soulgifts – Telling Tales

Gelotology? Huh? What is it?

Ellen will explain it – it’s good for you

The winner of the 2016 Darwin Awards

(The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honour, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussion around 1985. They recognise individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves  out of the gene pool via death or sterilisation by their own actions.)

Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt ( Paderbor, Germany ) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.

The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves…   ‘Shit happens‘

Raili Tanska

Steps for Peace

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace — John Lennon (1940-1980)