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11:00 July 11th, 2007

Snakes and hyenas and children! Oh my!

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough, ,

hyenas300.jpgDear Blog Guy,
Recently you posted an item about some guy who lets hyenas live in his house, with his family. Do you have any more information about them?

Sort of. I have a two-minute movie, but it’s not narrated, so we just have to guess at the plot like some artsy foreign flick.

It starts with a whole family playing with hyenas in the living room. Junior tries prying their jaws open, so we sense his character may not be around long. Then, tension - Mom says she heard bad stories about hyenas, but learned that they were lies. Then an odd twist - Dad kisses the hyenas. Finally, a little girl plays with the hyenas, and suddenly, from nowhere, someone hands her a very big snake.

Awesome! How does it end?

Did you see the final episode of The Sopranos? Kind of like that.

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8 comments so far

I laughed, I cried. But still, it’s no “Rat Race to Safety.”

- Posted by John C Abell

Well, honestly, nothing else is….

- Posted by The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Editor

Just never ‘limp’ home drunk. That’s all the advice I have for the family.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Is it just me or does it smell like ‘baby brother’ in here?

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Huh. In all the world, only two good lawyers reincarnated.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

The wife doesn’t fear the jackals even a little bit. Divorce, now there’s another story.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Jackals, hyenas, defense, prosecution, tomato, tomato.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

That sounds fine, doesn´t it? Their love for animals must be reciprocal.

- Posted by armstrongfl or Emilio F. Effe

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