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Crackers In Bed
05/18/09

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PSYCHIC ALERT! i had a dream last night that involved elephants - i was in London, and we saw an elementary school that was hosting a carnival and offering children rides on 2 baby elephants. my friend and I bailed on our tour group and instead starting a protest at the school - and Lily Allen showed up with her publicist wanting to be our celebrity spokesmodel!
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southernbitch
05/18/09

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as long as she's not taking pictures of the locals like they're part of the attraction.....
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NefariousNewt
05/18/09

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Lily, if it bothers you that much, fly home.
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femaledwightschrute
05/18/09

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Based on my experience, being on safari is 75% driving around and looking for animals, 10% watching them yawn and chill, 15% watching them run off after they see your car.

But yeah - I would have definitely loved to have those super-zoom lens that the paparazzi had.
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Laulau
05/18/09

@femaledwightschrute: This sounds remarkably like living with my cat. (Substitute "wondering where the hell she is" for "driving around".)
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AnaNg
05/18/09

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Gimme a break. Those animals are total cam-whores. When I was in Uganda the hippos were just flaunting it for the paps.
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Laulau
05/18/09

@AnaNg: It's like, if you choose to be an animal and live that lifestyle, then you're fair game, y'know?
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
05/18/09

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I must say I love that picture of her. Pictures of people without makeup >>> pictures of people with makeup.
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Ailatan
05/18/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I agree.

Btw, did you see the William Hurt bit in the Dirt Bag?
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
05/18/09

@Ailatan: Yes, although my crush has withered since the allegations of abuse against Marlee Matlin in the '80s. I was more focused on Ewan McGregor's item.
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Ailatan
05/18/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): Ewan McGregor's item, made me giggle.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
05/18/09

@Ailatan: It was meant to! :)
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Helen Valentine
05/18/09

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True story: When I was little, inspired by the Winnie-the-Pooh story where they attempt to catch heffalumps, I invented my own version of it. It involved a makeshift snare/trap involving a laundry basket baited with goldfish crackers, and my youngest brother. Now this is all I can think of when I hear the word "heffalump."
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/18/09

@Helen Valentine: Did you end up eating the crackers and scaring your partner in Heffalump catching? Because, if I'm not mistaken, Pooh ended up with a honey jar on his head, scaring Piglet.
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nessalicious
05/18/09

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You know something? I bloody love Lily Allen. I think she's ace. I don't even mind van drivers shouting "OI LILY" at me, or "SUN IS THE SKY OH WHY OH WHY" when I ride my bike, anymore.
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deitybox
05/18/09

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I see you girl, checkin out the heffalumps...
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AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
05/18/09

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Exploitation. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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pinkyBella
05/18/09

@AtomiClash: Exactly. If she wants to focus on the exploitation of animals, then she should focus on the ivory or fur trade, etc... There's so much horrible stuff that happens to animals that it's insulting for her to even say taking a picture is exploiting them. I get that she's trying to make a reference to herself, but give me a break. She needs to pull her head out of her ass.
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AthertonMerriweather
05/18/09

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Oh the troubles that come with being on safari...
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LadyFabulous
05/18/09

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OMGILOVEELEPHANTS!
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Whiskey and Popcorn
05/18/09

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As someone from South Africa, I always wonder where this mysterious singular destination called " Africa" is. I have only ever heard of Ghana, Zimbabwe, Botswana, etc...
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nessalicious
05/18/09

@Whiskey and Popcorn: Lots of people come to visit Europe which confuses me too.
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onydchic
05/18/09

@Whiskey and Popcorn: Please,

all those places are just towns in the big country of Africa where Nelson Mandela is the president, haven't you heard?
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
05/18/09

@onydchic: And everyone wears wonderful "tribal" clothing and jewelry.
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Ailatan
05/18/09

@nessalicious: same with South America.

And what is it with America? It's a whole continent not just the U.S.A.
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Laulau
05/18/09

@Ailatan: Actually, the Americas are two continents, as you yourself have implicitly noted. I don't, however, really get this objection (which I've often heard raised) - it's an issue of context. When I say "the Americas", I'm clearly talking about two continents. When I'm speaking of one such continent, I have to specify "North" or "South". When I say "America", singular, I'm referring to the USA, though most people I've met call the country the "US" and the corresponding nationality "American". (I think the "USian I occasionally see is just verbally unwieldy.) Now, if there were only one continent "America", I could see the objection to using the same name for a country.
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Laulau
05/18/09

@Whiskey and Popcorn: @nessalicious: I'm likely taking this all too seriously as I'm working through some frustrating edits, but I don't think it's that odd. If I'm going to, eg, just Ghana or just France, I'd say so. But if I'm going to three countries in Africa or Europe, it's kind of simpler just to point out that I'll be visiting the continent.

Now, people who make mass political or sociological observations about continents are a whole other story...
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misspell
05/18/09

@Laulau: Actually, in some countries of South America, they teach that it's just "America", rather than the two different continents of North and South. I am okay with "American" for the inhabitants of the US, but that's because we don't have any other acceptable pronoun, unlike Colombian or Guatemalan or Canadian; however, when I hear it called "America" I usually cringe.
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Ailatan
05/18/09

@misspell: Thank you! I wanted to say this clearly and you said it better.

América, for Argentinians, is the whole continent, and we divide it into: North, Central, and South.
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Laulau
05/18/09

@misspell: That's a really interesting fact I never knew - but then do those schools teach that there are only six continents total, or is it more of a convenient way to refer to the Western hemisphere?
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Ailatan
05/18/09

@Laulau: we're taught that there 5 continents + Antartida.
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blueberrypancake
05/18/09

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Exploiting the animals with her camera? Give me a fucking break. Like she's invading their privacy? Catching them running out for milk without makeup on? Calling them fat?
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onydchic
05/18/09

@blueberrypancake: I don't get this either. How do you exploit wildlife with pictures?!
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pinkyBella
05/18/09

@onydchic: Taking pictures of wildlife is in no way exploiting them. She's sounds so ridiculous. But maybe I'm taking this way too seriously.
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BiBiVirtue
05/18/09

@blueberrypancake: I think she might be being a little tongue in cheek.
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nessalicious
05/18/09

@BiBiVirtue: Yeah I suspect it's a joke...
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Scout
01/06/09

In reply to Pachyderms Rise Up Down Under
Anyone see Unforgettable Elephants on PBS?

I cried my eyes out three times and laughed out loud quite a few times as well.

Amazing creatures

Such a shame we keep them in zoos
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