Danish Air Force Pays Compensation To Santa (Rudolf Is Dead Due To Jets)

[matcom]

Rudolf is dead :cry:

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark --The Danish Air Force said Thursday it paid 31,175 kroner ($5,032) in compensation to a part-time Santa Claus whose reindeer died of heart failure when two fighter jets roared over his farm.

The animal, named Rudolf, was grazing peacefully at the central Denmark farm of Olavi Nikkanoff, when the screaming F-16 jets passed overhead at low altitude in February.

The reindeer collapsed and died, leaving Nikkanoff with the prospect of only one animal pulling his sleigh next Christmas.

He complained to the air force, which agreed to compensate him for the cost of the reindeer and veterinary expenses.

"We got a letter from Santa complaining about his reindeer's death and looked into it seriously," said air force spokesman, Capt. Morten Jensen.

The air force checked flight data and veterinary reports and concluded the planes likely caused the animal's death.

"We're more than happy to pay if it means that children around the world will get their presents," Jensen said.

Nikkanoff said he was satisfied with the compensation and would use it to buy a new reindeer before Christmas.

[BikeWriter]

1. Mmm, venison!

[RebelOne]

2. Not funny. n/t

[matcom]

3. actually, yeah

it was pretty funny :D

[BikeWriter]

4. Mmm, soy beans! I love hunting them!

[matcom]

5. but they are so CUTE!

x(

[BikeWriter]

6. Yes, I know, but I love hearing them scream when I bite them.

:)

[kick-ass-bob]

7. You heartless fiend.

:silly:

[matcom]

8. i'm alerting PETB

[BikeWriter]

10. I double dog dare you!

[matcom]

13. go ahead mister. just TRY and walk down the street

someone is likely to douse you in bean curd. we are on to you

[BikeWriter]

20. Yeah, yeah, try that at a vegan convention. They ALL eat soy beans!

[kick-ass-bob]

11. I alerted PETS.

Who the hell did I call???

on edit: BTW - you need to start the new thread. No one can read a 330 post thread anymore.

[BikeWriter]

15. Nanny nanny boo boo! Go ahead and tell!

:nopity:

[BikeWriter]

9. I know, but the vegetable-arians kill them and eat them, why can't I?

:shrug:

[kick-ass-bob]

12. Do you know how they treat those beans?

:puke:

[matcom]

14. they bury them in mud

ALIVE! :scared:

[kick-ass-bob]

17. .

:cry::cry::cry:

[BikeWriter]

18. Veggies don't have a soul, and if they do who cares?

[BikeWriter]

22. You want some soy cheese with that whine, Crybaby?

:shrug: :nopity:

[BikeWriter]

16. I don't care, they taste good! All their insides squishing out...

[kick-ass-bob]

19. *CONFESSION*

I actually like them when they are baked!


Actually, I guess they are roasted.

:o

[BikeWriter]

21. Mmm, baked soy beans! Yummy!

[underpants]

23. Donuts can fly?

Danish Air Force

see sigline below

[matcom]

24. .

:spank: :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. And if it were in America, there would be a big republican-led

investigation and study, headed by Dr. Frist, that would conclude that any theories suggesting loud engines and exhaust from an American Terra-Fighting Patriot plane could not possibly cause injury to any animal, and that they are in fact BETTER for the environment than NOT flying them, and that the reindeer owner is clearly just another whiny liberal who expects the government to send him money whenever he feels sad.

[BikeWriter]

26. GOP Proposal! "Outlaw reindeer!"

"They have loud noxious exhaust emissions!"