Worth of a photo?

[Omaha Steve]

You are a South African bush pilot. You fly in some critical medical supplies, enjoy a quick lunch at the hospital. It's a stifling 100 degrees in the shade and you're eager to get back up to the cool, high blue yonder.

On the way back to your plane, you discover that the only bit of shade, within 1 mile, has become very popular. . . .

You start calculating the distance to the plane door and wonder . . . "Do I feel lucky today?"

[BeatleBoot]

1. It looks like the Detroit Lions on a Fall Sunday!

[keep_it_real]

2. Then you get you a gun or rifle

Fire off a few rounds in the air and all the kitties take a hike.

[Selatius]

3. You might as well take the rest of the day off. No amount of hazard pay brings you back from dead.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. that is hysterical!

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. I guess you could let an antelope loose

or a gazelle or whatever lions eat

[lonestarnot]

6. Holy crap! Hope your nickname is Daniel!

[midnight]

7. They look so gentle sitting there in the shade.

[T Monk]

8. bound over them like stepping stones

[frogmarch]

9. Snopes says the photo is real, but

it can't vouch for the accompanying story.

Here's another photo in the series:

[progressoid]

12. Found another version but still pretty cool

Out of Africa

You are a pilot in the south of Africa. You fly with a number of medicines to a far away hospital, and take a short brake for a fast lunch and a refreshing drink.

It is forty degrees outside and you really like to fly high in the air in your plane, where it is a bit cooler.

Going to your plane you discover suddenly that the only place with shade in the full surroundings have been grabbed. You start calculate the distance to the door of your plane and you wonder yourself despairing:

How in the name of god do I get out of Africa?

[friedgreentomatoes]

10. AWWWWWWW! n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. I am so waiting for the Sun to go down. - nt

[roguevalley]

13. wonderful, just wonderful. thank you. :) My uncle lived in Kenya

and Swaziland and Rhodesia when it was called that for years and years as an agronomist with the UN. Lovely continent, Africa, filled with great people and amazing things to see.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. What a great picture!