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No, it didn't happen. I just started this thread to balance the argument.
Of course, if you know of a moose that shot a skier - or can invent a credible story - please share the details.
Stand up for meese.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David you are quite mad you know 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sure that's not a French mouse? 
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sun 21-03-04 22:29; edited 1 time in total
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David Goldsmith, according to JackHodgson you may be wrong about the plural of Moose.
However, coz we live in a democracy, you may be able to influence the prevailing opinion and change it to Meese if you so wish by voting here .
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yeah right!  But what's the collective noun?
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Moose
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Goose -> Geese
Moose -> Meese
Wake up!!!!
In Montana, I'm sure that moose have shot skiers! It's Montana for goodness sake! 
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ssh, a herd of meese? Not in my dictionary! I don't know, what these Americans have done to the English language 
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Jonpim, I tried to vote (for things with big horns) but it wouldn't let me 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It's a mischief or a nest of mice . . .
Alces alces of genus Cervidae . . .oop brainfart!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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collective noun : a herd of moose
try : rinkworks OR ojahaven sites ( link does not work )
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Why ? I'm sorry but Why ? ..... Answers on a postcard please to
The chap with a moose on his head
sitting on his own
in the corner of the bar 
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You know it makes sense.
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Why? The bible says so. (The New Oxford English Dictionary, and guide to how the Queen's English should be spoken/written).....
Or to save argument, we could always call them elks instead. Ot should that be elk? (Quick check, apparently both are acceptable).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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So that's a gang of elk, but a bit of research shows that since moose are not herd animals they don't have a plural or collective noun so it's got to be . . .
a bullwinkle of mooses . . . I knew those saturday mornings in the 60s weren't wasted! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Masque, that was very Rocky you know
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There is a serious point to this thread, though more jokes are welcome after this ecological break.
Presumably meese (sorry) attack skiers because skiers invade their natural habitat. Reference has been made, by a professed lover of the outdoors and off-piste skiing, to a 'mad moose', . This may justify a bullet - in the mind of the moose assassin - but is the moose mad for patrolling the land it instinctively believes is his?
"Skier shoots skier" is a phenomenon we are very familiar with, though it's not obvious. It doesn't happen on the slopes - piste rage has not reached urban levels yet - but you can be sure that skiers are shooting each other in cities.
So who's really mad? The moose, or the gun toter?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Whether the moose's behaviour was 'normal' or not remains unclear - did the guy in question not suggest a brain autopsy to see if it was diseased? Assuming the skier comes across moose (meese, meeses whatever) regularly, he should know how they usually behave.
But of course, your point was clear from the outset. The moose, assuming no major maladies, was behaving no more insanely than you or I - all creatures are territorial and compete to survive, it's our genetic inheritance (one which humanity is a long way from rising above, unfortunately...)
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Very true, amazing how many people are attacked by "wild ferocious "animals in all kind of situations, here in the new forest it is not unheard of for people to be attacked by the cows, pigs or ponies, usually because they were near said animals young, even in humans the mothers desire to protect her young has in the past led to extrodinary feets of heroism and also of violence.
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As DG says, most animals (all?) will only attack when they feel threatened or there young are threatened. I believe males during the mating season can be a bit troublesome as well.
Mind you a moose is a big creature and I'm not sure how far I'd be willing to test ones pacificism
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I believe males during the mating season can be a bit troublesome as well.
Mind you a moose is a big creature and I'm not sure how far I'd be willing to test ones pacificism |
Well, Ian, if one took a shine to me, the rifle would be straight out and no mistake
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Note that Woody Allen wasn't on skis when he shot the moose, so what was his excuse?. A lousy shot too, but I never saw him as a natural biathlete.
By the way, this is "Moose shoots skier". Ian - you'd get a more sympathetic audience for that script on "Skier shoots moose".
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Pondered where to stick it but I thought as the 'spoof' thread it ought to go here - in the interests of balance.
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