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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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To: Farmer Dean
"Animals know a lot more about life than we give them credit for." I strongly believe that.
Beautiful story and picture.
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posted on
03/21/2014 5:46:24 PM PDT
by
CatherineofAragon
((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
To: Hot Tabasco
He’s retracted his statement. How about you show the same courage?
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posted on
03/21/2014 5:48:21 PM PDT
by
REDWOOD99
("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
To: REDWOOD99; Hot Tabasco
He’s retracted his statement. How about you show the same courage?
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Yes, and how about using language that is suitable for use in the presence of us ladies?
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posted on
03/21/2014 6:20:10 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: Hot Tabasco
He has shown more class and courage than you have.
You shouldn’t eat with that mouth as the poisons will make you sick.
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posted on
03/21/2014 8:02:38 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
To: nickcarraway
What a beautiful story, thank you for posting it.
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posted on
03/21/2014 9:24:49 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(All good kitties go to the Rainbow Bridge; their humans can't stop crying)
To: nickcarraway
That photo is profoundly sad to me.
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posted on
03/22/2014 5:18:43 AM PDT
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1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
That photo is profoundly sad to me. Yes. But it reminds me of the Shakespeare quote, "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
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03/22/2014 5:23:50 AM PDT
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St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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