Courtesy of my local newspaper. Do I hear the sound of David Attenborough banging his head against a wall?
Friday Fantasy: Tower of the Black Pearl
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Everyone along the coast knows the legend of the Tower of the Black Pearl.
That it is reputed to be the final resting place of the fabled Black
Pearl—an ...
7 hours ago

Those aren't reindeer! Get away from them! Somebody grab a flame thrower!
ReplyDeleteOh my god, one of them looks like Kurt Russell!
ReplyDeleteThe South Pole? That isn't even where Santa lives!
ReplyDeleteI am betting that someone in the editorial office half remembered the fact that penguins are from the South Pole, not the North Pole, and then took great pleasure in correcting the error.
Mind you, it is the East Riding Advertiser - for people from the Wolds, the maps are marked 'Here be Dragons' before you get to Doncaster.
ReplyDeleteYeah, kid, they're reindeer. Really they are. Sure, reindeer are black and bubbly and protoplasmic. Horns on its head? Yeah, see, that one's got horns on BOTH heads! Really, "Tekeli-li" is what reindeer say. Now move along, kid, or I'll strip out your brain and put it in a cylinder.
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