And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
While staying in a Honduran military base in Puerta Lempira in 1986 I saw this very thing. The monkey jumped from the roof of a barracks to an electrical pole. He was killed in an instant. Half of his body was carbonized. The smell of burnt monkey hair was not pleasant.
The former Navy base on Adak, Alaska had a real problem with bald eagles electrocuting themselves on power poles due to their large wingspan. They ended up putting large perches on top of the poles, well clear of the lines. That helped a lot, though lord knows, there were lots of bald eagles up there. Lots of ravens, large sparrows, gulls, and other shorebirds, too.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a varient of road kill. Fried monkey is in great demand since JBS got hacked recently.
ReplyDeleteWhile staying in a Honduran military base in Puerta Lempira in 1986 I saw this very thing. The monkey jumped from the roof of a barracks to an electrical pole. He was killed in an instant. Half of his body was carbonized. The smell of burnt monkey hair was not pleasant.
ReplyDeleteMonkey... it’s what’s for dinner... (in my best Sam Elliot voice)
ReplyDeleteGot him right through the extension cord.
ReplyDelete...Monkey die, everybody cry....
ReplyDeleteThe former Navy base on Adak, Alaska had a real problem with bald eagles electrocuting themselves on power poles due to their large wingspan. They ended up putting large perches on top of the poles, well clear of the lines. That helped a lot, though lord knows, there were lots of bald eagles up there. Lots of ravens, large sparrows, gulls, and other shorebirds, too.
ReplyDeleteThe new RONCO Monkey Zapper, just $19.99 + S&H.
ReplyDeleteDoes it come with a set of steak knives?
DeleteMike you win interwebz of the day.
DeleteHe chose poorly.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, I can't believe you got the jab.
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