In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large thorn deeply embedded in it.

As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather stern look on its face, stared at him. For several tense moments Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.

Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe and lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.

Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and swung him wildly back and forth along the railing, killing him.







Probably wasn't the same elephant....

i was waiting for you to ask for my bank account details to send the elephant to a zoo or something!

while we are on the story trail
a priest was walking down the street on his way to church
a group of young lads stood in the middle of the road with a dog tied with a bit of string
i hope you boys are not teasing that dog said the priest
no father said the lads in unison
we have found it wandering loose and we are trying to decide which one of us can have it
how are you deciding that the priest asked
we are trying to see who can tell the biggest lie Father said one lad
what! said the priest you wicked boys
i have never told a lie in my life


ok Father handing the priest the string
you win the dog is yours said the lad

Speaking of Priests.............

talking of elephants

Talking about tits....