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April 27, 2005
Buffalo Wings
This story from the Washington Post today had me nearly falling out of my chair with a fit of the giggles. It begins:
PIKESVILLE, Md. -- Police spent about two hours Tuesday morning corralling a herd of buffalo that somehow got loose and wandered around an upscale residential community in suburban Baltimore, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners.
County police used 13 police cars, members of their tactical unit and a police helicopter to herd about 10 animals onto the tennis court of an apartment complex, police spokesman Shawn Vinson said.
I think my favorite part is the picture, which clearly shows a buffalo hopping over the tennis net, with a kiddy pool nearby--presumably to ensure that the buffalo didn't get dehydrated during their ordeal. I don't think I could hop over a tennis net if my life depended on it.
