to eat. And that includes you.”
*sigh. I’ve been there*
wow
Da Beahs say “beeyatches”????
Gangsta has reached the Great Outdoors now….
And *drumroll* Doritos.
Yeah, they say “beeyatches” And then after they call you that, they say, “Word.”
It’s nothing new…bears have always been somewhat thug.
“Word”.
Even PADDINGTON?
Yep. As well as Corderoy. (sp? dang. that’s a hard word to spell). And don’t let Winnie fool you either. Thugs. If you meet them on their turf, they’ll happily bite your head off. But they’re really cute to look at in pictures!
@ Q et al:
Spelling here in ‘Merica is s’posed to be Corduroy.
*places Nerdy Research Spectacles on nose*
“Cord(du) Roy [Roi] ” — imported from les francais outrageouses, where it
was the name of a regal fabric for kins (les Rois) …..
Cord = “Cord, ” or “Thread”
du = “of” …….and [le] Roi = “king”. Thus “fabric” or “thread” of the King!!!
Signed,
(bing sound)
The More You Know
GAH
– sp correction, …..”the name of a regal fabric for KINGS” not “for kins”
*goes to search for Sledgehammer to demolish all computers in sight*
Oh my gosh. OH MY GOSH! Peeps, this really has nothing to do with anything but I was watching the news and the weatherman said the words, “rainy days and Mondays” So then I was like, Wow! I LOVE that song!
“And now, folks, we present an afternoon of Word Association Music!!!!”
YAY Q & YAY K. Carpenter’s phenomenal singing/ voice.
and also (
)
RIP K. Carpenter.
KC’s voice was completely amazing. I didn’t appreciate her music all those years ago when she was alive but I do now. Thanks for that link, Q of D!
Love the kissies at the end. Schweeet!!!
Many thanks, FB. When I click on the link, it tells me that “SchoolTube is currently being updated.” Maybe that’s just temporary?
Oops! Just ignore this ^ comment. It was meant to go waaaaaay above. You’d think I’d have the hang of this by now. Yeesh….
Hi kimmaroo
….Perplexingly enough, before I placed the link here @ CO, I actually *DID* test whether it ran smoothly ….you might (or might not?) wanna try to copy the url/ address into your address bar and try to see if it load smoothly that way.
Sorry that the Random yet Eternal Computer Conspiracy is giving us hiccups.
ANYway, the link is / was to a scene from the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, in which Ben Stein is the uber-boringest economics teacher ever with the most Nasal voice ever in the history of anybody.
And the reason why I linked it, is the following …..if you look at your original comment time-stamped 4:25 am, above …
the link from the film, is where Ben Stein is narrating some history facts from / about American Economics ……and at each significant item, he briefly hopes for input from the students…”blah blah blah Tea Party…..Anybody? Anybody?”
I see. I’m fairly familiar w/Ferris Bueller as well as Ben Stein and his diverse media career that is somehow always related to economics. I often use his line, “Anyone? Anyone?” with certain brain surgeons I know.
Anyhoo, the link works now. I think the site was just down temporarily for maintenance when I tried earlier. Your persistence and determination to provide the utmost merriment are at once touching and inspirational! A thousand thank-yous, FB!
I sure wouldn’t want to be the keeper who has to clean the pumpkin guts out of the canal afterward!
Headline: Pumpkins gourd by bears.
*grooooooan!!!1!!*
(P.S. Hi, A.D.!)
HEY I THOUGHT I TOLD U TWO TO STOP PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD !!!!
Those pumpkins make them feel so special and happy! Its so beautiful to see. Thank you, we love you nice people.