I was much amused by the strapline to a story on the BBC News website summary page: “Woman repels bear armed only with a courgetteâ€. Those bears will use any weapon nowadays, not just their claws! It was in Montana, after all. The actual story has an alternative, but better-worded, headline.
I suspect my strapline rewording: "Courgette-wielding bear shuns repulsive woman" would not have got through the sub-editing process.
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Re: Bear cheek
Since the bear was in Montana, I assume it wielded a zucchini instead of a courgette...
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Now that's something to bear in mind; if your courgette plants bear fruit, they can be used as missiles.
I guess the bear will change its diet now, and has ballistophobia as well.
I guess the bear will change its diet now, and has ballistophobia as well.
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Keep in mind that the right to arm bears is guaranteed by the second amendment to the US constitution.
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Re: Bear cheek
They are very versatile creatures!HansV wrote:Since the bear was in Montana, I assume it wielded a zucchini instead of a courgette...
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Re: Bear cheek
The bride has a friend who used a broom to shoo a black bear away from her fruiting pear tree in Idaho. Her husband told her to never do that again!
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Women!
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Because males never eat fruit or vegetables.Leif wrote: How did you know the bear was female?
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Some folks say there ain't no bears in ArkansasGoshute wrote:Because males never eat fruit or vegetables.
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