And if the Dudley Zoo has noticably faulty enclosures...urban legend and true are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Half of the surviving buildings, built between 1935 and 1937, are still used for animals - and include the bear ravine, polar bear pit and birdhouse. But many were later deemed unsuitable on welfare grounds and were demolished or converted.

Police are hunting a three-year-old crocodile that was bundled into a sack and stolen from Dudley Zoo. West Midlands Police said the 2kg West African dwarf crocodile was taken by thieves from the Castle Hill site. Officers said the offenders, thought to be a gang of children, broke through three doors to reach the reptile house before putting the crocodile in a sack.

Three youngsters have been arrested after [Dudley] zoo was broken into and a baby wallaby kicked to death

Dudley Zoo said keepers were delighted that the marsupials had been recovered after they were spotted playing with youngsters near a travellers' camp in Oldbury, West Midlands.

ijs - my friend is FROM Dudley, and in terms of prevarication she's pretty much Cordelia, with a Brummy accent. And all of the above articles kind of suggest that Dudley Zoo is a tad less than perfectly efficient at protecting their animals.

Utter Parenting Fail

Nah, you'll set her straight and explain how she's going down the path of evil step-sister rather than charming princess.

I'm about to attempt to adapt a yorkshire pudding recipe for the clay pot and I've never even had yorkshire pudding before so at least if it doesn't turn out right I won't be able to tell.

But it's got me wondering... I know pudding=dessert. Is this dish a dig at people from Yorkshire?

My understanding is that the US's tight-fisted Tamiflu guidelines are to try and prevent the flus from becoming drug-resistant.

That's one of the criticisms of the policy, and one that's certainly a concern.

ijs - my friend is FROM Dudley, and in terms of prevarication she's pretty much Cordelia, with a Brummy accent. And all of the above articles kind of suggest that Dudley Zoo is a tad less than perfectly efficient at protecting their animals.

That does indeed seem to be the case.

Aims, do you think we'd get more money off eBay if we auctioned off Em and Dylan as a set?

For sure!!! I'll set up the listing, you take a picture of him to the left of the picture and I'll photoshop Em in.

For sure!!! I'll set up the listing, you take a picture of him to the left of the picture and I'll photoshop Em in.

Awesome. On it.

My stomach still hurts, but my leftover Zofran from last year's stomach virus is allowing me to keep food down. What scares me is that I only have one left. We hatesssss stomach ick, yes we does.

Aims, Em is lucky to have two such wonderful parents that are willing to stick to their guns and not give in because she is throwing a tantrum. No parent fail here. Ditto to Jessica.

I know pudding=dessert.

The word 'pudding' isn't just used for dessert. See also 'suet pudding'. [link]

(It's not a dig at Yorkshire. The Yorkshire pud is one of the best things to come out of that truly fantastic county! Maybe second only to the North York Moors. The WIN order depends entirely on how hungry I am.)