You can't fix stupid

jamesu wrote:

camperforlife wrote:
We were walking one of the boardwalks in Yellowstone when we heard a tremendous roar getting louder and louder. We soon realized that we were in direct line of a running heard of Bison.

Being raised around cattle we were concerned but not panicked. The heard of cows and calves stopped with the three of us smack dab in the middle of about 50 of them.

We had the advantage being on the board walk that was elevated about 18 inches but there were Bison on both sides and a few on the walk itself.

We simply stayed together as a larger mass, enjoyed the view for a couple minutes, then slowly walked through the heard allowing the calves to rejoin the cows before passing.

Common sense and knowledge of cattle made it one very memorable moment.

I "heard" a "herd" of bison. (Please indulge me, Moderator. It's a teachable moment.)

Probably that dang auto correct!

camperforlife wrote:
We were walking one of the boardwalks in Yellowstone when we heard a tremendous roar getting louder and louder. We soon realized that we were in direct line of a running heard of Bison.

Being raised around cattle we were concerned but not panicked. The heard of cows and calves stopped with the three of us smack dab in the middle of about 50 of them.

We had the advantage being on the board walk that was elevated about 18 inches but there were Bison on both sides and a few on the walk itself.

We simply stayed together as a larger mass, enjoyed the view for a couple minutes, then slowly walked through the heard allowing the calves to rejoin the cows before passing.

Common sense and knowledge of cattle made it one very memorable moment.

I "heard" a "herd" of bison. (Please indulge me, Moderator. It's a teachable moment.)

bobsallyh wrote:
We have spent about 6 weeks during June and July in the Yellowstone area for the last 8 years. Each year it only seems to get worse. And those "selfie sticks" have a lot to do with it and drives us nuts. I would love to see the Park Service put up signs that would inform idiots that they are not entering SeaWorld, Disney, etc. It probably wouldn't help but you sure could make sport of the idiots. Another thing that upsets us is the dummies getting off the boardwalks. Burn, baby, burn!

that's assuming that they can read.......

it just makes you wonder what these city folks are smoking. can they get any dumber

In the immortal words of Bill Engvall...


Here's your sign :S

D.E.Bishop wrote:
Back a few years we were in Yellowstone NP with our DD's. We rented a cabin to make life safer and went for a walk on the boardwalk near Old Faithful. Lovely but weird place, bubbling springs at in excess of 212 degrees F and people letting their dogs off leash. Seems one of those dogs fell in a 212+ pool and was being boiled alive when the owner went in after the dog.

The survivors sued the NPS for failure to protect their dog and the Husband/Father who was also boiled alive. However the survivors needed to win the Darwin Award too, evidential photo of the pool with a very clear and distinct warning sign was presented to bolster their case. Asked about the picture, a survivor said yeah it was there but no Ranger on site to enforce it.

They lost and had to pay court costs and emergency crew costs for those that retrieved the bodies.

Hmmmm. Dogs aren't even allowed on the boardwalks. Another reason they lost the suit?

We were walking one of the boardwalks in Yellowstone when we heard a tremendous roar getting louder and louder. We soon realized that we were in direct line of a running heard of Bison.

Being raised around cattle we were concerned but not panicked. The heard of cows and calves stopped with the three of us smack dab in the middle of about 50 of them.

We had the advantage being on the board walk that was elevated about 18 inches but there were Bison on both sides and a few on the walk itself.

We simply stayed together as a larger mass, enjoyed the view for a couple minutes, then slowly walked through the heard allowing the calves to rejoin the cows before passing.

Common sense and knowledge of cattle made it one very memorable moment.

Back a few years we were in Yellowstone NP with our DD's. We rented a cabin to make life safer and went for a walk on the boardwalk near Old Faithful. Lovely but weird place, bubbling springs at in excess of 212 degrees F and people letting their dogs off leash. Seems one of those dogs fell in a 212+ pool and was being boiled alive when the owner went in after the dog.

The survivors sued the NPS for failure to protect their dog and the Husband/Father who was also boiled alive. However the survivors needed to win the Darwin Award too, evidential photo of the pool with a very clear and distinct warning sign was presented to bolster their case. Asked about the picture, a survivor said yeah it was there but no Ranger on site to enforce it.

They lost and had to pay court costs and emergency crew costs for those that retrieved the bodies.

You know with sites like You Tube, you`de think people would be more aware of what they should/shouldn`t be doing!
I`m going next year an I hope I don`t record anyone trying out for Darwin of the year!

We have spent about 6 weeks during June and July in the Yellowstone area for the last 8 years. Each year it only seems to get worse. And those "selfie sticks" have a lot to do with it and drives us nuts. I would love to see the Park Service put up signs that would inform idiots that they are not entering SeaWorld, Disney, etc. It probably wouldn't help but you sure could make sport of the idiots. Another thing that upsets us is the dummies getting off the boardwalks. Burn, baby, burn!