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Live Developing Story: Pelican stuck in a tree in Florida.

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:18 (seventeen years ago)

pelicans are v v important

gabbneb, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2456224307_3fdd3938bb_o.jpg

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

lol

gabbneb, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:20 (seventeen years ago)

in soviet russia trees get stuck up pelicans

DG, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:20 (seventeen years ago)

"We're Sending Our Love Up a Tree"

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:21 (seventeen years ago)

If it trees, it leads.

kingfish, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:22 (seventeen years ago)

can somebody summarize this thread for me - is there a pelican stuck up a tree in Florida

J0hn D., Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

stay classy, cnn.com

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

the chicago band?

cutty, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)

what about their new t-shirt feature? I was going to post yesterday that I could get a lovely shirt with a headline about a dead child

akm, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:24 (seventeen years ago)

Other currently developing love stories that apparently weren't important enough to be marked as the top story:

National Day on Prayer
Democrats on Iraq
McCain campaigns in Cleveland

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:24 (seventeen years ago)

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/4/5/1/f_treem_29b6a94.jpg

I DIED, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

I was going to post yesterday that I could get a lovely shirt with a headline about a dead child

Very Butthole Surfers.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

roffle

gabbneb, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

there should be an all-pelican-and-grapefruit channel

gabbneb, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

I DIED OTM. I await Obama's book about the experience.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)

Comment submitted to be read live on-air:

I, for one, would like to know the pelican's position on the gas tax holiday.

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:28 (seventeen years ago)

the audacity of trees

mookieproof, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:28 (seventeen years ago)

if u dont care about pelicans then u are letting the terrists win.

ian, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

the audacity of trees

That could seriously be a Pelican album title.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

what are the pelican's flaws?

Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:32 (seventeen years ago)

gets stuck in trees

I DIED, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:33 (seventeen years ago)

how does an creature granted with the gift of flight get stuck in a tree? is it lazy?

kingfish, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:37 (seventeen years ago)

an -> a

kingfish, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:37 (seventeen years ago)

i think we all need to know what pelican's pastor thinks.

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:40 (seventeen years ago)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2457097242_ed0e27107c_o.jpg

UPDATE

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:41 (seventeen years ago)

The full context is super-roffly; look at the videos they decided not to lead with in favor of the pelican story:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2457097264_932e6aa5e3_o.jpg

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:42 (seventeen years ago)

By the time this is all done the bill is going to be huge.

DJ Mencap, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:42 (seventeen years ago)

lolololol they are now showing Obama speaking about race and the economy, still under the headline "Pelican stuck in tree"

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:43 (seventeen years ago)

omgosh

Surmounter, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

bah, they fixed it

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

I can't imagine being the editor that said "let's go with the tree pelican over BABIES TOSSED OFF 50-FOOT TOWER FOR LUCK"

I DIED, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

lolololol they are now showing Obama speaking about race and the economy, still under the headline "Pelican stuck in tree"

NEW CAMPAIGN METAPHOR

I DIED, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:45 (seventeen years ago)

Guys, it's contagious: as I'm typing this, the BBC (BBC 2 TV) have a graphologist analyzing this year's Snooker world championship quarter finalists' handwriting.

StanM, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:49 (seventeen years ago)

Recuers?

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:50 (seventeen years ago)

baby tossing footage is mind-blowing

"no, no, no oh shit they're not really oh shit they are HEY THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN"

milo z, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:51 (seventeen years ago)

the bouncing, not the dropping

milo z, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:51 (seventeen years ago)

Which would you rather do this weekend?
Play "Grand Theft Auto IV" 8%
Watch "Iron Man" 15%
Both 4%
Neither 72%

James Mitchell, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:57 (seventeen years ago)

lol, CNN.com didn't count on the silent "Not A Big Fucking Nerd" majority

HI DERE, Thursday, 1 May 2008 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

Which would you rather do this weekend?
Get stuck in tree 8%
Drop babies for luck 15%
17 minutes, 4 seconds - no breathing 4%
Don't let a hospital kill you 72%

I DIED, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:01 (seventeen years ago)

WHO RECUE ME FROM HOSPITAL DEATH?

