NancysSummerSip
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Oct 14, 2015 11:47:19 GMT -5
A headline only Fox News could write: London Zoo meerkat expert fined for assaulting monkey handler in dispute over llama trainer
www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/14/london-zoo-meerkat-expert-fined-for-assaulting-monkey-handler-in-dispute-over/
LONDON – A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been ordered to pay compensation to a monkey handler she attacked with a wine glass in a love spat over a llama-keeper.
A judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court said Wednesday that Caroline Westlake must pay 800 pounds ($1,235) to Kate Sanders for assaulting her in a dispute over colleague Adam Davies, who had dated both women...
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The Captain
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Post by The Captain on Oct 14, 2015 14:03:54 GMT -5
Gotta hand it to you Nancy, you sure know how to find the headlines...
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wyouser
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Post by wyouser on Oct 14, 2015 14:19:34 GMT -5
Hmmm....fighting zoo personel? Monkey handler? 800 pound find? Does this mesh well with the ole proverbs about the 800 lb gorilla in the room??
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Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 14, 2015 19:39:17 GMT -5
The thread article story reminds me of NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak who drove from Houston to Orlando to physically confront her rival , Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, for the affections of fellow NASA astronaut, Cmdr. Bill Oefelein.
Nowak made 'odd' news because she wore diapers while driving from Houston to Orlando so she would not waste time having to make bathroom stops. When Nowak got to Orlando airport, she physically attacked Shipman as Shipman got off of a Houston-Orlando flight and Nowak was charged with attempted murder.
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 18, 2015 18:38:16 GMT -5
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