In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from
Northwestern University. Hiking on his own through the bush, he came
across a young bull elephant standing with one foreleg raised in the
air.
The elephant seemed quite distressed, so Mbembe approached it very
carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the pad of the elephant's
upraised foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out
with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its
foot. The elephant turned to face Mbembe, and with a rather curious
but solemn look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Mbembe stood frozen still, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and ambled away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with
his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the
huge creatures turned and came over to where Mbembe and his son were
standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front
foot off the ground, then put it down. The big elephant did that
several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at Mbembe.
Remembering the encounter with the elephant back in 1986, Mbembe
couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the safety railing and made his way into the enclosure.
He walked right up to the bull elephant and stared back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
2007-04-15 20:05:31 · 18 answers · asked by ry_in_dubai 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
that made me giggle... have a star!
2007-04-15 20:21:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A tragic ending.Spoils my start for the day.
Poor Mbembe!
2007-04-15 21:04:34 · answer #2 · answered by kyams 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
But it can be the same elephant. Actually animals don't have sense like humans. So no doubt that elephant done the right job.
2007-04-15 23:53:20 · answer #3 · answered by Eddie M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Mbembe's Grand daughter and u've just ruined my day
2007-04-15 22:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by Eza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awww! That was a sad ending! Im hurt now.
2007-04-15 20:18:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truely awful.
2007-04-15 20:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by Sassy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha well thought out 10/10
2007-04-15 21:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey it was pretty good!!
can i have the best answer by the way?
2007-04-16 04:33:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats one long joke
2007-04-15 21:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by tre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHY OH WHY DO THEY NEED TO BE LONG?
SHORT JOKES ARE ACE NOT LONG,DRAINING JOKES LIKE THIS ONE.
2007-04-15 21:52:53 · answer #10 · answered by BaggieBadBoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love that joke but no-one ever laughs if I tell it. They are silly
2007-04-15 20:12:19 · answer #11 · answered by markhatter 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