Comments on: I just got a postcard of an unknown creature...

I just got a postcard of an unknown creature...

Katemonkey — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 03:59:41 -0800

1932, Wyoming: Douglas Herrick and his brother Ralph go hunting and discover the Jackalope. The legend spreads across the globe. 2003, Wyoming: Douglas Herrick dies. Jackalopes all over the world mourn. (last link NYT, and courtesy of Tom Tomorrow)

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 04:57:14 -0800

I'm fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me!!!

By: matteo

matteo — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 06:25:21 -0800

Line breaks?

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 06:56:05 -0800

This is a metatalk circle jerk waiting to happen.

By: jazon

jazon — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:12:39 -0800

My favorite jacklope statue is in downtown Douglas, Wy, the birthplace of the legand. Mr. Herrick was a local taxidermist there. The statue is 8 ft tall, possibly the largest in the world. Wow, does knowing this make me pathetic, or what?

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:22:28 -0800

jazon: Not in the slightest. In fact, making the pilgrimage there would make you unbelievably cool. Especially if you took pictures.

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:29:07 -0800

yeah, sorry about the line breaks -- I thought I got it all worked out, and yet they appeared. deeply irritating.

By: jazon

jazon — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 08:00:43 -0800

chicobangs - next time I pass through I'll try to snap a few. ROAD TRIP! On further reflection, I probably have some in an old photo album somewhere.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:27:01 -0800

Man, Google Image-ing on "jackalope" yields a wealth of funstuff: For example, this embroidered jackalope. I think he's supposed to be standing next to a thistle plant, but instead it looks like he's taking a really massive crap... (Matt should take care of the breaks, and then No Biggy. I think maybe there were just ‹p›‹/p›'s in there, no? They don't work here.)

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:32:08 -0800

Jackalope, jackalope, that's all I hear... Basselopes just don't get no respect... (LOL: "exhaust"! Is there a little homage to Seuss here, too?)

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:50:55 -0800

"To catch the elusive jackalope, you must become the elusive jackalope... "And that ends our seminar. Happy hunting and good luck to you."

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:55:51 -0800

SHHHH!!! Be vewy, vewy quiet...I'm trying to catch a jackawope!

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:47:48 -0800

I'm fast as fast can be, you'll never catch me!!!

By: Plunge

Plunge — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:43:51 -0800

So here I am, getting off a plane in South Korea in the mid 80s, taking a jackalope to a friend as a gift (he'd seen one in a tourist shop in Montana). The customs guy opens my bag and sees the jackalope. Having never seen such a creature, he calls over several other customs people to look at it. They begin a discussion to decide if this is some kind of endangered species. At first, I didn't help much saying that it was the "legendary jackalope, one of the meanest animals in the western US." Finally, when the supervisor came over I started to get worried and spent the next 10 minutes explaining the joke to them. They finally let me through and let me keep my jackalope, but I think they all thought I was a kook. Anyway...