"We came all this way!"

[Frantic Freddie]

Those of you familiar with the southwest USA'll appreciate this.

Mrs Frantic & I were on one of our road trips (one of our favorite things to do) about 3 years ago & went to Lordsburg so I could poke around in old records of my family.

While there we stopped in at a store to get gas & munchies/drinks & saw a tourist trap souvenir store next door so we went in to poke around,we've found some good deals in little out-of-the-way places like that (they can be bargained with while not bein' an SC,I tell 'em we're not really tourists,we live here,can you do anything for us? Almost always gets us 10-30% off )

We get to talkin' with the lady there & makin' conversation,I ask if they got a lot of tourists through there? Then she tells us the story....


Seems a father & son had driven from New York,a distance of over 2,300 miles (3680 km) & stopped in her store to see if they could get some information on the best places to go hunting for......

jackalopes


The lady (not having as sick & twisted a sense of humor as I do) politely informed them that jackalopes do not exist.

"They're not real?!? But we came all this way!!!"

She said they left quietly but extremely disappointed.

[pitmonkey]

That is as bad as going on a Snipe hunt.

[Darkforge]

That is as bad as going on a Snipe hunt.

not really, as the Jackalope is mythical creature while the Snipe is a real creature

man I can't believe they went all that way for nothing, i mean you'd think they would have at least checked if they were in season?

[nicolecj]

not really, as the Jackalope is mythical creature while the Snipe is a real creature

man I can't believe they went all that way for nothing, i mean you'd think they would have at least checked if they were in season?

The snipe is real! Well, that is the last time I get my information from Pixar movies... in other news, I still don't think that clapping sticks together will help.

[Andara Bledin]

The snipe is real! Well, that is the last time I get my information from Pixar movies... in other news, I still don't think that clapping sticks together will help.

The bird is real, but not easily caught, which is why the joke is about trying to catch them in some ridiculous manner.

They're so hard to bag, actually, that we get the term 'sniper' for a sharpshooter for those skilled enough to actually hit the things.

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[Frantic Freddie]

When my wife & I talked about it later I said "She should've sent 'em out 50-60 miles into the desert & told 'em to hide real close to a cholla,then mention the one that took 4 hits from a .300 Winchester Magnum & still went on to kill the hunters"

[MoonCat]

There used to be a postcard you could buy in WNY that showed a bison (aka buffalo) on the front, and on the back it said that herds of bison could be seen in WNY around Buffalo.

There have never been herds of bison in WNY.

[Mytical]

A snipe hunt was (and sometimes still is) a rite of passage for some 'country boys'. Has nothing to do with any actual creature. A person is taken out, given a sack, and told to wait. They are told the others will go out and force the snipe to come toward the victim. Victim is supposed to bag the snipe.

Only the others just wait and see how long the victim will sit there waiting. Thus the snipe in question is not a real thing in those cases. I never got to be a victim..thankfully.

[AccountingDrone]

There used to be a postcard you could buy in WNY that showed a bison (aka buffalo) on the front, and on the back it said that herds of bison could be seen in WNY around Buffalo.

There have never been herds of bison in WNY.

Yes there have.

If you read the wiki on it, and check the map you will see that the American Bison did have a subspecies in western NY. There was even a small herd of them near Rochester NY that a farmer was keeping as breeding stock back in the 70s [not sure what happened to them, you would have to ask the aggies at RIT about that.]

[dalesys]

Then there was the greenhorn who returned from his snipe hunt with a full gunnysack, which he emptied on the prankster's bedrolls...

It was full of red ants.

[Mishi]

I've had exchange students and YWAM-ers asking about the Drop-Bears and Hoop Snakes, but none of them had travelled specifically to see/shoot them. They were very worried by the descriptions though.

[Barefootgirl]

I've had exchange students and YWAM-ers asking about the Drop-Bears and Hoop Snakes, but none of them had travelled specifically to see/shoot them. They were very worried by the descriptions though.

But you can easily defend yourself against Drop Bears by wearing a pointy hat (ideally with WIZZARD embroidered on it). If the bear drops...it gets a surprise!

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

She should have sent the couple to Wall Drug.

[Imogene]

But you can easily defend yourself against Drop Bears by wearing a pointy hat (ideally with WIZZARD embroidered on it). If the bear drops...it gets a surprise!

I dunno, I think Rincewind would rather be on an entirely different continent than drop bears, in his own bed, not saving the world, in no danger whatsoever!

[Andara Bledin]

I dunno, I think Rincewind would rather be on an entirely different continent than drop bears, in his own bed, not saving the world, in no danger whatsoever!

A shame for him that the universe usually has other plans.

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