We Don't Negotiate With Cougars
I can't believe people are really upset about this. A cougar wandering the neighborhoods of Chicago and surrounding suburbs was shot dead by police. I mean, seriously? All the things for people to get worked up about, and they're worried about a rouge cougar being shot?
Pop quiz, hotshot (and a cookie for you if you can give the source of that quip). You encounter a cougar in an alley. What do you do? Negotiate with the beast? Offer him cash and a helicopter anywhere in the world if he'll stop terrorizing the residents? Hold hands with him and sing "Give Peace a Chance"?
It's all fun and games until someone gets mauled by a wild animal. However many cougars need to get shot in order to keep the streets safe for kids (and adults), I have to say I'm pretty much on board with that. Personally, I'd rather see the animal offed than run even the smallest risk that someone's toddler would become an afternoon snack for the cougar.
And if that makes me heartless, so be it. Seriously, people. Spend your moral outrage elsewhere.
meegs
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Speed 1994
"Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you
do?"
Or only slightly more recent:
Senior Trip 1995
"Pop quiz, hotshot- you have 10 underage students craving alcoholic beverages in a store containing your high school principal. What do you do? What-do-you-do?"
Do I get a cookie?
*hands Lisa a virtual cookie*
i'm imagining a rouge cougar and i have to say it's not mearly as intimidating as a rogue one.
i'm also imagining a "Choose Your Own Adventure: Rogue Cougar Style!" and think it would be awesome.
Well, the rouge cougar was decked out in pinks when everyone knows corals are in this year. Pretty horrific, if you ask me.
[Is now the part when I give myself the same lecture I give my students about spell check not catching all mistakes?]