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from Oddly Enough Blog:
Bear number four, step up and growl…
Here's something you don't find every day. My Washington Post tells me a guy drove his car off a road and into a canal here in the nation's capital. The man, who was charged with driving under the influence, told police he had seen a bear.
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Mr. Johnson, we're gonna have to ask you some questions. It's just routine.
But Offisher, I'm cold and wet and I've had a few...
Now, Mr. Johnson, you say you saw a bear and then you drove into the canal. Can you describe it?
Um, it was big, and real scary.
I see. Was it all white? We get some polar bears in the woods around here this time of year.
I don't think so.
Did you notice if it was wearing a drill instructor's hat and standing on two legs? Sometimes Smokey the Bear comes to the U.S. Forest Service headquarters here and gets up to no good...
from Fan Fare:
Mel Gibson finds comeback going tough
(Note strong language in quote, paragraph 4)
The art of the come-back should never be underestimated -- especially if you're Mel Gibson.
Gibson, back on the big screen after an eight-year absence, is having a tough time fielding the inevitable questions about his infamous drunken anti-Semitic outburst in 2006.