Abbott, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:28 (seventeen years ago)

So is the pelican okay? PLZ let me know soon cause I gotta go camp out for Iron Man tix...

Viceroy, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:34 (seventeen years ago)

Sign up for instant pelican updates on your phone and you'll not have to worry.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

Opportunity!

Firefox can't find the server at www.treestrandedpelican.com

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

I just searched for news on the pelican because I'm on the edge of my seat here. All I found was this thread.

ENBB, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

Is SOMEONE chucking live fish up to it? Please, a firefighter helicopter needs to drop buckets of live fish over this tree.

Abbott, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Prosty the Spokesgland

Abbott, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:37 (seventeen years ago)

Pelican Prosty

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

the stranded spokesfowl

Abbott, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:43 (seventeen years ago)

different Tiger kills zookeeper? xpost

StanM, Friday, 2 June 2017 11:16 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

A veggie by any other name may actually get eaten
Not eating enough fruit led to to an estimated 7.5% diet-related cardiometabolic deaths in 2012, the researchers said in a recent study in JAMA. Two servings of fruit are recommended each day. A serving would equal one whole fruit, such as an entire banana, or one cup equivalent.

One-month sugar detox: Here's how to do it

Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 10:26 (eight years ago)

eight months pass...

Analysis: Kushner's fall from Secretary of Everything to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

omar little, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 16:52 (seven years ago)

Hahahaha wait

Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:22 (seven years ago)

Analysis: Time to send Congress a message t('_'t)

omar little, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 18:24 (seven years ago)

two weeks pass...

McCabe: This is about Mueller and Trump's 'war on the FBI'

didn't know mueller had a war on the FBI

adam the (abanana), Saturday, 17 March 2018 04:35 (seven years ago)

two months pass...

Analysis: The 14 most ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lines from Trump's 'Fox & Friends' interview

adam the (abanana), Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:09 (seven years ago)

https://media.giphy.com/media/QQZgTehcKrD2w/giphy.gif

omar little, Thursday, 24 May 2018 19:21 (seven years ago)

one month passes...
three weeks pass...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/10/opinions/look-out-trump-china-is-stealing-africa-opinion-intl/index.html

renormalizing colonialism ... or maybe i guess just straight up admitting it never went out of style?

the late great, Friday, 10 August 2018 21:49 (seven years ago)

ten months pass...

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/21/health/young-people-horn-skulls-trnd/index.html

omar little, Friday, 21 June 2019 22:45 (six years ago)

one year passes...

https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/cant-get-a-facial-in-lockdown-try-a-butt-one-instead/

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 July 2020 23:56 (five years ago)

try a butt one

brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:15 (five years ago)

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I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 July 2020 02:25 (five years ago)

Client Marian Shelley, 33, recently had her first booty facial and called it “luxurious.”

shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 9 July 2020 10:19 (five years ago)

Got rid of the bootyflakez

I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 July 2020 10:38 (five years ago)

four months pass...

i still can't get this out of my head

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Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:29 (four years ago)

is the maintenance visit for this butt facial, a couple of weeks later, called a rebuttal?

StanM, Saturday, 14 November 2020 07:52 (four years ago)

hey let’s all be cool and try a butt one

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 14 November 2020 10:09 (four years ago)

seven months pass...

Tentacles of Manhattan DA's Trump probe reach former bodyguard Calamari

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:37 (four years ago)

hah

wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 23:24 (four years ago)

one month passes...

This is the lead story on the entertainment page today:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/04/entertainment/lizzo-chris-evans-trnd/index.html

Clearly wtf, but also how great would it be if Lizzo and Chris Evans actually did have a baby together?

