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You win some, you lose some. Rainier Beer couldn't have asked for better publicity than this. Busch executives, OTOH, are probably crying in their ... you know.
quote:Bear Drinks 36 Cans of Favorite Beer Black Bear Found Passed Out at Campground Apparently Consumed 36 Cans of His Favorite Beer
The Associated Press
BAKER LAKE, Wash. Aug. 17, 2004 — Rain-eeeeer .... Bear? When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer.
The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.
"He drank the Rainier and wouldn't drink the Busch beer," said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker.
Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. (emphasis added)
"He didn't like that (Busch) and consumed, as near as we can tell, about 36 cans of Rainier."
A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning.
Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two open cans of Rainier. That did the trick. (emphasis added)
"This is a new one on me," Heinck said. "I've known them to get into cans, but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference."
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The poor bear! First it gets woken up rudely while it's hungover. Then it gets trapped to get shipped to a beer-free location. One dang thing after another.
Nothing would make me happier than to have a blip in the laws of probability - causing numerous Hatrackers to open and read the article during conference calls and meetings.
It's the same kind of daydreaming I do on those 3 or 4 days out of the year when I buy a lottery ticket.
(reading it with a mouthful of milk is OK, too.)
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Here comes the king, here comes the big number one. Doo-doo-doo-doo. Here comes the something something barrel of fun? When you say bud now, you've said it all, when you say bud you've said it all.
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ive never had this rainier beer... Ill have to give it a try and see what the bear was obviously enjoying
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Apparently this bear had a lax parent. If he'd had a firm mentor he would have known better than to even try the Busch.
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