Elephant Damaged by Talking Stick in Government Shutdown Talks

[BvBPL]

The shutdown of the US federal government may be over, but it was not without causality. While GIs stationed overseas steamed for not having access to the AFN, lawmakers were hard at work attempting to come to an agreement. It was during such a negotiation that an elephant was tragically harmed by a talking stick senators were throwing at each other. The glass pachyderm was owned by Susan Collins (R-Maine) who was hosting the session. Apparently Sen. Collins’s talking stick was thrown across the room at another senator and, en route, broke the elephant. The senators responsible for harming the elephant have yet to be named.

The Trump administration has been previously accused of being anti-elephant. The administration had announced it was going to lift an Obama-era ban on elephant trophies. Trump later walked back the decision, or at least delayed making a move on the trophies. An appeals court subsequently declared the Obama rule had been promulgated illegally, but the rule remains in force pending any action by the current executive.

 

[Borachio]

What does the stick have to say for itself?

 

[BvBPL]

Apparently, the stick is no longer in Sen. Collins's employ, having been replaced with a foam ball.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Apparently, the stick is no longer in Sen. Collins's employ, having been replaced with a foam ball.

Did the newly appointed talking foam ball make any sort of statement?

 

[Lexicus]

I was actually able to get an exclusive interview with the talking stick. It repeated the phrase "fake news" at least two dozen times, and said this is a political witch-hunt, maybe the most unfair treatment of a stick ever in the history of this country.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

I hear the stick is actually rather small.

 

[Broken_Erika]

I hear the stick is actually rather small.

Well you know what they say about small things......

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Actually I don't. Seriously, sorry.