The Italian reads: “In the middle of the Indian forest, a man waiting for the train to stop just near the line. Suddenly, a boa attacks its victim, squeezing with its powerful coils. But then a tiger hurls itself upon the huge reptile which wraps, then, even the beast in a stranglehold. A monstrous tangle occurs, meanwhile, along comes the train. The whole tangle winds up bloody and broken by the wheels of the train.” Never Yet Melted » A Really Bad Day
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 5, 2014 9:45 AM
Hate it when that happens.
Posted by: ghostsniper at August 5, 2014 10:07 AMNeeds elephants and crocodiles, otherwise quite evocative.
Posted by: chuck at August 5, 2014 10:44 AMIsn't this the situation where that jungle yoddling Tarzan is supposed to swing in on his vine with his banana eating friends and save the day
Posted by: Kelvin at August 5, 2014 11:25 AMSo he missed his train?
Posted by: mushroom at August 5, 2014 12:05 PMBut the train didn't miss him.
Posted by: mushroom at August 5, 2014 12:06 PMWhat no Sambo? He could have turned that tiger into butter, made the whole thing so slippery that the man could have escaped and caught the train.
Political Correctness screwed a good ending.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at August 5, 2014 12:09 PMProving, once again, that technology will kill us all.
Posted by: Svenster at August 5, 2014 12:56 PMThis is in a sense the story of Obama.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 5, 2014 2:02 PMObama is the snake, of course.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 5, 2014 2:11 PMBottom line is, they're all dead. If that is what it takes to get our country back on the rails, let it happen.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 6, 2014 4:29 AMI kind of thought of The Trees by Rush.
Posted by: Bradoplata at August 7, 2014 11:54 AM
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