Friday, October 23, 2009

Ice. Skating. Bear.


I hesitated to post this out of respect for the, um, individual involved in the incident, then I remembered I was born without morals.  Or suave good looks.  It turns out Russia is overpopulated by ice-skating, hockey-playing bears, and one of 'em killed a guy.  Hey CNN:
"A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.  In the incident, which happened Thursday, the 5-year-old animal killed the circus administrator, Dmitry Potapov, and mauled an animal trainer, who was attempting to rescue him."

Before we continue, I know there are other news organizations besides CNN, but I read once that every time someone goes to Fox News, an orphan dies.  That, and Kiran Chetry on CNN's American Morning is one hypnotizin' vixen.  So shut up.  Anywhoo, the officials are dumbfounded.


"It is unclear what caused the bear to attack Potapov, 25, nearly severing one of his legs while dragging him across the ice by his neck. Medical personnel were unable to save Potapov, who died at the scene."
Nah, I think it's pretty clear what caused the bear to attack Potapov, 25.  It's a bear.  Ever see a bear?  Picture a bear with no balance.  Now picture a bear with no balance traveling toward you, unable to stop.  With blades on its feet.  Apparently we shouldn't be surprised because the article goes on to say that Russa has a long standing tradition of training bears to do all kinds of stuff.  No, apparently Russia has a long-standing tradition of doing incredibly stupid shit.  Is this the end result of Communism? We can be sure that Russia is no longer a threat when its military strategy goes from trying to blow up the earth with atomic bombs to sending out a few bears on ice skates to rough a brother up.  Well yeah, since it turns out that ducks can't fire guns, and that puppy they sent out in the tank never came back.

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