Elephants
what's up with those knees then?
And mice - are they really scared of them?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:02, 9 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Dunno
Ask PJM, I heard he was an elephant.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:05, Reply)

elephant tremendous bore.
(TheColonel, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:57, Reply)

Nope
I know this because Dumbo and Timothy Q Mouse became bestest friends!
(bill, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:09, Reply)

Not scared of mice,
but, if memory serves, they are scared of pigs on fire.

Burning pigs - the anti-tank rockets of their time.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:17, Reply)

Aren't most things scared of pigs that are on fire?
I'm pretty sure that I would be. It would pre-cook the bacon though...
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:18, Reply)

In the circumstances,
I'd probably be more scared of the thousands of burly men with spears and murder in their eyes. If they abandoned the spears and instead took to lighting the pigs on fire and hoping they ran at me, I'd probably be quite relieved.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:21, Reply)

Elephants have incredible knees
which terrify mice.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:21, Reply)

Apparently not.
The myth came about because elephants used to be kept in tiny stalls that were never cleaned and their feet would rot because they were standing in their own excreta. Mice would find their way in and nibble on the decaying flesh, causing the elephants pain and producing a learned response to future rodent sightings.

The above was discovered in the jabberings of an elephant expert in a popular men's magazine; I leave the assertions of its veracity to others.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 16:50, Reply)

I like that
I proclaim it to be 100% FACT!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 17:09, Reply)