Never will I imagine the old Vilnius schoolmaster the same way.

Yes, but it was a Lithuanian giraffe. I don't think a Dutch giraffe or an Italian giraffe, for example, would be as dangerous as one of those Eastern European types.

Good for the giraffe.

I've been very very drunk before but at no point has it ever occurred to me that jumping fences at a zoo and getting into a giraffe habitat might be a GOOD idea.

Un Lun Dun has an interesting take on giraffes. Maybe it's not all fantasy.

Oh my! I've broken in to zoos at night (Amsterdam Artis in fact, dead easy) just to wander around. The birds freak out, the beavers mind their own business, but the orangutang in his hut started banging on the walls in a rythmic fashion that truly freaked me out. Like "Warriors come and plaaa-aa-aay" bam bam bam BAM BAM BAM". HE was gonna mess with me if I got any closer.

At least I was stone-cold sober and had been for years. The running around a dark zoo thing is enough of a rush thankyouvermuch.

OMG now I want to bust into the zoo at night (sober). dabitch, you are my hero!