Don't judge me.

I didn't know my ex wife was in Wisconsin.
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Ahhh, the dreaded "Wisconsin Gorilla", almost as deadly as the famed "Seattle Silverback".

You didn't bring your gorilla?

Won the ring toss?

Wait... are we talking about a plush/stuffed animal type stuffed gorilla, or like a taxidermied stuffed gorilla. The first type can be found at local fairs and amusement parks everywhere, and subsequently, yardsales later on. The second type, is it even legal to own such a thing?

Do you really want to know?

Also wanted for questioning



/hot? Why yes, thanks for noticing.

Simian trifecta in play?

I wish the article had mentioned whether it was stuffed or not.

picture of what the gorilla may have looked like.

wait, what were you doing with a huge stuffed gorilla?

What are you doing WITHOUT a huge stuffed gorilla?

WhyteRaven74: Also wanted for questioning



/hot? Why yes, thanks for noticing.

glad someone else remembers grape ape too.

As long as it wasn't a big-ass panda. You're fired if you lose one of those.

/No one saw that movie

It may have been mine...Oh wait, Wisconsin and Minnesota? Never mind.

Clyde calls shenanigans, says gorillas are homos

Exactly what part would you measure and what length would you say is huge?

So the gorilla was lost somewhere in the demilitarized zone that separates Minnesota fom Wisconsin?

/You're either in one or the other

It's pretty racist if targeted advertising for the keyword "gorilla" is bringing up this ad on the side of the story.





/and what the hell is going on, are they a couple from opposite land?

Well you see Subby, sometimes you can become very lonely and you pick up things that you are not proud about the next morning. These things can be the crack whore down on the corner, a big stuffed gorilla, or your mom . . .

Saulsa: So the gorilla was lost somewhere in the demilitarized zone that separates Minnesota fom Wisconsin?

/You're either in one or the other

It was on a large bridge going across the harbor from Superior, WI to Duluth, MN. So, technically it would have been between the two land masses and could be considered "between" the two states.

/Needs a drink

/Obscure?

what were you doing with a huge stuffed gorilla?

Smuggling some banana.

How can Trading Places, or any movie with Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, be obscure?

what were you doing with a huge stuffed gorilla?

What the Hell WOULDN'T I be doing with a huge stuffed gorilla?

Anyone with information on the stuffed gorilla can contact John Bray

In order for me to be sure it was actually my stuffed gorilla, he would have to tell me what kind of stuffing the stuffed gorilla was stuffed with, stuff like that can really make a difference and stuff.

randompeskar: Saulsa: So the gorilla was lost somewhere in the demilitarized zone that separates Minnesota fom Wisconsin?

/You're either in one or the other

It was on a large bridge going across the harbor from Superior, WI to Duluth, MN. So, technically it would have been between the two land masses and could be considered "between" the two states.

/Needs a drink

Yes, you would be between the landmasses of the states. But there is a point somewhere on the bridge where you cross over from being under the jurisdiction of WI and pass over into MN. Or most likely the states have joint custody of the bridge. If you were involved in a crash on that bridge, police and EMT's would arrive from one (if not both). They wouldn't just say, "Sorry, you're between states, you're on your own."

/Has had several drinks already

Saulsa: randompeskar: Saulsa: So the gorilla was lost somewhere in the demilitarized zone that separates Minnesota fom Wisconsin?

/You're either in one or the other

It was on a large bridge going across the harbor from Superior, WI to Duluth, MN. So, technically it would have been between the two land masses and could be considered "between" the two states.

/Needs a drink

Yes, you would be between the landmasses of the states. But there is a point somewhere on the bridge where you cross over from being under the jurisdiction of WI and pass over into MN. Or most likely the states have joint custody of the bridge. If you were involved in a crash on that bridge, police and EMT's would arrive from one (if not both). They wouldn't just say, "Sorry, you're between states, you're on your own."

/Has had several drinks already

Being a Duluth native I may as well chime in here. The vast majority of both the Blatnik (the one in the story) and the Bong (not making it up) bridges that connect Duluth to Superior, they are mostly supported in Minnesota, and 9/10 all calls for EMTs and/or cops come from Duluth. Not only because of the territory it sits, but because Superior is a dying city, and most businesses are in Duluth, and the only 2 hospitals are also in Duluth. For Chrissake Superior leaches our bus system with our buses servicing their city.

To keep this even remotely related to the article, the gorilla probably belonged to a Canadian, those guys whip up through Wisconsin and around Lake Superior every weekend to get back to Thunder Bay.

/not nearly as drunk as I should be

Sachlpch: To keep this even remotely related to the article, the gorilla probably belonged to a Canadian, those guys whip up through Wisconsin and around Lake Superior every weekend to get back to Thunder Bay.

/not nearly as drunk as I should be

Ha Ha! I forgot about blaming Canadians. Maybe the stuffed gorilla was his girlfriend substitute while he was away from home?

