Drunken elephants die in accident (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Subir Bhaumik
BBC correspondent in Calcutta
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A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on {rice} beer.

As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.

The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.
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Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya.

And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states, in what is developing into a fierce conflict between man and beast.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3423881.stm

[hobbit709]

1. The first image in my mind

was of drunken GOPers-Mybad.

[Olney Blue]

2. That must have been a huge amount of beer!

[MADem]

3. Shit, never mind the sharks and the jets, the crips and the bloods

It's the elephants versus the villagers!

[livvy]

4. Damn trunkards! Sounds like it's time for an intervention. n/t

[htuttle]

5. If you drink, don't rampage. The life you save may be your own.

[Javaman]

6. M.A.P.P.

Mothers against plastered pachyderms.