Elephants

I've been told I have a memory like an elephant. Often, when I creep someone out by recalling some inane detail from yesteryear, I say "yeah, I have a memory like an elephant". I have no idea if this creeps people out less, but its become a compulsion to follow up my recollection with this declaration.

According to a reliable source (google), the elephant’s memory has been greatly exaggerated. Indeed, they remember many things, but the statement, “An elephant never forgets,” is grossly fabricated. People used to think that elephants particularly remembered an injury, but this does not seem to be true either. Well-trained elephants can learn and remember about thirty spoken orders... much like dogs.

In other words, I have been speaking nonsense to compensate for my creepiness.

Irene Karpenko told me a story yesterday wherein a dog and an elephant became best friends. When the dog became ill, the elephant waited outside the hosptial. Fido's release from the hospital in what I presume to be a joyous reunion resulted in the elephant petting the dog with its trunk. Irene said this disturbed her, animails petting each other - like tender humans.

I was more bother by the fact that there is no way this story is true.

A. Wouldn't the hosptial try to get the dog adopted? Why would they just it release into the wild?
B. What kind of hospital lets a elephant just wait outside?

C'mon, get real.

However, it would have been very funny to see an elephant pacing nervously.