Needs a little Ketchup

[figmo]

Man survives jump into lion's den.

46-Year-Old Reportedly Trying To Convert Lions To Christianity

Comments

[poltr1]

Why? So they wouldn't devour him and his kind?

I saw the clip on CNN at lunch. He could have lost an arm.

This man has my vote for Idiot of the Week.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Almost a Darwin Award candidate. But you really shouldn't feed me straight lions *g*...

[cat-herder.livejournal.com]

He's lucky the lion had just had lunch. I could not get the video to play, but saw the screen shots. I suspect Leo was protecting his ladyfriend. Pity the poor guy has a tranquilizer dart hangover today. I am glad the zoo officials were enlightened enough to tranq the cat instead of kill it like those idiot cops in Palo Alto with the cougar.

[mrpsyklops.livejournal.com]

The article noted that he had jumped in because he was hearing voices.

K commented that most Southern Baptists and Methodists hear voices all the time. I noted that the language used in those two denominations does indicate that believers actually hear the voice of God on a personal basis. It took me a long time to understand that the language is symbolic, not factual. While I hold open the possibility of God speaking directly to me or any other human, this current incident certainly puts another spin on the question.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Who needs Romans, when the Christians feed *themselves* to the lions?

It may not be so much a matter of enlightenment

[fixx.livejournal.com]

As much as a legal matter... you see...

From the article:
He also said, "Come bite me" before one of the male lions attacked and bit the man.

See, as I understand it, that constitutes "consent to assault", the same rule that protects bar room bullies after they knock a few teeth out of the drunken idiot who say, "go on, hit me, I dare you".

Personally, I would have let the lions eat the man, as an act of kindness on both sides of the equation.

That's cat-sup, not ketchup!

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

It just occurred to me, scrolling through my friendslist, that in this instance you really should use the old-fashioned spelling of the condiment in your title.

Re: That's cat-sup, not ketchup!

[figmo.livejournal.com]

That calls for a rimshot! :-)

[kayshapero]

Words fail me. Hope the lions are ok.

As we used to say in my D&D group, Ring the Dummy Gong! (It goes "DUMMMMEEEEEE")