[Mika]

Only in Scandinavia folks, only in Scandinavia...

A moose hungry for more fermented apples gets stuck on the apple tree. Yeah, we do have animals that periodically search for things by which they can get hammered. Since no-one's gonna believe this in any other way, there's a picture included. I'm waiting for a flock of birds that come of around January to finish of a bunch of fermented berries. Makes you kind of feel down that they are having a drunken feast at your backyard and you're not invited!

I also said other stuff in the title, ladies and gentlemen, here's Flip, the ship that can go from horizontal to vertical (this isn't a problem, any ship can do that), and get back UP to horizontal.

[NeoKnight]

An elk is not a moose, and your Flip article is 404'ed. 

[StarSlayer]

The Brew is Strong

[Mika]

An elk is not a moose, and your Flip article is 404'ed. 

First one depends on whether you speak English-English, or American-English. The rest of us don't just care and use whatever comes to mind first or just sounds better. In the case of Swedish, the translation is specifically understandable, since their word for that animal sounds almost the same as elk. You English natives deal with it, rest of the world never notices the difference Ah the joys of the international language, eh?

I don't have problems with the second one. Wiki link

[NeoKnight]

Okay, now that I see the ship in action, I must say that's pretty bloody awesome. Thanks for the other link...and the linguistics lesson. 

[MP-Ryan]

Just so everyone's clear after Mika's linguistics lesson, that is indeed a moose and not an elk =)  A very drunk moose, it would seem, but then again moose are not renowned for their smarts (but rather for their lack thereof; moose are, in my experience, exceedingly stupid and stubborn animals).

[watsisname]

Because I can't resist,

[NeoKnight]

 

I'm totally stealing this.

[Mika]

moose are, in my experience, exceedingly stupid and stubborn animals

That is until, of course, one tries to hunt them. Although, I have seen enough their stupidity and brilliance there to call it even. I think one female goofed off with a bunch of hunters for the entire season, the hunters called it Clever One.

I wonder what's the story behind that horse picture. Photoshopped or real?

The Brew is Strong

That is most likely faked, actual spirits have likely been given for the animals. Though, it doesn't make the animals any less drunk! There's continuation for that in the next morning filming monkeys holding their heads as the first rays of light are cast... very human like expressions!

[Wanderer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8384143.stm well....

[Mika]

That is most likely faked, actual spirits have likely been given for the animals. Though, it doesn't make the animals any less drunk! There's continuation for that in the next morning filming monkeys holding their heads as the first rays of light are cast... very human like expressions!

On second thought, since moose can get really intoxicated from apples, I don't see it that far-fetched that elephants could too. Though they would have to eat twice or trice the amount of the moose eat.

Regarding moose assaulting a woman, I wonder if she had many intact bones left. When they attack hunting dogs, the result is not nice, pretty much every bone imaginable is broken if the dog gets hit and gets stunned.

[karajorma]

Just so everyone's clear after Mika's linguistics lesson, that is indeed a moose and not an elk =)

Only if you're from North America. For those of us whose ancestors didn't see the point in ****ing around with the definition of a word, it's an elk.

[MP-Ryan]

Just so everyone's clear after Mika's linguistics lesson, that is indeed a moose and not an elk =)

Only if you're from North America. For those of us whose ancestors didn't see the point in ****ing around with the definition of a word, it's an elk.

*shakes head*

If you had real elk (Cervus canadensis) in Europe, we wouldn't have this confusion.    As Canada has more moose than any other country (according to estimates), I think we've earned the right to name them   And trust me, there is a big difference between running into an elk versus a moose with your car!

You nutty Brits... first you start driving on the wrong side of the road, then you call a moose an elk... what's next, using metric for everything but speed and distance measurements?  Oh wait, Britain already does that too! 

[karajorma]

Actually you've got it completely arse about face. It's the Americans who got it wrong. Settlers never having seen an actual European elk decided to call a completely unrelated species of deer an elk. Leaving them with no actual word for it when they actually came across real elk.

The British English word elk has cognates in other Indo-European languages, for example elg in Norwegian, älg in Swedish, Elch in German and łoś in Polish. Confusingly, the word elk is used in North America to refer to a different animal, Cervus canadensis, also known as the wapiti which is similar though slightly smaller (the wapiti is the second largest deer species), and behaviorally divergent from the smaller red deer of central and western Europe. Presumably early European explorers in North America called it elk because of its size and presumably because, as men coming from the British Isles they would have had no opportunity to see the difference between a member of the genus Cervus and an animal fitting the description of Alces at home, where the latter was nowhere present in the 17th and 18th century.

[MP-Ryan]

Actually you've got it completely arse about face.

You'll note the abundance of smilies in my post - I'm well aware of the origins of the word(s).  I was just being a smartass

[karajorma]

I know but it's much more amusing to answer as if you don't know where the word comes from.