Was on a train yesterday and a woman got on with a penguin!

[VivaLeBeaver]

Sat on the train and a woman comes racing up with a bundle under her arm. Sits down with this thing wrapped in a jumper which is sort of growling and hissing. The guard comes over for her money and she tells him she's got a penguin and she's taking it to the zoo which is at the next stop.

Guard looks a bit closer at the bird and points out that its a guillimot not a penguin. I'm now wetting myself with laughter. The woman asks the guard if the guillimot would have escaped from the zoo. The guard tells her its a wild bird and to go and put it back on the beach. She'd tied it's beak up and everything with a shoelace!!!!

I hope the poor bird is OK after been scooped up by a barmy OAP but it was so funny.

[nickschick]

ohhhh i need tena pads to read this thread ..........

how the heck did that feisty OAP manage to contain the penguimott whilst she put her cardi on him and tied his beak up??

[HippyHippopotamus]

i've just scared my dd because i was laughing at this!

[Pompoko]

Would have been brilliant if the guillimot had flown away and the lady had rushed on to the train to inform the zoo of a flying penguin [bugrin]

[nickschick]

Pompoko it couldnt fly in a M&S cardi and i dont think having its beak tied with a soe lace was comfortable .

[foxinthewoods]

I am trying very hard to stay in control here!

We went out today, and my bag was a bit heavy, so I decanted some of the stuff into a carrier bag, and what did I find - a piece of string - cue more hysterics as it brought to mind the beak fastening old lady - snort

[Pompoko]

Not if it took off when it saw the crazy lady coming at him with a cardi

[DooinMeCleanin]

My Gran saw a penguin on our beach a few years ago. She wasn't sure what to do so she phoned my Dad as he keeps homing pigeons so she thought he might have known what to do with the penguin [bugrin]

The SeaLife Center came to collect it in the end.

[nickschick]

Dooin thats made me chuckle too not a lot of difference with a homing pigeon .....I want to find a penguin too.

[PenguinArmy]

This has made both me and DH smile

[SecretNutellaFix]

That poor, poor bird.

I wonder if the lady takes in other people's stray pets?

[StealthyKissBeartrayal]

only readop but getting on this thread :o

[foxinthewoods]

I am wondering whether MNHQ have cracked up at this also?? You have to admit it IS a corker

[nickschick]

Ive been laffin' at it all day ......

[lazarusb]

I have entertained various family members with this tale today [bugrin] Hee hee!
I want a penguin of my own now!

[Saggyoldclothcatpuss]

We DEFINITELY need a penguin emoticon!!

[caramelwaffle]

Hahahaha

So funny.

(Although I was expecting a Shiney type update)

[foxinthewoods]

Was Shiney the mner who met the bloke at the animal park? I read it a year or so ago but haven't clicked on who the poster was.

[giraffesCantDanceWhileSober]

yes fox that was shineys thread but SHE didn't go to bird sanctuary

[WanderingSheep]

Some people are barmy! Bless the old woman. You just couldn't make it up could you?!

Oh pleeeeease can we have a penguin emoticon?

[FreudianSlipOnACrown]

I thought of this thread today and laughed all over again! A woman got on the bus with a real penguin!!!

Ok so it was a cuddly toy, but still, it was definitely a penguin and not a guillemot [cgrin]

[systemlakeland]

O.M.G!!! [shocked]

That takes the biscuit

Do they eat biscuits?!!

[infertilitybitch]

🐧

The penguin emoticon has happened

[NotARegularPenguin]

Love a good penguin! 🐧

[Lozz22]

@VivaLeBeaver Yep would've been North beach. That's our nearest beach to sewerby park where the penguin enclosure and zoo is and where the land train runs from as well. We've Plenty of bat shit people in Bridlington!! 🤣

[Whenwillthewashingend]

This is brilliant. We have a holiday home in Flamborough, and I am now going to spend my time riding the land train looking for penguins. 😂