 Followers of Bruno the bear will be delighted to learn that he is still on the run. I wrote some days ago about his exploits and am happy to report that he is still giving the authorities the slip. Not only that he’s getting bolder by the day.
I just hope his cockiness is not his undoing. For those of you wondering what the hell I’m on about, you’re missing the only show in town (apart from the World Cup that is).
Bruno is a brown bear who went on the run from Italy after being released into the wild as part of programme to re-introduce the creatures into their native habit again. His most recent ramblings have taken him to the lakeside resort of Kochel Am See in Bavaria – where he was spotted by a 47-year-old mechanic (called Gerhard Mueller incidentally) who is on holiday in the town.
According Gerhard, who was smoking a cigarette on his balcony at the time, the big lad was sitting outside the POLICE STATION. I can only presume the old Bill were out and about having a busy day at the time (domestics, troublesome youths, traffic violations etc) otherwise they’re making a pretty poor fist of picking him up.
Opinion is divided over big Bruno, with most now concluding it was time he was caught. The main problem is he has eaten 25 sheep, four goats, as many rabbits, several hares and chickens and at least one guinea pig (which can’t have taken long). He has also taken to raiding bee hives (again I jest not) but there have been no reports of him having an irritating tiger-like companion who bounces around on his tail.
One man who would probably not mind being eaten by the furry fugitive at the moment is Saudi Arabia’s goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such an inept performance between the sticks. Not only did he needlessly give away the corner that led to Ukraine’s first goal yesterday, he then let Andriy Rusol bundle the ball through his legs off his knee. Not only that, he then slipped as Tottenham reject Serhiy Rebrov unleashed a 35 yard shot which my gran could have saved. And this against a team who were spanked 4-0 themselves only a few days ago.
Incidentally, I said during a broadcast in the morning that Ukraine/Ukraine in the half-time/full-time betting was the wager of the day, and of course they duly obliged. Did I back it myself? Did I ‘eck. Maybe it was time I was eaten too…
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