Sunday, January 30, 2011

They have long necks.

I swear this is a true story, though every part of it does sound dubious.

For reasons that are better left unelaborated, Neruda and his fellow exiles sought recently to rent a giraffe. They called the office of an organization that advertised itself as hiring out "large exotic animals." The woman with whom they spoke said, "Well, we don't have a giraffe per se..." When Neruda wondered what that could possibly mean, she said, "We have an ostrich."

6 comments:

Lisa B. said...

Laughing out loud, right now.

Fretful Porpentine said...

Maybe they could get a llama and paint it with brown splotches?

squadratomagico said...

Let me guess: Neruda is Banksy?

radagast said...

No, no--elaborate! Much better left elaborated. What, pray tell, requires one, exile or not, to rent a giraffe? An expatriate production of The Lion King? Low-tech tree-trimming and fertilizer service? Polo? Dish, please.

Kristen said...

A.Mazing.

Doctor Cleveland said...

Giraffes, really, are not for renters.