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Wrong Bear

A guy, out hunting in Alaska, accidentally shoots a polar bear. Realising his mistake, he reports the incident to the local ranger.

A week later, he gets a letter in the mail, telling him that he is being taken to court by the park service. Arriving at court, he explains to the judge what happened, and the judge comes to a decision.

“As you didn’t kill this protected species intentionally, I don’t intend to send you to prison”, the judge says. “However, it is still a serious error on your part, and I intend to deal with you by way of a fine, based upon the body weight of the animal”.

“For every one pound of body weight, you will be fined $10”. Consulting his records, the judge finds the weight of the bear, as recorded by the park services, and calls for a calculator. After a minute of two, he calls the hunter to the bench, and gives his judgement; a fine of $9,000.

The representative of the park services jumps to his feet, and approaches the judge. “Your Honour”, he says, “With the greatest respect, I believe you’ve made a mistake in your calculations”.

“We weighed the animal shortly after it was shot, and it weighed a total of 1000 pounds”. “Surely, based on that measurement, the fine should be $10,000”.

The judge looks at the ranger, and says, “I made a calculation, taking into consideration, the animals’ weight, minus its two front paws”. Looking rather confused, the ranger asks, “but why did you not include the front paws in your calculation?”

“Because”, the judge replies, “Every American has the right to bear arms!”

This news arrived on: 09/29/2008

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Posted Comments:

10-11-2008 07:49

wrote:

AM I THE "ONLY" ONE WHO SPELLS "REALIZING"
WITH A "Z" AND NOT AN "S???"
HELLO...

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10-09-2008 04:07

Fearful Ralph wrote:

Tami: Of course I am weird. If I wasn't I would not be posting here.

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10-09-2008 04:03

Fearful Ralph wrote:

No there are all sorts of critters in Alaska but not in the area where you find polar bears. It is rather like saying that you shot a penguin by mistake in Antarctica... It begs the question of what else could you have been hunting. Ok, down there they do have Skuas but in polar bear country you basically have polar bears & their sea living prey. Oh, forgot to mention men which polar bears find rather tasty.

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10-09-2008 00:06

wrote:

To Fearful Ralf: Are those the only creatures in Alaska?

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10-08-2008 22:49

wrote:

Plowboy? I thought Eddy Arnold died with that name.?

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