Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for December 12, 2012

Heh.

That’s Rip for you.

….like the unique expression on the bear’s face

I forgot….the dog talks, of course bears are running the woods this time of year. My bad.

That’s bear cubs for your. Always wanting to stay up past their hibernation time. Then their parents are up all winter, waiting for them to come home.

Happy 12/12/12 everybody! Try to do something whacky every 12th minute on every hour!

Rip speaks bear huh? Impressive.

Espescially at noon today at 12/12/12 12:12.Thank you.

Motherly love HugPounceszz Haywire Hooligans and Ripscallions!!

One cannot help but to just love him.

Now dog gone it if you cannot appreciate the bears relating to Rip there’s something wrong with you. This is a very cool circumstance and I can appreciate this. Speaking personally I have been (used to be) an avid hunter but the only time in my life that I saw a bear in the wild was from my farm looking north across a meadow. Later that day a few others saw it as well. My nephew shot and killed a black bear (in West Virginia hunting season) with a .357 magnum revolver at very close range. He (we call him Nork, after a true West Virginia mountain man ((a bona fide Mountaineer)) the legend, Dirk Hawkins) is my little sister’s son, a true young tough guy coal miner. In my minds eye I can see him now (afterwards) with a big old Marlboro in his mouth, one eye squinted shut to avoid the smoke, prepping the carcass for transport, probably knife in hand and in anthropomorphic fashion telling the bear what an a— h—e it was for coming too close.

Nice art today, Dan, very expressive bear!

Linda Dean, et. all…So are we Haywire Hooligans, or Ripscallions, or both?.(I say “Trekkie”. You say “Trekker”. Let’s call the whole thing off!)

Linda, I’m kinda liking “Ripscallions”! I also like the expressive looks on Mama Bear’s face! Her tears touched my heart. As a mom, I can relate, too!

Personally, I prefer Haywire Hooligans.

Haywire Hooligans, Ripscallions… Whatever floats your boat, I say.One thing I know for sure… No matter what the species, babies are babies. Once they learn to move about, there’s no stopping them.