/Will have a decent hangover for Easter, but not close to my record..... yet

Saulsa: Sachlpch: To keep this even remotely related to the article, the gorilla probably belonged to a Canadian, those guys whip up through Wisconsin and around Lake Superior every weekend to get back to Thunder Bay.

/not nearly as drunk as I should be

Ha Ha! I forgot about blaming Canadians. Maybe the stuffed gorilla was his girlfriend substitute while he was away from home?

/Will have a decent hangover for Easter, but not close to my record..... yet

Not necessarily a substitute. Canadian chicks are just beginning to shave off their winter coats now that spring has arrived.

rhiannon: Not necessarily a substitute. Canadian chicks are just beginning to shave off their winter coats now that spring has arrived.

So that gorilla is really a bunch of canadian shavings stuck together? Ewwww

rhiannon: Saulsa: Sachlpch: To keep this even remotely related to the article, the gorilla probably belonged to a Canadian, those guys whip up through Wisconsin and around Lake Superior every weekend to get back to Thunder Bay.

/not nearly as drunk as I should be

Ha Ha! I forgot about blaming Canadians. Maybe the stuffed gorilla was his girlfriend substitute while he was away from home?

/Will have a decent hangover for Easter, but not close to my record..... yet

Not necessarily a substitute. Canadian chicks are just beginning to shave off their winter coats now that spring has arrived.

Ewww. You just made me shudder a little bit there. Once dated a girl that should have plucked hairs from around her nipples... but she didn't.

I live right between Wisconsin and Minnesota so I'm getting a kick...


/Winona, MN represent
/Winona Ryder was born here
/that's it

Jeff God of Biscuits: I live right between Wisconsin and Minnesota so I'm getting a kick...


/Winona, MN represent
/Winona Ryder was born here
/that's it

NO! You can not live between Minnesota and Wisconsin. You are a Vikings fan or you are a Packers fan. YOU CAN NOT BE BOTH! And when you are a Vikings fan you can only cheer for 2 teams. The Vikings and whoever is playing against the Packers.

/Wishes the Vikes would get a real QB

Sachlpch:

To keep this even remotely related to the article, the gorilla probably belonged to a Canadian, those guys whip up through Wisconsin and around Lake Superior every weekend to get back to Thunder Bay.


But of course - what else is there to do in Thunder Bay? And who would ever date somebody from there? My wifie says that if people from Thunder Bay are desperate enough to look for a date in Superior, there is something horridly wrong.

/Mystery solved.
//Wifie is from WI, but thinks Duluth is far superior to well, Superior.

It would have made more sense if it was on the Bong bridge.

Yes, one of the two major bridges between Duluth, MN and Superior, WI is called the Bong bridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I._Bong_Memorial_Bridge (new window)

Saulsa:

NO! You can not live between Minnesota and Wisconsin. You are a Vikings fan or you are a Packers fan. YOU CAN NOT BE BOTH! And when you are a Vikings fan you can only cheer for 2 teams. The Vikings and whoever is playing against the Packers.

/Wishes the Vikes would get a real QB

Oh, I know well the rules of midwest football fandom.

I'm a Packer fan, dyed in the wool. Don't get me started on Brett Favre. I would get disowned if I even thought about cheering for the Vikings.

I root every week for two teams: The Packers and whoever's playing the Vikings.

Obviously. :-P

About 15 years ago we went to the State Fair of Texas and my daughter won an eight foot long stuffed dolphin. She was 10 and so excited. The damned thing was so impractical. It laid on the top bunk in her room for a year and then we decided to "donate" it to charity while she spent a week at her grandma's house. We put the thing on the curb and within an hour it was snatched up. A couple weeks later we saw it on the curb of a house a couple blocks away and a few months later on the curb at yet another house.

The Kitchen Ninja: It would have made more sense if it was on the Bong bridge.

Yes, one of the two major bridges between Duluth, MN and Superior, WI is called the Bong bridge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I._Bong_Memorial_Bridge (new window)

the bong bridge is nowhere close to the bong rec area

Tater1337: the bong bridge is nowhere close to the bong rec area


AHHH, but they're named after the same person.

(sticks out tongue)

What a large stuffed gorilla may look like

tukatz:
[bong sign]
That's awesome. Next vacation planned.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Scipio_Spinks

Scipio Spinks of the St. Louis Cardinals, who carried a 3-foot gorilla doll with him on the road.

'His nickname was Mighty Joe Young,' Dave recalled. 'He bought him for $26 in a Marriott in Houston. Bob Gibson pulled off his nose on his first trip, but Spinks didn't mind.


He later sent Mighty Joe Young to his former teammate Bernie Carbo, who also travelled on the road with Mighty Joe Young, often buying it its' own seat on accompanying plane trips.