An owl that had evidently drunk too much Schnapps from two discarded bottles was so inebriated that it got picked up by police. The bird will be released once it has sobered up.
German police said on Tuesday they had discovered a paralytic owl that appeared to have drunk too much Schnapps from two discarded bottles.
“A woman walking her dog alerted the police after seeing the bird sitting by the side of the road oblivious to passing traffic,” Frank Otruba, spokesman for the police in the southwestern city of Pforzheim, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.
The Brown Owl didn’t appear to be injured and officers quickly concluded that it had had one too many. One of its eyelids was drooping, adding to the general impression of inebriation.
“It wasn’t staggering around and we didn’t breathalyze it but there were two little bottles of Schapps in the immediate vicinity,” said Otruba. “We took it to a local bird expert who has treated alcoholized birds before and she has been giving it lots of water.”
The bird will be released once it has sobered up, police said.
Wildlife imitating art again.
HOW did the German police come to the conclusion that the owl had been drinking?
I can hear it now…
“You dere! Khum here! Vhy are you stumblink?! Ve saw you, yah… khumink owt of da
voods dere. Let me smell of you breath… AH-HA! JUST as I tawt! Valk dis line!”
I just wonder if the poor bird was getting hammered because he caught his beotch in the nest with another owl.
He was blissfully inebriated, and poised on the edge of a busy road.
His intentions were clear.
Verdammte Polizei.
Vhat?! datvunguy? Vhat does dat mean?!
It’s clear that the owl was heart-broken and wanted to “close the curtain.” He was forgetting that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Just waiting for it to show up on
http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/
Owlcoholism.
What idiot “discarded” two perfectly good bottles of Schnapps?
Million Mentor, You are doing great work in the field of trying to convince people that you can get money for them. Tell me QUICK how much does the program cost? Answer me or I’ll ban your ass to the cornfield.
I’m scared! This has the makings of a real test of wills.
FYI… Tony’s a 3 to 1 favorite on the early line.
Cheers!