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Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 9:45am.
I'm guessing this was this particular photographer's very last photo session ever. Now that the nutria appetizers have been pretty much consumed, the caimans are once again ready for the main course. So be careful out there as you walk around the water in the shadow of the Legislative Building.
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I didn't have my camera
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 10:02am.The world would be grateful
Submitted by stevenl on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 10:26am.The caiman-as-lobbyist ploy has interested us for awhile. See OlyBlog 02/07/06, "What Walks on Two Legs & Wants to Meet You?" submitted by Sarah. There is a short tunnel between the O'Brien and Cherberg buildings, and the security cameras in that undergound walkway of terror are frequently documenting grainy videos of caimans performing the "death roll" on competing lobbyists. Why has the mainstream media ignored this? Only OlyBlog has the guts to lift the lid on these sordid truths.
I will be careful
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 11:19am.Brave men
Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 7:16pm.I am in awe of the bravery of you two men. I believe medals are in order.
I may need to hire some brave men or women to assist me with safely leaving my home, all those caimans involved in death rolls in my front yard make me dizzy.
Caiman Rolls
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 8:49pm.If you type "caiman" and
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 12:02am.Person #1: "What do you do for a living?"
Person #2: "I skin the nutrias for the caimans at the zoo. They really hate that tickly feeling the fur makes in their throat."
When I walked around the Fetid Lake of Doom last week I really tried to spot one of those swamp rats, but rodents saw I none.
Last March 15 I posted "Where the Potholes Are" and now I wonder if those vile reptiles are hanging out in the little spotty lake/ponds in the OHS neighborhood as a way to hide out. In fact, that post suggested there was an underground passage between Hewitt Lake and the Deschutes River! And we know for a fact that there is a cave behind Tumwater Falls (my late high school classmate Jeff Lampard actually swam there-- meanwhile his pals thought he drowned and called the Fire Dept. for help. During all this commotion, Jeff was sitting in the cave just, forgive the dated expression but it matches the era in which it happened, groovin' out).
Then there are the secret tunnels on the Capitol Campus. There is one between the House and Senate office buildings. There is at least one, maybe two or three other important tunnels, both emanating from the Leg. Building. It is not unreasonable to suppose, given the powerful "Third House" status accorded to lobbyists, with their special badges and exclusive access, that the Caiman Lobby has obtained entry to these portals.
And, of course, we can't forget the legendary steam tunnels under that place on Cooper Point (See Evergroove Trivia, pt. 1, OlyBlog 10/16/05). Or the train tunnel under 7th. And, of course, the sewer systems. Yuk.
So all these manmade and natural caves and tunnels probably connect in ways we humans have yet to discover. But the caimans are already utilizing this unknown maze for their own heinous conspiracy.
What exactly is this conspiracy? The previous advice of Crenshaw to "follow the money" is a worthy cause. It would be easy to suspect it leads to Tim Eyman, since everything he stands for boils down to greed or fear, two subjects the caimans love. But I think Tim isn't their kind of guy. He's too dumb. Since Tim has already been proven as a liar and a crook, and his political posturing during the last couple elections has not fooled the voters, his 15 minutes are over. He is useless to them at this point.
I can't prove it, but I think the answer to the hub of the current caiman activity can be found in my own OlyBlog entry "Smuggled Photo" from 2/22/06.
Once again, why the mainstream press has ignored this scoop never fails to make me shake my head with disappointment.
Secret Intel
Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 8:59am.Darn, I so hoped we could blame Eyman for this.
Smuggled Photo Do you think the Caiman Master knows we are sharing this intel with the public again?
Yes
Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 8:40am.Yes, they are alike, in that they both leave a bad taste in the mouth and when ingested cause rashes.
I know that rumors are spreading that gnawing on caimans can gift one with marvelous hallucinations, don't trust this rumor, it was created and spread by the fetid caimans themselves.
Reminds me, just what did cause the most recent Nisqually earthquake? Was it caimans performing death rolls in unison?
Forget Sleater-Kinney
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 10:39am.The Dance
Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 4:23pm.And I thought
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 6:45pm.The Caiman Death Roll WAS the Macarena
I can't believe I said "macarena" without gagging. Oh...there I gagged.
All is well.
