Squirrel In Spokes Sends Singer Sailing
A suicide attack by a squirrel signaled the start of the animal uprising in Helsinki, Finland. The fluffy-tailed rat hurled himself into the bicycle ridden by a Finnish opera star just days before the premiere of a new opera. The singer sustained severe injuries and can't practice.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A squirrel scampered into the bicycle wheel of an unlucky Finnish opera singer, causing him to fall, knock himself out and break his nose just ahead of the world premiere of a new opera.
Esa Ruuttunen was pedalling his way to the Helsinki Opera House last month when the squirrel ran into his spokes.
The singer ended up concussed and in a local hospital, rather than at his rehearsals for the Finnish opera Kaarmeen hetki (Hour of the Serpent), which opens on September 15.
"He is not yet singing in rehearsals, but thinks he will be able to perform at the world premiere," Finnish National Opera spokeswoman Heidi Almi told Reuters.
While we abhor the animal uprising in all its many forms, we're kind of hard put to condemn this one too hard. It is opera after all. Perhaps the squirrel was just another critic.
By The Lemming Herder, Monday, 4 September , 2006 @ 8:05 am
Hmmmm.
Perhaps it was a terrorist squirrel?
Posted by the Lemming Herder at Don’t Be A Lemming!
By Gaius, Monday, 4 September , 2006 @ 8:26 am
All squirrels are terrorists for the animal uprising.