Karl Havoc (DJP), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:28 (four years ago)

also I am still back on the booty facial

Karl Havoc (DJP), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:35 (four years ago)

imagining Project Pat's voice chanting

TRY A BUTT ONE INSTEAD
TRY A BUTT ONE INSTEAD
TRY A BUTT ONE INSTEAD
TRY A BUTT ONE INSTEAD

making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:39 (four years ago)

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jul/15/little-red-corvette-hit-by-car-going-much-too-fast/

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 00:20 (four years ago)

that gets a well-earned groan

a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 15:48 (four years ago)

ten months pass...

https://i.imgur.com/LAmEzPN.jpg

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 22:40 (three years ago)

hard go out there for a deaf kitty

maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 23:28 (three years ago)

six months pass...

try a butt one

fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 January 2023 07:06 (two years ago)

guys i’ve tried so hard to get a facial in lockdown but i just can’t

so i’m going to try a butt one instead

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 12 January 2023 09:18 (two years ago)

Is it… a buttial?

castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 12 January 2023 09:27 (two years ago)

three weeks pass...

big news on CNN.com

In the spotlight: Taylor Lautner makes rare comment about ex Taylor Swift that leaves his wife 'deceased'


CNN —

This is a true tale of Taylors, as actor Taylor Lautner’s wife, Taylor Dome, was all of us with her reaction to him spilling tea about that infamous Taylor Swift and Kanye West MTV VMAs moment.

In a video from their podcast “The Squeeze” posted Wednesday on Tik Tok, Dome asked Lautner, “If you could go back to one moment in your life, what moment would that be and what would you say to yourself?”

“Probably the 2009 VMAs, when I presented the award to Taylor and was unaware that the Kanye thing was not a skit,” he said, causing Dome to literally fall back in surprise and say, “I’m deceased.”

big if true

omar little, Friday, 3 February 2023 18:06 (two years ago)

a tale of tres taylors

POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 February 2023 19:01 (two years ago)

should try a butt one that might bring her back to life

sanguisug boggy bogg (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 February 2023 22:37 (two years ago)

I am DELIGHTED that this thread was bumped for this non-story, I have been laughing at it since I saw it

castanuts (DJP), Friday, 3 February 2023 23:38 (two years ago)

you are all of us with your reaction to taylor dome's reaction to him spilling tea

omar little, Friday, 3 February 2023 23:52 (two years ago)

one taylor i never knew existed, one taylor i forgot existed, and another taylor over there saying "whaddya want from me?"

omar little, Friday, 3 February 2023 23:54 (two years ago)

Black to the bone, my home is your home
So welcome to the Taylordome

POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 4 February 2023 02:59 (two years ago)

the version i read said “causing his Dome to fall back” … got a snicker out of that

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/02/entertainment/taylor-lautner-taylor-swift/index.html

the late great, Saturday, 4 February 2023 03:22 (two years ago)

one month passes...

Video: Here's how US presidents would look with a mullet

got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 19 March 2023 16:35 (two years ago)

one month passes...

this CNN article now includes a link to where you can find more information about the felonies the shooter was charged with, and the link is to the article you're already reading:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/us/kansas-city-teen-shot-wrong-house/index.html

Cthulhu Diamond Phillips (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 16:22 (two years ago)

three weeks pass...

way to humanize seditious conspirators in a hate group

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/proud-boys-trial-notes/index.html

formerly abanana (dat), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 00:16 (two years ago)

ten months pass...

https://i.cbc.ca/1.6825580.1682689138!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/iceberg.jpg

A man from Dildo, N.L., has captured the attention of iceberg lovers after photographing an oddly shaped hunk — now popularly known as the "dickie berg" on social media — off the coast of Newfoundland.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oddly-shaped-iceberg-nl-1.6825578

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 March 2024 12:15 (one year ago)

come on

Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Thursday, 14 March 2024 16:53 (one year ago)

wahey. i can confirm, it's real

wanna buy some soap?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-dickie-berg-soap-1.6906735

maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:59 (one year ago)

three months pass...

Gena Rowlands, star of ‘The Notebook,’

master of the pan (abanana), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 21:56 (one year ago)

seven months pass...

the opening of this is amazing: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/politics/trump-davos-us-global-order-analysis/index.html

rob, Saturday, 25 January 2025 16:13 (seven months ago)

one month passes...

their new thing is christiane amanpour doing "soyface" reactions, years after it became a joke on YouTube.

master of the pan (abanana), Thursday, 6 March 2025 20:48 (six months ago)


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