Bull in a supermarket

Posted by David Pescovitz, April 24, 2009 4:33 PM | permalink

I like this slideshow of a runaway bull in a china shop supermarket. Apparently, the animal was relatively well-behaved, demolishing just some produce displays before heading back out the door. "'On the hoof' shopping Irish style" (BBC News)

Previously:

Flash game: Act like a minotaur in a china shop - Boing Boing

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#1 posted by Euryale, April 24, 2009 5:12 PM

Link doesn't lead to the BBC page.

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#2 posted by nanuq, April 24, 2009 5:15 PM

The sight of those steaks in the frozen goods section probably motivated the bull to be on his best behaviour.

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#3 posted by porkchop, April 24, 2009 5:16 PM

Correct URL--
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8017391.stm

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#4 posted by Euryale, April 24, 2009 5:18 PM

Thanks Porkchop

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#5 posted by Antinous / Moderator, April 24, 2009 5:21 PM

Fixed.

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#6 posted by Anonymous, April 24, 2009 5:37 PM

This correlates well with the mythbusters results when they put a bull in a "china shop."

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#7 posted by latent_ravening_ferocity, April 24, 2009 6:22 PM

Mythbusters called it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk_zpMory-0/

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#8 posted by James Cx, April 24, 2009 6:22 PM

“A child has been lodged in the Tunnel of Goats… If a nurse could please come to the Tunnel of Goats… A goat and a child have now become lodged together, and a nurse has become involved in the incident… Another nurse is required to remove the nurse mentioned previously…”

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#9 posted by Anonymous, April 24, 2009 6:46 PM

He left because clearly this is not a bull market.

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#10 posted by Anonymous, April 25, 2009 1:07 AM

Here's a news report with CCTV footage of the bull in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it-gPAhFq1c

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#11 posted by Anonymous, April 25, 2009 2:58 AM

@#8,

indeed, this is one of those many peculiar day-to-day Irish situations where we realise that Father Ted was waay too accurate a portrayal of rural Ireland to be considered a parody

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#12 posted by Noah Lieske, April 25, 2009 3:39 AM

Did the bull have money to buy?

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#13 posted by AmaGoldman, April 25, 2009 5:15 AM

Here's the video clip from the Irish news station (RTE) which ran the story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it-gPAhFq1c

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#14 posted by Anonymous, April 25, 2009 6:37 AM

The bull market is back!

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#15 posted by UstinJay, April 26, 2009 2:04 AM