Hansa, the baby elephant (well, 6 yrs.old), died last night. I guess in her sleep, of unknown reasons. She did have an upset tummy for the past week, but even I shall let those jokes be, for now.
She was the media darling of Seattle when born. Hansa is a Thai word meaning "supreme happiness" that some local school kid came up with to win the "name the baby elephant contest". Guess we should be looking up the translation for "supreme sadness" now.
This is a photo I took when she was first introduced to the public. We even bought zoo memberships for a few years so we could take our friends kids to the zoo. Love those kids for giving us the excuse. Thanks Emily and William.
While fiddling thru my zoo foto file I found one of my personal favorite photos....
the elk pee-ing
Anyone know the Thai word for "supreme childishness" ?
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Off the top of my head, I could think of a couple of words meaning "extreme childishness". But, in tne interest of keeping my job and staying on the good sideof family members, I'd bet keep them to myself since this is a public blog.
On the other hand, the whole "tapegate" controvery re to the Portland Rose festival parade could well qualify.
Sorry about Little Hansa. The elephants in our zoo also get quite a bit of press also when they die, are born, or have birthday with peanutbutter birthday cake. If we had pandas, they'd probably beat out the elephants. But we don't. I've heard a few rumors that penguins are pretty cute, though.
Joan
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