Patf Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 So emotional - but lovely to watch:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1pWzoLvT8The story is on Channel 5 tonight at 8pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I have seen this on Youtube before and just loved it. But I have to say I was disappointed to hear on the news that they had actually bought the lion in Harrods in the 60's . There is another Youtube with a lady being reunited with a lion that she rescued from a horrible circus that was very moving as well and I had assumed something similar with this one.Hopefully, though this bring something positive and will allow people to see lions in a different light and not feel happy about seeing them as circus acts or pinned up in very cramp zoos for our pleasure. Good example showing that they are certainly sentient beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Have a look at this one !!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShCuStXelS8 Not so sure there's not a man hidden inside the lion.... [Www] [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote user="WJT"]I have seen this on Youtube before and just loved it. But I have to say I was disappointed to hear on the news that they had actually bought the lion in Harrods in the 60's . There is another Youtube with a lady being reunited with a lion that she rescued from a horrible circus that was very moving as well and I had assumed something similar with this one.Hopefully, though this bring something positive and will allow people to see lions in a different light and not feel happy about seeing them as circus acts or pinned up in very cramp zoos for our pleasure. Good example showing that they are certainly sentient beings.[/quote]It's true that the lion was bought in Harrods, but the guys did it because they felt they could give her a better life than the one she had there....their hearts were in the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Frenchie, that lion video was wonderful! I swear to God the lion is in love with that guy[:)] You can see it in his face, he's so contented and happy to be near him. Seems even more affectionate than the Harrods lion. When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it was about a lion version of Friends Reunited. Shur they had their own tea houses years ago, so anything is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 No not love, just dreamy thoughts like "if you hadnt removed my claws and there weren't these iron bars between us I could eat you"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 RH, I didn't realise. The lion loves them that is for sure.Frenchie, that was the video I was talking about. It is a woman not a man and she rescued the lion from a terrible and cruel life in a circus. The lion is obviously aware of what she did for him. I love that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 They are kissing though, it's love, I'm really sure about that! I wish a lion was in love with me, I would like that. I remember back in Kildare when Lion bars first went on sale in Ireland. They had been banned for several years under the cruelty to lions act of 1977. Nothing on sale in Ireland was allowed to contain any part of a lion, it's still in force today, and rightly so! The manufacturers brought out a vegetarian version for the Irish market made with synthetic lion. The tv adverts said "You Will Believe You Have Eaten A Lion" Of course when I finally got one, I discovered that it tasted nothing like a lion[:(] Surely that is an offence under the trades description act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Did anyone see the program? I thought it was wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I saw it.. really amazing and touching . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thought you had gone to bed [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Well, changed my mind ! [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Goody, want to play some music? or a night off? actually two nights for me, partying tomorrow [:D]EDIT:Ordered off the computer.Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote user="Frenchie"]Well, changed my mind ! [:P][/quote]Was there a lion in the bed? I know a woman that found a live badger in her bed one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 You 're amaeing FK , how could you guess ?? [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 It was just a wild stab in the dark Frenchie, I am not paranormal or anything. I think Tigers are far more beautiful than lions anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think we need to draw a lion under this now! Tigers are nicer looking with their lovely golden stripes, lions are just owl beige things with legs. Frenchie, when you find a tiger in your bed, then you will have something to talk about. They have a saying in Kildare "when you buy a tiger, make sure it's tail is included in the price" something we should all remember in these troubled times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Quite right Furry,Better a tigger in your bed than a Poo [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I ve had a dream about a tiger last night, and that s cos of you FK !![blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR0w3HlQmXg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayE0kr-5CFwGirls playing with tiger [:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote user="Cheeky Frenchie"] I ve had a dream about a tiger last night, and that s cos of you FK !![blink][/quote]God, the way I get the blame for everything[:@] It's not fair! You obviously are harbouring tiger thoughts deep within your cycle, and they just come out and manifest themselfs when you're asleep. Do you eat cheese or bacon before going to bed? Frenchie, they have a saying in Kildare about dreaming of tigers. "I have seen it, I have felt it and I liked it" The dreams in Kildare are so realisitic, unlike the dreams they have in England and France. Here is a girl that is very like Mary O'Malley from Sligo.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5X2G40uNFo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Elephant StoryIn 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating fromNorthwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. Theelephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found alarge piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him forseveral tense moments.Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.Twenty years later, Mbemb was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of thecreatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted itsfront foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did thatseveral times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering ifthis was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.Probably wasn't the same elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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