Saturday, December 10, 2011

Dead Penguins ... Thanks fellow Mound Park Urchins, Ron and Bob!


Ron Walters and John Bob Looney, of the Looney-Lyles combo, sent me this educational piece.  These two are of the great 1940's era of Mound Park Urchin history in Portsmouth Ohio.

Subject: Fw: Dead Penguins--I never knew this




In keeping with my policy of providing continuing education to the masses, I present the following lesson for your learning pleasure:








Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica where do they go?

Wonder no more ! ! ! It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintain a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into, and buried.





The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:




"Freeze a jolly good fellow."
"Freeze a jolly good fellow."

Then, they kick him in the ice hole.
You really didn't believe that I know anything about penguins, did you?

It's so easy to fool OLD people.

I am sorry, the devil
made me do it!!!

I fell for it, too.

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