The Penguins are coming! The Penguins are coming!

[ellyssian]

Yes, folks! The end is near! Grab a RPLS (Rocket Propelled Leopard Seal) and get ready...

Penguins invade Texas

(Thanks for pointing this out goes to thewrongcrowd, who is not a resident of Tamson House, and doesn't fully comprehend the horror of it all... =)

Comments

[elaine-today.livejournal.com]

That icon made me laugh.

[jenjiyana.livejournal.com]

haha i didnt even realize what it was until you pointed it out lol...although yours is pretty awesome too..poor cat :)

poor penguins...i would be uncontrollable had I hit a penguin!

[elaine-today.livejournal.com]

I know. Just imagining them waddling around, already mortified by the heat, and then....BAM! It's a sad picture.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

They just want you to think they're mortified by the heat... really it's just local politics that have them a bit dazed, but they will soon overcome that weakness and...

... hmmm, there's some short guy in a tux here at my cube who says something about wanting to talk to me and wanting me to go quietly...

[elaine-today.livejournal.com]

You'd better comply. I think he and his associates have had a rough day and aren't about to take any resistance lightly.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

The talking monkey was just ki... I mean I was just kidding. There are no penguins here. Penguins are nice and fluffly and sweet and cuddly and nothing to see here, just move along.

All your herring are belong to us.

[pecosdave.livejournal.com]

Though I drive south of Houston all the time, I promise I did not run over that penguin!

On another note. The chances of hitting a mattress, chester drawer, tire, lawn chair, heck even a lawn mower are pretty damned good in that area. What are the chances, even if you drove 24 hours a day, seven days a week your entire lifespan without stopping in Texas, what are your chances of running over a real live penguin? Winning the lottery twice is probably more likely.

This has made me so sad

[halogirl66.livejournal.com]

Those were my penguins. I used to clean up after them when i was an intern at the Indy zoo :(

Re: This has made me so sad

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I think it's mostly ignored - except where being made fun of - but keepers do have a very real bond with the animals they care for.

When I posted, I hadn't read the article, but it's not nearly as lighthearted an ending as I had thought. I had skimmed the tagline with the "twenty one penguins rescued" and the whole wandering around on the roads of Texas, which is easy to make light of - later when I actually read it, it just wasn't quite as funny.

On the positive side, even though four died, twenty-one survived - so it could have been far worse.