Brave Larry
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 7:54pm.Caiman news item, Carlito's Caiman Death Roll
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 2:07pm.Tuesday, August 16, 2005
(08-16) 00:09 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --
A 200-pound crocodile-like caiman that was discovered wading and sunbathing at a suburban park has eluded authorities who want to capture the critter and send it to a zoo.
Visitors to Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park have gone from feeding ducks and fish to nourishing the scaly green creature that normally could be found in an Amazonian swamp.
The animal is quickly adapting to its new home. It has already acquired, for example, a nickname that matches its Latin American roots and its penchant for the tortillas tossed by visitors: Carlito.
"They'll swallow anything, and if they can't swallow it, they'll tear pieces until they can eat it," said Jarron Lucas of the Southwestern Herpetologist Society.
Lucas' group, at the request of park rangers, is attempting to capture the animal with nets and a raw chicken, then give it a home at the Los Angeles Zoo.
They were unable to grab the caiman Monday, and officials said it could take a month to collar it.
Cousins to the crocodile, caimans are mostly found in Central and South America. Experts believe this one, estimated to be as long as 8 feet, was released by its owner. It was first spotted on Friday.
"They pick up this little reptile that looks really cute when it's little. But when it gets big and starts looking and acting scary, they don't want it any more," Lucas said.
Visitors have lobbed French bread and jelly doughnuts at the park's 50-acre lake. They also have been scanning the waters with binoculars and video cameras, but officials have been keeping them 80 feet from shore behind yellow police tape.
"It's such an urban area, people just don't see wildlife and people run across it, and they're like, 'Oh, nature!' It scares them," said Bonnie Lea, a member of the herpetologist society.
Eight-year-old Cheyenne Espinoza was among those irked by the caiman. She wanted to bring a metal bat from her Harbor City home, but her father wouldn't let her.
"I was going to knock the gator out," she said.
The wisdom of youth
Submitted by Sarah on Sun, 05/21/2006 - 4:01pm.Oh No
Submitted by Merwyn Haskett on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 12:30pm.Please give me a second grace. Please give me a second face. I've fallen far down, the first time around, now I just sit on the ground in your way.
Nick Drake
C.A.R.T.
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 7:58pm.Doomed! Doomed, I Tell You!
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 7:49pm.I have, on purpose, not mentioned caimans as of late. My warnings have fallen on deaf ears and I do not relish the role of Cassandra. So, that being said:
It is too late. You are all doomed. Fortunately, I don't live in Thurston County. So I'll be around to tell the tale after the festival of carnage. And a bit of advice here. Caimans could care less if you're a Democrat, Republican, Green, Anarchist, Socialist, Libertarian, live in a McMansion or in the street. They don't care what kind of car you drive, what kind of haircut you have, whether or not you are for or against gun control, abortion, George "What-me-worry?" Bush, a state income tax, or speed bumps. They could care less if you floss your teeth or not. Your occupation doesn't matter, although I understand they enjoy chatting with corporate lobbyists before consuming them.
In the end, you guys all taste the same to them. Except for you breatharians. You taste like cotton candy.
If you live in the Olympia mega-ego-opolis, you are doomed. While you guys are tearing each other apart over partisan politics the caimans are waiting for their moment. What better place to strike than the State Capital?
So be good to each other, fellow humans. We are all in this together.
Doomed
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 7:51pm.Uh, er, I ...
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 7:59pm.Uh huh
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 8:02pm.Stop it! Stop it! You cruel
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 8:11pm.Yes, yes you must
Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 8:17pm.Although I'm creeped out by the poetry, have you been consorting with caimans lately? Tis said that too much time in their presence causes bad puns and worse rhymes. And remember, never inhale anywhere near the FLOD. Of course, you already knew that, because you did you know what.
The C.A.R.T. ranks are swelling, so maybe with lots of awareness and responding we can help you pay for your crimes. Then of course, you will owe us. I'll take my payment in lots of sketches, according to my specifications of course.
Have you noticed that The Caiman Master hasn't said a word about all this in quite some time?
Ah, the Caiman Master [he
Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 11/13/2007 - 8:26pm.Ah, the Caiman Master [he says, happily changing the focus]. Yes, I do notice he hasn't responded to any poking or goading for quite a few months. It is a sign that he is secure in his nefarious plans to, well, you know.
Domed?
Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 4:21pm.Well, I'm am without much hair on top.....oh....you said "doomed"
Nevermind
test
Submitted by stevenl on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 9:27am.