Europe, Boring Until it's Not

[de officiis]

Whats up with Norway and killing reindeer via trains?



http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... s-51395902

65 reindeer in a single incident?!?? What the hell did that look like? Must've been bodies flying everywhere...

From the article:

Reindeer always travel single file to hide their numbers.

[Montegriffo]

Let's hope they do not suffer the same fate his mother did for dating an arab.

What? Dying drunk in a DUI crash with an unborn baby? Yeah.. no reckless tendencies there..

That was a joke, however...
No evidence that she was pregnant other than Mohamed Al Fayed claiming 3 years after her death that she had told him in a phone call on the night of the crash. Plenty of evidence that she wasn't including witnesses attesting she was on the pill and had just had her period.
They died because they were going at twice the speed limit and not wearing seatbelts.
The driver was drunk and on prescription painkillers but Diana didn't necessarily know that.
The press was mostly to blame for their constant hounding of her which is why many of them continuously print unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about her death.

[Speaker to Animals]

Let's hope they do not suffer the same fate his mother did for dating an arab.

What? Dying drunk in a DUI crash with an unborn baby? Yeah.. no reckless tendencies there..

That was a joke, however...
No evidence that she was pregnant other than Mohamed Al Fayed claiming 3 years after her death that she had told him in a phone call on the night of the crash. Plenty of evidence that she wasn't including witnesses attesting she was on the pill and had just had her period.
They died because they were going at twice the speed limit and not wearing seatbelts.
The driver was drunk and on prescription painkillers but Diana didn't necessarily know that.
The press was mostly to blame for their constant hounding of her which is why many of them continuously print unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about her death.

I was just trolling you, but yeah, if I were one of those princes, the paparazzi who chased them into the tunnel would be living in fear.

She was pretty popular over here compared to the rest of your aristocracy. We mostly laugh at the rest of them. The prince who was in the special forces in Afghanistan gets much respect. Can't remember which one that is.

[Hastur]

65 reindeer in a single incident?!?? What the hell did that look like? Must've been bodies flying everywhere...

From the article:http://jvgfoto.se/fotopubl/16798_1.jpg

Reindeer always travel single file to hide their numbers.

This train hit 48 reindeer.







This is how they move. They were able to break in time.



Not so here:

[SuburbanFarmer]

What? Dying drunk in a DUI crash with an unborn baby? Yeah.. no reckless tendencies there..

That was a joke, however...
No evidence that she was pregnant other than Mohamed Al Fayed claiming 3 years after her death that she had told him in a phone call on the night of the crash. Plenty of evidence that she wasn't including witnesses attesting she was on the pill and had just had her period.
They died because they were going at twice the speed limit and not wearing seatbelts.
The driver was drunk and on prescription painkillers but Diana didn't necessarily know that.
The press was mostly to blame for their constant hounding of her which is why many of them continuously print unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about her death.

I was just trolling you, but yeah, if I were one of those princes, the paparazzi who chased them into the tunnel would be living in fear.

Fear of what? A stern, but polite letter?

[SuburbanFarmer]

...

That is fucking horrifying.

[Montegriffo]

I was just trolling you, but yeah, if I were one of those princes, the paparazzi who chased them into the tunnel would be living in fear.

She was pretty popular over here compared to the rest of your aristocracy. We mostly laugh at the rest of them. The prince who was in the special forces in Afghanistan gets much respect. Can't remember which one that is.

Not special forces. Harry was a weapons operator in an attack helicopter.
Diana did support some good causes such as landmine bans and AIDS awareness but she did also seek media attention a lot of the time. Overall I think she was very badly treated by ''the firm'' but she was no Saint.

[Penner]

I was just trolling you, but yeah, if I were one of those princes, the paparazzi who chased them into the tunnel would be living in fear.

She was pretty popular over here compared to the rest of your aristocracy. We mostly laugh at the rest of them. The prince who was in the special forces in Afghanistan gets much respect. Can't remember which one that is.

Not special forces. Harry was a weapons operator in an attack helicopter.
Diana did support some good causes such as landmine bans and AIDS awareness but she did also seek media attention a lot of the time. Overall I think she was very badly treated by ''the firm'' but she was no Saint.

Are you one of those people that believe that the Queen and/or the UK government killed Diana because she was dating a Muslim?

[ssu]

Reindeers on the road (or track) are just a nuisance. Just like small deer, your car just gets bumped a bit. And a train simply cannot stop on it's tracks in a short distance. So if there's a flock of dumb reindeer on the tracks, then there can easily be a flock of dead reindeer afterwards.

At winter they come to lick the salt from the roads, which made it's very uncomfortable to drive in the night. Reindeers do prefer many times to use the road too. It's easier also for them to walk than a soggy marsh next to the road.



Yet The real killer are the moose. Moose is the animal that kills the most people here. When a moose crashes into a moving car, it's thin legs will crack but the heavy weight of the upper torso will smash through your windscreen.

The thing you really don't want to see when driving (at speed):


Non-fatal Moose car crash on Motorway:

(For the humans involved.)

[Speaker to Animals]

That was a joke, however...
No evidence that she was pregnant other than Mohamed Al Fayed claiming 3 years after her death that she had told him in a phone call on the night of the crash. Plenty of evidence that she wasn't including witnesses attesting she was on the pill and had just had her period.
They died because they were going at twice the speed limit and not wearing seatbelts.
The driver was drunk and on prescription painkillers but Diana didn't necessarily know that.
The press was mostly to blame for their constant hounding of her which is why many of them continuously print unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about her death.

I was just trolling you, but yeah, if I were one of those princes, the paparazzi who chased them into the tunnel would be living in fear.

Fear of what? A stern, but polite letter?

You realize those people are sovereigns with quite a lot of wealth and connections to all the major financial institutions, including access to private intelligence and mercenary groups? If those guys want to avenge their mother, they definitely can do it.