I was dropping off a gyro last night at an apartment complex somewhere down on Congress, and a raccoon came running out from behind the building.
This isn’t that interesting.
But the raccoon was hauling.
The raccoon was also massive—one of the biggest I’ve ever seen—and I have no idea what it was running from (I briefly considered also running, so urgent was its haste). It got under a fence no problem then went flying down a drainage ditch, showing no signs of slowing until it was far out of sight.
I was surprised by the raccoon.
But imagine how surprised I would have been if it was one of *these* animals!
The Three-Headed Dog from Harry Potter
Whoa, there, Fido! I didn’t think you were real!
A Saltwater Crocodile
Yikes! Don’t eat me!
Four Perfectly Identical Rhinoceroses
I better get out of the way, but man, those rhinoceroses look so similar to one another!
A Dodo
Now, this one wouldn’t be surprising because of Dodoes being extinct. I have no idea what a Dodo looks like, so I wouldn’t say, “Wow, I thought that bird was extinct.” Instead I would say, “What a surprise! That’s a weird-looking bird!” The weird-looking bird would be the surprise.
Jon Hamm
Again, don’t know who Jon Hamm is. Vaguely remembered his name and that he’s an actor and googled the spelling. But anytime a human being runs out from behind a building, I’m surprised. Sue me.
