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Boris Johnson attacked by an Ostrich

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25Avalon Mon 07-Apr-25 17:52:53

Anyone else seen the picture in the Telegraph of Boris being pecked by an Ostrich as he drove round a safari park? That’ll teach him to drive around with the windows open. Lucky it wasn’t a lion. It’s quite funny - well I thought so and I’m not a Boris hater.

albertina Thu 10-Apr-25 14:43:07

Not a Boris fan.
He had his infant son beside him. Lucky it wasn't the child's face the emu bit.

25Avalon Thu 10-Apr-25 14:48:09

The ostrich maybe thought he was the cream and wanted a bit (bite)

Oldbat1 Thu 10-Apr-25 15:27:14

Once an eejit always an eejit!

Eloethan Thu 10-Apr-25 15:31:35

Stupid man.

ruthiek Thu 10-Apr-25 16:04:06

Ashcombe tbh with the pandemic and Ukraine I would like to see the mess we had been in if Labour had been in charge . And Keir wanted us locked down harder and longer. I don’t think any party would hsve come out of it well . As for parties, I know lots of companies that did the same as ordinary people did

Allira Thu 10-Apr-25 16:48:01

albertina

Not a Boris fan.
He had his infant son beside him. Lucky it wasn't the child's face the emu bit.

It was an ostrich. 🙂
I think tourists are encouraged to feed them.
This one obviously voted Labour.

Zappa Thu 10-Apr-25 17:15:43

Felt sorry for the ostrich really. What a sight!! No wonder it pecked at him - hope it didn't leave a bad taste in its beak/mouth though😈

Bestgrammaever Thu 10-Apr-25 19:02:47

I wish that was trump...

Mojack26 Thu 10-Apr-25 19:45:40

🤣🤣🤣🤣

TiggyW Fri 11-Apr-25 02:36:23

The worst part of this story is that he was swearing whilst with his children. Why?

Goldieoldie15 Fri 11-Apr-25 04:29:05

I’d tip the ostrich so he does it again. Cannot abide that obfuscating clown.

glasshalffullagain Fri 11-Apr-25 07:22:48

Macadia

I miss Boris too. Never a dull moment.

Probably quite dull if you suffered due to his lies.

NannyJan53 Fri 11-Apr-25 07:28:55

TiggyW

The worst part of this story is that he was swearing whilst with his children. Why?

I agree Tiggy

Allira Fri 11-Apr-25 11:02:22

TiggyW

The worst part of this story is that he was swearing whilst with his children. Why?

Oh, missed that!
I need to turn the sound on 😯

Allira Fri 11-Apr-25 11:04:40

All I heard was "Oh cripes"

Witzend Fri 11-Apr-25 12:24:34

Goodness knows I was never a fan of Boris, but IMO his air of cheerful optimism is something Starmer could do with emulating , just a bit. Keir’s usual expression tends to remind me of those ‘The end of the world is nigh’ placards you used to see.

Labradora Fri 11-Apr-25 14:21:29

People do mad stuff at Safari Parks. Some years ago now my OH and I went to Woburn for the day and the enclosure had black bears( might have had monkeys and black bears) and as we all paused ( thing it was to enjoy or suffer from the monkeys) a car in front opened a side door. Out stepped an adult with a small child , arranged to child's clothing so it could go to the toilet: small child duly obliged: they got back into the car. For crying out loud. Have they never seen the speed at which a bear can move ? drop from the trees ,
I'm glad Boris and his own have come to no harm but ........

25Avalon Mon 14-Apr-25 17:34:46

An elephant once “attacked” my car at Longleat Safari Park. Many years ago I was driving my brand new mini with the windows closed, through the park when a moth eared elephant took a fancy to my mini. Maybe love at first sight? It grabbed hold of my near side wing mirror with its trunk and started pulling. All I could do was slowly drive to keep up with it to stop the mirror being wrenched off,whilst admonishing my boyfriend now my dh to do something! No sign of a park warden. Dh tried to a divert its attention. Eventually it let go and I very quickly reversed and drove away. I suppose I was lucky it didn’t sit on the bonnet.

Tuckshop Tue 15-Apr-25 17:03:46

When I saw it, I was reminded of Rod Hull and emu. Quite funny but not at all sensible, but then he is not know for that.

Allsorts Tue 15-Apr-25 17:06:03

He probably thought it funny too.