BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 22 May 05 - 07:48 AM

GUEST,[e-mail]

If you were literate enough to be able to read the rest of the thread, the answer is obvious, and you wouldn't need to ask.

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: Hrothgar
Date: 22 May 05 - 07:13 AM

Ebbie, only one - if the lion chokes on it.

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From:
Date: 21 May 05 - 08:30 PM

IS THERE ANY KNOWN PICTURES OR VIDEOS ON THE RING FIGHT

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 May 05 - 12:02 AM

Also elicits the old question: How many Pekinese does it take to kill a lion?

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: Peace
Date: 19 May 05 - 10:32 PM

Wasn't there one in which a tribe of people had slain a mammoth? (Larson cartoon?)

"I killed it with my club."

"Gawd, how big is your club?"

"There's 127 of us!"

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 May 05 - 03:59 PM

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Lion 42, Midgets 0
Answering the age-old question, "In a battle royal between 42 unarmed little people and an African lion, who would win?" a news story purportedly issued by the BBC took the Blogosphere by storm this past week by reporting that just such a face-off took place in Cambodia on April 30, leaving all 42 midgets dead or injured.

Come to find out (I'm shocked... shocked!), the story isn't true, nor did it originate from BBC News.

"If you haven't already guessed, the article is fake," writes the actual, anonymous author of the piece in an after-the-fact disclaimer. "It was created to 'settle' a dispute between a friend of mine [sic] in which he claimed that 40 weaponless midgets could defeat 1 lion in a hypothetical fight," the prankster explains. "The link to where the article was posted was not intended to spread outside of the initial group of guys in the argument, but as I was alerted it had been posted on collegehumor.com, fark.com, and several other web forums, it has spread far beyond that."

Subject: RE: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 May 05 - 03:58 PM

WTF:

Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

An African Lion much like this is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.

The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.

Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."

This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.

An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located Kâmpóng Chhnãng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city's coliseum.

The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.

The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they "… could out-wit and out-muscle [it]."

Unfortunately, he was wrong.

Subject: BS: Lion 42, Midgets 0
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 19 May 05 - 02:59 PM

I heard this story from a coworker who swore it was true. After seeing the web page, I can see why he thought so. (But note the URL.)

Within minutes, I found this.

Read quick before the first web page goes away.