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Dying Zoo Worker Gets Goodbye Kiss From Giraffe
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| 3/21
| Gillian Mohney
Posted on 03/21/2014 4:12:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The 54-year-old mentally handicapped man named Mario had worked as a cleaner at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands for approximately 25 years. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted to say goodbye to the animals.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: animals; giraffe; love
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03/21/2014 4:17:02 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: nickcarraway
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03/21/2014 4:18:46 PM PDT
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jocon307
To: Vendome
Now that they annexed Crimea, they have a lot more of those.
To: Vendome
Uh, you kow that right-brain immediate association thing?
Read the article.
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03/21/2014 4:21:04 PM PDT
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Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/21/2014 4:30:38 PM PDT
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Pajamajan
(Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/21/2014 4:35:23 PM PDT
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ZULU
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Talisker
Did I mess up again?
Reading.....
Be back ....
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posted on
03/21/2014 4:52:38 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Talisker
Wow.
Thanks for telling me to read the story.
Almost welled up with tears.
Good for him.
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03/21/2014 4:55:29 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, I should have read the article first.
Very touching.
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03/21/2014 4:57:04 PM PDT
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Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: nickcarraway
I thought they shot giraffes there?
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posted on
03/21/2014 5:00:10 PM PDT
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driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: nickcarraway
How sweet. Oh, now I have tears in my eyes.
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03/21/2014 5:02:15 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: nickcarraway
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03/21/2014 5:02:18 PM PDT
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Ditter
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To: nickcarraway
Quite a story. Thanks for posting. We tend to underestimate the intelligence of animals. Empathy can be a two way street, human to animal—animal to human. Anyone whose ever had a dog or cat knows that.
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03/21/2014 5:05:30 PM PDT
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JimSEA
To: nickcarraway
Dang my monitor is blurry
To: nickcarraway
Animals know a lot more about life than we give them credit for.
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posted on
03/21/2014 5:36:09 PM PDT
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Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Vendome
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03/21/2014 5:39:52 PM PDT
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righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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