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Insane_Cellist

2012-02-16 12:04:44 AM

Maybe this will teach them not to use steak as markers.

DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke

2012-02-16 12:09:18 AM

Step 1: Steal trail markers
Step 2: Musher goes over cliff
Step 3: Dinner!

Harv72b

2012-02-16 12:10:50 AM

What they need is a Liam Neeson to guard those trail markers.

2wolves

2012-02-16 01:06:32 AM

It's not all skittles and Gerry Ford you know.

Harry_Seldon

2012-02-16 02:02:43 AM

Oh, puppy children...taking of the trail markers...you have...

mikaloyd

2012-02-16 02:21:18 AM

Coat those signs in wolf poison. Sorted.

doglover

2012-02-16 04:09:49 AM

mikaloyd: Coat those signs in wolf poison. Sorted.

You're a bad person for saying anything of the sort.

Better to run a race with no markers than hurt a wolf.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo

2012-02-16 04:36:12 AM

Even worse is the fake trail the wolves made with the markers, leading into the side of a mountain with a picture of a tunnel painted on it.

pawliewalnutz

2012-02-16 07:24:48 AM

Trespassers dump wood all over wolves property.

pawliewalnutz

2012-02-16 07:30:34 AM

Must have been Timber Wolves

JamesWhitsun

2012-02-16 08:03:21 AM

doglover: mikaloyd: Coat those signs in wolf poison. Sorted.

You're a bad person for saying anything of the sort.

Better to run a race with no markers than hurt a wolf.

So you think it's better to possibly kill a human, but spare a wolf? What is wrong with you?

What if they just made the signs very unpalatable to wolves? Perhaps a liberal dose of concentrated peppers, or perhaps skunk spray?
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JamesWhitsun

2012-02-16 08:11:42 AM

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: Even worse is the fake trail the wolves made with the markers, leading into the side of a mountain with a picture of a tunnel painted on it.

Wolves don't do that. That sounds more like a coyote.
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Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo

2012-02-16 08:50:59 AM

JamesWhitsun:
Wolves don't do that. That sounds more like a coyote.
RBZKX YPOSR UCQOF OOOXJ

Maybe a coyote in wolves' clothing? They can be quite wily.

rudemix

2012-02-16 08:57:39 AM

"Race not deadly enough? Steal markers!" - Courage Wolf

"Eat markers, shiat race course!" - Insanity Wolf

cgraves67

2012-02-16 09:31:42 AM

Maybe if they stopped using little pigs in straw houses and young girls in red hoods as trail markers, this wouldn't be an issue.

paswa17

2012-02-16 10:38:15 AM

JamesWhitsun: doglover: mikaloyd: Coat those signs in wolf poison. Sorted.

You're a bad person for saying anything of the sort.

Better to run a race with no markers than hurt a wolf.

So you think it's better to possibly kill a human, but spare a wolf? What is wrong with you?

What if they just made the signs very unpalatable to wolves? Perhaps a liberal dose of concentrated peppers, or perhaps skunk spray?

I like your idea of using a unpalatable coating - but "possibly kill a human"? C'mon son!

Lance Mackey complained about a missing marker at a critical junction that led him into someone's driveway.

That sounds just as dangerous as the moose that wouldn't get off the trail.

/mind you, moose bites can be pretty nasty

JamesWhitsun

2012-02-16 10:55:14 AM

paswa17: I like your idea of using a unpalatable coating - but "possibly kill a human"? C'mon son!

It's a race that includes very significant stretches of wilderness in the 1,000 mile length through Alaska and the Yukon. In the dead of winter. It's not like a stroll across a South Carolina golf course. If they get far enough off the trail, it's quite possible for them to die of hypothermia before being found.
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Analgesic

2012-02-16 01:15:24 PM

I think all sports could be improved with the addition of wolves. Exciting for the fans, justification for the player salaries and a good reason for ownership to invest heavily in ensuring a continued wolf population. There really is no down side.

mikaloyd

2012-02-16 03:46:10 PM

Analgesic: I think all sports could be improved with the addition of wolves. Exciting for the fans, justification for the player salaries and a good reason for ownership to invest heavily in ensuring a continued wolf population. There really is no down side.

That would almost make soccer watchable. Fans would not stand for it though. The weolves would score too many goals.

Jayun

2012-02-16 06:53:36 PM

Razed by wolves?

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