Addict Elephants
The Indian Butter Tree, known as “Madhuca longifolia” has been the main component in Adivasi liquor and has historically been limited by law in India. The Adivasi community has relied upon the tree to create fermented pot-still purified spirit known as Mahua liquor. Native tribes collect the berries and cook them in large pots and then let the mash work on its own in large open crocks before filtering and decanting to bottles. The workers from one village went into the jungle at around 6 am to prepare muhua and found that all the pots were broken and the fermented liquor is missing. They found a herd of 15 elephants sleeping off hangovers after drinking alcohol made by villagers. The elephants came across the brew and apparently couldn’t resist a buzz.
Elephants are known to be fans of mahua, according to Kartick Satyanarayan, the chief executive of Wildlife SOS. “When they smell it, they can poke their trunks into kitchens or break down walls to get to it. Once finished, they stagger back home, toppling the odd tree or house on the way.” Locals from the village of Salipada left the jars of alcohol fermenting in the jungle, allowing these alcohol-loving elephants to dip their trunks in. The elephants — including nine calves — apparently lost sight of what their alcohol limit was and drank all of the mahua until they blacked out. Local wildlife officials reportedly woke up the heavy sleepers by beating on drums, and the hungover animals slowly got up and stumbled back into the forest. This was not the first occurrence of elephants drinking more than they can handle. A day earlier, Motilal Basor, 60, and his wife Muliya Bai, 55, were attacked when they were collecting mahua by the same herd of elephants in the nearby Amjhor forest range. “Elephants love it. It’s pure, it’s tasty, and it’s powerful.” Elephants have become addicted to ‘mahua’ and have gone on frenzied searches for the alcohol. But the herd that villagers from Salipada found asleep in the jungle did not harm the locals and instead staggered away into the bush.
Mahua Mirth
Mr. Inebriate was leaning against the bar holding his hands cupped together and every few seconds would open his thumbs and peek inside his hands, first with one eye and then the other. One of his bar mates asked the obvious question: “What have you got in there?” “You have to guess said the drunk smiling. “A butterfly?’ “Nope.” “A hummingbird?” The drunk peeked in again and said, “Nope. “” Well, I don’t know maybe an elephant?” The drunk looked through his thumbs again and demanded, “What color?”
Drunk guy gets on a bus stumbling. The bus goes forward, drunk guy stumbles back. Each stop drunk guy stumbles forward. When he reaches his destination, bus driver says,
“Hey, you didn’t pay the fare.”
Drunk guy, “What are you talking about I walked here!”
So I decided to get drunk last night and do my taxes
I’m getting back $4,000,000.
An insurance agent was writing a policy for a zookeeper. “Have you ever had any accidents?” “No,” said the zookeeper. “But once a rattlesnake bit me, And an elephant stepped on my foot.” “Don’t you call those accidents?” asked the insurance agent. “No,” replied the zookeeper, “They did them on purpose.”
November 14th Birthdays
1954 – Condelezza Rice, 1962 – Laura San Giacomo, 1995 – Stella Hudgens, 1990 -Stella Maeve
1947 – P.J. O’Rourke, 1976 – Guy Vaynerchuk, 1900 – Aaron Copeland, 1954 – Yanni