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8-30-05, 8:10 PM
CNN says (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/30/ostrich.traffic.ap/index.html)Ostrich breaks free on Golden Gate Bridge
Tuesday, August 30, 2005; Posted: 1:15 p.m. EDT (17:15 GMT)
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Commuters are used to traffic backups during the rush-hour commute on the Golden Gate Bridge. But even this tie-up had to throw some of them for a loop.
An ostrich got loose from a minivan Monday and started roaming around near the toll plaza on the bridge.
Ron Love, the owner of Love Farms, was transporting two of the odd-looking birds in the back of his van. Love was stopped in traffic when he suddenly accelerated, jolting one of the ostriches, who smashed through the back window of the van and got loose on the bridge.
The ostrich began running around on the bridge, stopping traffic for about eight minutes before police were able to move it out of traffic.
"It was quite an adventure," Love said. "Strange things always seem to happen with ostriches. I guess this proves it."
The ostrich had road rash from the fall but was not seriously hurt and was resting comfortably back home, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Wayne Ziese said. :laughing:
The owner was transporting two ostriches in a minivan. The picture on CNN shows a full grown ostrich. How did he squeeze two in his minivan? I wonder if they were wearing seatbelts? Did the owner have them in the van so he could use the carpool lane?
Must have been freaky for the vehicles passing the minivan; look over and two ostriches are looking back at you and then you see the owner/driver acting like this is a normal occurence. I'd go get my eyes tested if I saw that sight.
If the ostrich had made it over the side of the bridge, the ostrich could no longer be called a flight less bird. Imagine the flapping while falling all that way. Imagine being a small boat going under the bridge when all of a sudden an ostrich falls out of the sky. Imagine being an employee of a snobby rich person sunning on the top deck of their yacht when you are about to pass the biatch her drink but instead she gets flattened by an ostrich. Imagine being on a cruise ship when an ostrich cannonballs into the pool.
You know with the Golden Gate Bridge being used for so many suicides, I'm thinking maybe the ostrich wanted to end it after the humilation of being transported in a minivan. :D :laughing:
Tuesday, August 30, 2005; Posted: 1:15 p.m. EDT (17:15 GMT)
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Commuters are used to traffic backups during the rush-hour commute on the Golden Gate Bridge. But even this tie-up had to throw some of them for a loop.
An ostrich got loose from a minivan Monday and started roaming around near the toll plaza on the bridge.
Ron Love, the owner of Love Farms, was transporting two of the odd-looking birds in the back of his van. Love was stopped in traffic when he suddenly accelerated, jolting one of the ostriches, who smashed through the back window of the van and got loose on the bridge.
The ostrich began running around on the bridge, stopping traffic for about eight minutes before police were able to move it out of traffic.
"It was quite an adventure," Love said. "Strange things always seem to happen with ostriches. I guess this proves it."
The ostrich had road rash from the fall but was not seriously hurt and was resting comfortably back home, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Wayne Ziese said. :laughing:
The owner was transporting two ostriches in a minivan. The picture on CNN shows a full grown ostrich. How did he squeeze two in his minivan? I wonder if they were wearing seatbelts? Did the owner have them in the van so he could use the carpool lane?
Must have been freaky for the vehicles passing the minivan; look over and two ostriches are looking back at you and then you see the owner/driver acting like this is a normal occurence. I'd go get my eyes tested if I saw that sight.
If the ostrich had made it over the side of the bridge, the ostrich could no longer be called a flight less bird. Imagine the flapping while falling all that way. Imagine being a small boat going under the bridge when all of a sudden an ostrich falls out of the sky. Imagine being an employee of a snobby rich person sunning on the top deck of their yacht when you are about to pass the biatch her drink but instead she gets flattened by an ostrich. Imagine being on a cruise ship when an ostrich cannonballs into the pool.
You know with the Golden Gate Bridge being used for so many suicides, I'm thinking maybe the ostrich wanted to end it after the humilation of being transported in a minivan. :D :laughing: