Comments on: a badger, you say?

a badger, you say?

n o i s e s — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:39:20 -0800

Bad tempered badger puts five people in hospital: "A quiet corner of rural England was recovering yesterday after a bruising encounter with Boris the badger..." (you may need to login to 'the times': mefi, mefi).

By: n o i s e s

n o i s e s — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:40:19 -0800

"Five people were put in hospital and two police officers were sent scurrying for cover after the bad-tempered creature went on a 48-hour rampage through Evesham in Worcestershire..."

By: twine42

twine42 — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:43:07 -0800

I haven't read the article, but BBC News was saying this morning that they think it was a pet that someone let loose. So the poor bugger wasn't scared of humans, but was willing to defend it's territory from them. So someone put it down. Aren't humans great...

By: MrBaliHai

MrBaliHai — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:47:12 -0800

I'm going to be humming the Who's "Boris the Spider" with new lyrics today.

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:47:58 -0800

Badgers? We ain't got no badgers. We don't need no badgers. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badgers!

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:49:04 -0800

I'll cook a pot roast and put on some soft music.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 14 May 2003 06:55:42 -0800

Wow, I bet this makes it onto Annanova!

By: n o i s e s

n o i s e s — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:01:10 -0800

a sad tale. anybody interested in adopting, protecting or learning more about these wonderful creatures might want to view: http://www.nfbg.org.uk/ (sorry, i can't build links with the 'safari' browser); for an update on one of the poor old buggers who was attacked ("The house is still spattered with blood and there's a bit of arm flesh on the front door. The whole thing has been traumatic.") visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/3027681.stm

By: ed\26h

ed\26h — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:09:10 -0800

Could someone say "BadgerFilter" for me please? Ehhhhhhh. :/

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:10:59 -0800

Could someone say "BadgerFilter" for me please? BadgerFilter for me please. There.

By: Jughead

Jughead — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:19:14 -0800

Never do this to a family of badgers...

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:19:46 -0800

THE BADGER SONG (excerpt, by The Dead Milkmen)- Get drunk with owls, drop acid with cows I want to make friends with the badger. The badger's your friend, make friends with the badger. The badger's your friend, make friends with the badger. The badger's your friend!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:28:22 -0800

sorry, i can't build links with the 'safari' browser heh. building links involves putting <a href=" at the beginning of the url, then "> at the end of the url, then some link text followed by a </a>. but yeah, blame the browser!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:39:02 -0800

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 14 May 2003 07:40:27 -0800

They've had a hard time figuring out exactly what happened because the witnessess kept complaining they'd been badgered. Sorry, I just had to...

By: goddam

goddam — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:11:36 -0800

I em afred we are out of badjurs. Would you accept a wolvereene een es place.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:19:46 -0800

more badgery goodness.

By: n o i s e s

n o i s e s — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:31:29 -0800

thanks quonsar... must. learn. computing. input. operating. buttons. now, look here people: "If you see someone you think may be digging for badgers, do not approach them but write down their car registration number(s) and immediately call the police or the RSPCA."

By: DBAPaul

DBAPaul — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:32:44 -0800

As the last victim returned from hospital yesterday, after having skin grafts to his legs and an arm, residents described Boris's arrival as being like a scene from a horror film

A rural hospital that does skin grafts to go? Maybe this Boris is paid by the hospital to ahem scare up business.

By: DBAPaul

DBAPaul — Wed, 14 May 2003 08:36:26 -0800

err, WAS paid. Sniff, poor Boris.

By: asok

asok — Wed, 14 May 2003 09:00:02 -0800

I have been to Evesham a few times, pretty, boring and full of old people. / wide brush 'The Evesham accent is wonderful. I have grown up in Evesham but somehow I dont have a local accent. Think of a farmers accent, now think of that farmer being a bit thick, now think of him whining while he speaks! That is the best way to discribe a true evesham accent. The saying that are local are also pretty fab. Local people put the word 'else' on the end of most sentances. Also you may here a young person saying 'that's tight, that is' meaning 'thats unfair'. Words like head may be said as Yud, or perhaps eating being called yuttin.' May a plague of badgers befall them!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 14 May 2003 09:09:08 -0800

Sad situation. Wouldn't surprise me if Boris had a bad experience with a human that set him off. Two police officers. . . were forced to jump on to the bonnet of their patrol car when the snarling animal charged straight at them. Still, I have to laugh at the image of 2 cops jumping on the hood of their car as a crazed 30# animal comes running at them...

By: Soliloquy

Soliloquy — Wed, 14 May 2003 09:09:12 -0800

El badgerous maximus ferocius, with young. Now they may LOOK cute and cuddly...

By: Hjorth

Hjorth — Wed, 14 May 2003 10:08:00 -0800

Bad tempered badger This is an excellent band name.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Wed, 14 May 2003 10:13:48 -0800

As opposed to say, a good tempered badger putting five people in the hospital... I submit that the temperment of the badger is not only meaningless in this context, but also serves to distract the reader from the true purpose of the headline, namely to warn people that badgers = death, or at the very least badgers = hurt. I rest my case.

By: Plunge

Plunge — Wed, 14 May 2003 10:22:55 -0800

Heh, was reading on another blog and I liked what they had to say. If this had happened in the South of the US the headline would have read, "Bad Tempered Badger Feeds Family of Five."

By: bluishorange

bluishorange — Wed, 14 May 2003 10:42:06 -0800

it's probably just milhouse.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Wed, 14 May 2003 12:00:56 -0800

If this had happened in the South of the US the headline would have read "Badger Feeds Bad-Tempered Family of Five"

By: ciderwoman

ciderwoman — Wed, 14 May 2003 12:06:43 -0800

On the news today they refered to him as a "maverick badger". Does that mean he's badger cop who doesn't go by the book but gets the job done? Maybe they killed the woman he loved and now he's out for revenge.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Wed, 14 May 2003 16:46:03 -0800

So someone put it down They took Boris back to his home, or did I miss his ending in the article.

By: prentiz

prentiz — Thu, 15 May 2003 03:53:19 -0800

This happened just up the road from me (I'm in Gloucester) and was heavily covered in the local media. Badgers can be particularly nasty animals if you corner them - but they won't normally go out of their way to attack people, which is the odd thing here.