Well, Well, Well, How the Turntables …
Motorists in France are driving more carefully after a warning from police: Watch out for inebriated wildlife. UPI reported on May 13 that a social media post from the police in the Saone-et-Loire region of north-central France showed deer running around erratically after consuming fermented fruit. “Not all road users are sober,” the post said. “If Bambi overindulges on the forest aperitif, it might not be the time to drive like you own the road.” Drivers were urged to keep an eye out for “sudden crossing, inconsistent trajectory, immobilization on the road [and] disorderly escape” from local wildlife.
Hot Dog!
Some high school students take a limo to prom. Others, like Breckan Andrews of Topeka, Kansas, roll up in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. According to UPI, the Seaman High School junior and his friends were at Sonic on Friday, April 17, when they spotted the vehicle at a nearby grocery store. An idea formed. “One of my buddies was like, ‘Can we rent this thing?’ and I was like, ‘Well, what if we just ask about prom? What if they take us? It’s tomorrow,'” Andrews said. “You miss all the shots you don’t take,” he added. Driver—or “Hot Dogger,” as they say in the wiener biz—Maggie Dawson was happy to help and took the students to prom free of charge. “It was like a little light bulb,” she said. “We were like, ‘Well, what time is prom?’ And from there, we checked our schedule, and we were able to make it happen.”
A-moose-ing
Catching a glimpse of a moose in Montana is not unheard of. A moose in Montana taking a nap in front of a radio station called “The Moose”? Now that’s funny. On April 22, UPI reported that a moose was seen wandering around Bozeman. A Montana State University student, Alivia Ballenger, took a video of the moose running across a vacant lot near her apartment, and her father, a real estate agent, reposted it on his realty business page. “It’s a great lot,” he said. “I think the moose thought so, too.” Later that day, radio station The Moose 94.7 FM, shared a video of the moose lying down for a nap next to the station, with the caption, “We had a special visitor outside the ‘MOOSE’ studio this morning.” Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks declined to take any action. “Yesterday was the first time we had received reports that this moose was in the area,” Information Officer Morgan Jacobsen said. “We didn’t get reports that it was causing conflicts or obstructing traffic.”
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