In 1986, John Reid was on Safari in Kenya after graduating from college. On a hike through the bush he came across a young bull elephant with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so John approached it carefully, got down on one knee inspected the elephant's foot, finding a piece of wood embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, he managed to work the wood out with his Bowie knife, then the elephant gingerly put down his foot. The elephant turned to face the man with a curious look on its face and stared at him for a number of tense moments. John stood frozen, thinking about the possibility of being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away. John never forgot the elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later John was walking through a zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures walked over to where John and his son were standing. The large bull elephant stared at John, lifted his front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that a few times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, John couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant, and he 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 his trunk around John's left leg and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. It probably wasn't the same elephant !
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Lucy was having a lovely time shopping. In the first shop she found some perfect shoes, and in the second a beautiful dress. Her mobile rang. It was a female doctor telling her that her husband was in intensive care following a car accident. “Tell him where I am and that I’ll be with him as soon as possible” said Lucy. She turned to head for her car, but another bargain caught her eye, and before she knew it, she’d spent the rest of the afternoon shopping. When she arrived at the hospital the doctor shouted, “You finished your shopping trip, didn’t you ? Well, I hope that you enjoyed it, because it may be your last. Your husband’s condition deteriorated while he waited for you and he’ll now require your 24-hour care for the rest of his life.” Wracked by guilt, Lucy broke down in tears. The lady doctor chuckled and said ”Only joking . . . . he’s dead. Now, let’s see what you bought.”
Two months ago I entered a competition to design a new style of boiler suit . . . . and I received an email today saying that I was the overall winner.
