Man in green: Yes, I told her you're not here, then she told me to remind you that you're wearing a tracking collar.
Caption: Another early night for smokey.
“He can find a fire, before it starts a flame. That’s why they call him Smokey, and how he got his name.”Damn, it’s been 45, 50 years since I heard that and it’s still stuck in my mind.
Smokey, you’re just gonna have to grin and bear it ( pun intended, Calamity ).That radio collar is to keep you on the right track.Time to drink up, go home, and eat that overheated porridge.
In junior high school kids would yell “FIGHT-FIGHT” and watch two boys slug it out. Not my cup of tea, being a peace-maker. But you guys are like those junior high boys. I’m tempted to yell “FIGHT”! to see who comes running!
Just another note: a decade with National Park Service, two decades with BLM, including working closely with Forest Service folks on many projects. Which when Smokey appeared with fire crews here, BLM and Forest Service crews did both appear with Smokey.
BTW I love all of Wiley’s bears, except the notion of bears eating people, when indeed humans like Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy have eaten a lot more people than all the bears in the US combined.
I respect the power of bears, and their territorial “rights”, but have never met even a bad bear that was as dangerous as irrational/nasty humans- bears don’t start wars, or Rob seven elevens and kill all the clerks.
Misconceptions are too rarely corrected in our culture anymore, as it offends the ignorant populace; which explains politics today.
Wiley: however: I did get called to a picnic area one night because one of our bears was disrupting a college party by drinking all their beer! He was sitting on his rump (semi-classic zoo begging posture) by the Merced River, grabbing beers off their stack of cans, biting into the cans and draining them. He was totally blasted, so when they asked me to get rid of the bear, I merely walked up to him and gave him a shove, tipping him over and sending him down the bank and into the river. Got a huge round of applause from the party.
Bears DO drink beer and DO get blasted, on or off “duty”.
As I said, love your bears despite the singular complaint. Also my Cocker Spaniel “Rusty” when I was a kid DID sleep ON his doghouse, and also climbed up our apple trees to chase cats, really freaked ’em out!
greasy old tam over 8 years ago
A tracking shock collar no less…
Varnes over 8 years ago
Not the smartest bear that went over the mountain…
Varnes over 8 years ago
The modern ball and chain…
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Just a note: it is “Smokey Bear”, not “Smokey THE bear”, and he’s a U.S. Forest Service mascot, NOT National Park Service.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
Something tells me Ol’ Smokey won’t be getting a bear hug when he gets home.
freewaydog over 8 years ago
Smokey is nicer than the Wileybears
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 8 years ago
Park Bar, another good reason to go to the park.
kaffekup over 8 years ago
“And she said to tell you, bring one of the patrons home for dinner.”
sandpiper over 8 years ago
Much ado about nothing.
Dr_Zinj over 8 years ago
“He can find a fire, before it starts a flame. That’s why they call him Smokey, and how he got his name.”Damn, it’s been 45, 50 years since I heard that and it’s still stuck in my mind.
dabugger over 8 years ago
So mama bear is checking up on our hero. Smokey is having the last drink; or is it morning coffee?
garcoa over 8 years ago
Did I learn the song wrong? “On top of old Smokey, all covered in hair, of course we’re referring to, to Smokey the Bear.”
cbellmerit over 8 years ago
Tracking collar, GPS on a smart phone . . . Same thing
Ermine Notyours over 8 years ago
Only you can prevent alcoholism.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 8 years ago
Is a wildfire the same as a feral fire?
Mack Knife isn;t as catchy as Mack the Knife.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 8 years ago
isn’t
jahoody over 8 years ago
maybe it’s The Jellystone Park Bar……..
Linguist over 8 years ago
Smokey, you’re just gonna have to grin and bear it ( pun intended, Calamity ).That radio collar is to keep you on the right track.Time to drink up, go home, and eat that overheated porridge.
dflak over 8 years ago
Well, technically, it’s Jesus the Christ (it’s a title) and The Buddha.
ladylagomorph76 over 8 years ago
In junior high school kids would yell “FIGHT-FIGHT” and watch two boys slug it out. Not my cup of tea, being a peace-maker. But you guys are like those junior high boys. I’m tempted to yell “FIGHT”! to see who comes running!
yimhere over 8 years ago
“What’s a bear gotta do to get a drink around here?”…… annnyyy thhiiinggg hheee wwwaaannntttss!
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Just another note: a decade with National Park Service, two decades with BLM, including working closely with Forest Service folks on many projects. Which when Smokey appeared with fire crews here, BLM and Forest Service crews did both appear with Smokey.
BTW I love all of Wiley’s bears, except the notion of bears eating people, when indeed humans like Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy have eaten a lot more people than all the bears in the US combined.
I respect the power of bears, and their territorial “rights”, but have never met even a bad bear that was as dangerous as irrational/nasty humans- bears don’t start wars, or Rob seven elevens and kill all the clerks.
Misconceptions are too rarely corrected in our culture anymore, as it offends the ignorant populace; which explains politics today.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Wiley: however: I did get called to a picnic area one night because one of our bears was disrupting a college party by drinking all their beer! He was sitting on his rump (semi-classic zoo begging posture) by the Merced River, grabbing beers off their stack of cans, biting into the cans and draining them. He was totally blasted, so when they asked me to get rid of the bear, I merely walked up to him and gave him a shove, tipping him over and sending him down the bank and into the river. Got a huge round of applause from the party.
Bears DO drink beer and DO get blasted, on or off “duty”.Dtroutma over 8 years ago
As I said, love your bears despite the singular complaint. Also my Cocker Spaniel “Rusty” when I was a kid DID sleep ON his doghouse, and also climbed up our apple trees to chase cats, really freaked ’em out!
Topolino over 8 years ago
@dtroutmaAlmost like Lord Buckley’s classic “God’s Own Drunk.”