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tblue37

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18. Rangers call them "tourons"-- i.e., tourists + morons.

Reply to Xolodno (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 04:06 PM

Dec 2016

The Newsweek article where I read about tourons many years ago included a story about one father who put honey on his 3-year-old daughter's face to get a picture of a bear "kissing" her!

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Darwin Award Runner-up.. North Rim hiker [View all] annabanana Dec 2016 OP

She survived so no eligible for the Darwin Award. TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author braddy Dec 2016 #2

that's why she's just a runner-up annabanana Dec 2016 #4

To be a runner-up one must be eligible. duh! TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #5

She survived, and has already reproduced. braddy Dec 2016 #3

I'm glad she's OK but geez. trotsky Dec 2016 #6

exactly my thought. . .n/t annabanana Dec 2016 #7

I found a link to the teevee "news" story. janx Dec 2016 #9

I KNOW, right?.. annabanana Dec 2016 #10

Great Caesars Ghost! yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #8

they were looking for a way to get around a closed road using a Google map lunasun Dec 2016 #11

What is "Professional outdoor experience"? Retrograde Dec 2016 #12

I wonder if the family supports HAB911 Dec 2016 #13

geez... Xolodno Dec 2016 #14

That last one is one of my pet peeves Retrograde Dec 2016 #15

Yeah that one infuriates me too. Xolodno Dec 2016 #17

Rangers call them "tourons"-- i.e., tourists + morons. tblue37 Dec 2016 #18

I saw that and did wonder why M$Greedia ran with the wrong story malaise Dec 2016 #16