Wednesday, 10 August 2011

WEIGHTING AROUND

When you think of the Canadian city of Calgary, you probably think of the Calgary Stampede and cowboys on galloping horses rounding up cattle.

What you are probably unlikely to think of is hippopotami...

But, as Sheila and Roger discovered on their recent travels, each of the luggage carousels at Calgary Airport features a different animal and, in the vicinity of Oversize Baggage, you will find a hippopotamus who seems to be saying, "Guess where your missing suitcase is?"


Anyway, I am reminded that Mitch Hedberg once astutely asked: "Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?"

Photo: Sheila Shrigley © 2011

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6 comments:

  1. SharonMWednesday, August 10, 2011

    I shouldn't imagine that Hippolyta would take too kindly to being referred to as 'excess baggage'!

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  2. SuzanneWednesday, August 10, 2011

    No, it's actually a cool Irish guy known as "Hip Hop O'Tamus"

    Oh dear! Can anybody do any worse than that?

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  3. SharonMWednesday, August 10, 2011

    Nice one, Suzanne - that'll teach Brian for not giving us many brief encounters these days.

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  4. scbThursday, August 11, 2011

    SharonM... Hippolyta wouldn't appreciate being called 'excess baggage', but Hippoheavia deals with it every day. (You do need to pronounce Hippolyta incorrectly for this one to work...)

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  5. SharonMFriday, August 12, 2011

    Got it!

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  6. HippolytaFriday, August 12, 2011

    To be quite honest, SharonM, it wouldn't be the first time ...

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