When Animals Run Amok

EVERY AUTUMN, we're always warned about the area's deer, who, since it's mating season, wander around with the attention span of a teenage guy at a Playboy photo shoot. Earlier this week, we encountered two deer frolicking across the street from the Vice President's Residence, oblivious to the cars on Massachusetts Avenue or this writer on an evening run. Last year, if you remember, one deer made its way into the Diesel Jeans and Ralph Lauren stores in Georgetown causing a tense situation for both deer and customers, pictured at right. So whether you're shopping for trendy jeans or driving in a woodsy area, be on the lookout.

The threat deer pose to our city is one thing, but we're pretty sure we don't have to worry about crazy pigs. In Green Bay, Wis., however, a 150-pound porker evaded the best efforts of ordinary citizens and Taser gun-equipped police officers to capture it when it ran out onto a busy highway earlier this week. The creature must have taken its cues from bachelorette parties in Adams Morgan.
Photo courtesy WRC/NBC4
» "Deer Horns In on Shoppers in Tony Georgetown Stores" [WaPo]
» "Pig Withstands Tasers, Eludes Officers on Highway" [AP via USAT]

» A GOLD BUST: Hmmm. Is a $1.89 million gold bra a bit excessive? At least it's a tangible asset if the economy goes belly up. [Born Rich via Gizmodo]

» WE'RE SAFE, FOR NOW: Many people rip on D.C.'s Gallery Place-Chinatown for all of its franchises and less-than-desirable gimmick. At least we don't have Times Square. Behold the horror: It's a Hawaiian Tropic Zone Restaurant and Lounge. And for its launch party, Manhattanites got to enjoy sand in the streets and a 16-foot lifeguard tower used as a DJ station. If only all DJs could be kept that far away. [The Real Estate/NY Observer]

» MORE PROOF THAT SAMUEL L. JACKSON JOHN TRAVOLTA LIES! Despite what you may have picked up from "Pulp Fiction," a Royale With Cheese from McDonald's locations abroad is not necessarily the same as the Quarter Pounder in the States. (This writer has done a few comparisons.) From Shanghaiist, we're pointed to a Wall Street Journal article on the rollout of the QP rough equivalent in China's largest city. Their sexed-up version has cucumbers instead of pickles and tomatoes and a spicy sauce fine-tuned to Chinese tastes. [Shanghaiist; WSJ; YouTube]

[Thanks to Sligo of Silver Spring Singular for pointing out our goof above. We will rent the entire Tarantino collection this weekend as penance.]