Dying Sans Dignity - A Little Drabble Do Ya 07/10/2015

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

“I'm just saying it lacks a certain something, that's all. Style. Dignity.”

“You are looking for dignity in your convoluted death traps now?”

“It's just that crocodiles are traditional. Lions? Classic. Tigers and bears, I can understand, but - “

“ - are you about to start singing the Wizard of Oz?”

“What? No! What?”

“Ah, well. You know, I do not think I have ever been thrown to the lions.”

“You must have been....Wait, wasn't there that guy in Norway who wanted to sacrifice you to his lion-headed demon?”

“That does not count, that was simply a man in a rather inferior costume.”

“Are you suggesting it would have counted if the costume had been better?”

“Perhaps. At any rate, that does not apply to our present predicament. Those are not costumes.”

“No, but still....I feel as though we're not being taken seriously here.”

“You know, they can run at thirty miles an hour and kill more humans than any other mammal in Africa per year. Humans excepted, of course.”

“Somehow, that doesn't help. It's just...being thrown to the hippos. We can never tell anyone about this.”

“Agreed.”

Comments

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is just too, too funny :-D
Hippos are definitely one of the deadliest animals on Earth, but the name just sounds so ridiculous.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

They look pretty ridiculous as well...and the name's not as bad as the honey badger. Now there's an animal with a bad temper.
Glad you liked it, thanks!

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Well done! I instantly had a vision of a children's game called 'Hungry Hungry Hippos."

If the story got out, it would become 'death by embarrassment.' "D

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I'd completely forgotten that game! That was top of my Christmas list when I was, oh, maybe six or seven? Don't quite remember. I think I insisted on playing it every day through to February though...

They really are incredibly dangerous animals, but it's just such a ridiculous idea anyway, isn't it. Thanks for commenting. :)

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wouldn't tell anyone, either. Great drabble!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

They are, of course, already assuming that they're going to get out of the hippo infested death trap....... Thanks!

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

The conversation is just perfect, the end punchline... very funny. I can see it now.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you. I'm relieved to hear you say that, because the actual ending took me ages to come up with. (I mean, I knew it was hippos, I just couldn't make the lines work.) Thanks.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

It's good banter, indeed. Nonetheless, hippos are most formidably dangerous. A certin Bronze Age people decided given the choice of crocs or hippos, they'd choose crocs.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're very dangerous indeed. People forget how dangerous herbivores can be. Thanks for commenting.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

Love it! Yes, many people don't know how deadly hippos can be....but so are bears and look what we did to minimize how dangerous they are...teddy bears. Then, of course, there is the NCIS Bert the farting hippo.


I love your sense of humor!

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Well, most of the animals that we really admire are the ones that can kill us. Not sure what that says about us as a species. Glad you enjoyed this one.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Death by hippos? Let's hope they're not hungry, hungry hippos. Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

*groan* I was more picturing tied to a post by the river as sunset approaches. :) Thanks!

[irisheitie.livejournal.com]

Sitting here laughing. Both the story and the comments were cracking me up!! Thanks. I needed that.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Glad that find it funny.