Said one polar bear to another ...

From: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Date: February 3, 2008| Author: Bill Steigerwald | Copyright information

Who's our congressman?" asked mama polar bear during a light lunch on an ice floe somewhere off Alaska.

"Beats me," said papa polar bear. "Pass the walrus calf."

"I want to send a letter complaining about Joey being attacked again by those government wildlife scientists," said mama polar bear.

"Let it go," said papa polar bear. "Your brother still stinks of humans. But at least the sedation's taking longer to wear off this time, so he hasn't been his usual testy, cranky se...

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