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    I usually wouldn't post stories like this on SW, but this story will touch your heart.



    In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.

    On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully.

    He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

    The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

    Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

    Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.

    The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

    Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.

    The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.



    Probably wasn't the same elephant.

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    What.. the fuck..... I was hoping for a heartwarming story dammit!

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    Me tooo.

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    Boo. Big BOO.

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    Well, that just... sucks.

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    That'll teach you to climb the zoo fences.


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    Now that is my sense of humor...

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    Damn.

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    it probably makes me a horrible person, but i laughed
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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    wow. what a focker you are for teasing our minds... not kewl.

    Love it!

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    awww that was sad

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    Jimmy, you make me pout. And laugh. But pout, none the less.
    ED E’ SUBITO SERA

    Ognuno sta solo sul cuor della terra
    trafitto da un raggio di sole:
    ed č subito sera

    --Salvatore Quasimodo--

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy68 View Post
    wow. what a focker you are for teasing our minds... not kewl.
    Chrissy68, you forgot to add a sarcastic smiley to the end of your sentence.

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    I've read it before but I'd forgotten it. Too damn funny.

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