By reading other comments I gather apparently the name was in the picture? But there is no picture if you are on tablet or smartphone...
(So to comment in the same tone of voice, I guess some americans do not realize that not everybody is on a laptop or pc. Hm Im sure that sentence could ve been improved, but you get the idea)
I always thought he was Smokey THE Bear instead of just Smokey Bear. Did he have a name change somewhere along the line since the ancient days of my youth?
From the official "Smokey" web site: "In 1952, Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins wrote the popular anthem that would launch a continuous debate about Smokey’s name. To maintain the rhythm of the song, they added “the” between “Smokey” and “Bear.” Due to the song’s popularity, Smokey Bear has been called “Smokey the Bear” by many adoring fans, but, in actuality, his name never changed. He’s still Smokey Bear."
(The Smokey trademark and intellectual property rights are jointly owned by The Ad Council, the USDA Forest Service, and the Association of State Foresters. See smokeybear.com
It's also a common wrestling hold - where a bigger guy gets ahold of a smaller guy (the smaller guy typically doesn't get his arms out) and just squeezes and lifts the buhjeebus out of him.
First put "threadbare" for "type of rug". Guess I was thinking of my own house! Then thought of the correct answer at the end. Only missed "Drop Bear" -- never heard of it.
Smokey bear? I guess this is some patronising kids thing to stop them from setting fire to the forest and making the world explode but who decided to call him Smokey? Should have been Bernie
Why do you think trying to stop people from causing wildfires is patronizing? People die in wildfires, and millions of dollars' worth of property is destroyed each year. The name Smokey makes sense to me, and a few years after the ad campaign started an orphaned bear cub was rescued from a forest fire and named Smokey. He became the living symbol in public service announcements.
I don't think that trying to stop people from causing wildfires is patronising, I think that most of the videos and talks I was subjected to as a kid to try to persuade / dissuade me from whatever the hot topic of the moment was at the time were patronising and I am guessing that this is similar.
I could be entirely wrong, and I was only making a crappy pun anyway
Couldn't for the life of me get Paddington Bear, but was inexplicably credited with Water Bear when I entered "Space" in my guesses for Paddington as time wound down. I'll have to look that up.
EDIT: Okay, apparently tardigrades, or water bears, are the first animal shown to be able to survive the vacuum of outer space, and therefore in some instances are called space bears. Who knew?
(So to comment in the same tone of voice, I guess some americans do not realize that not everybody is on a laptop or pc. Hm Im sure that sentence could ve been improved, but you get the idea)
(The Smokey trademark and intellectual property rights are jointly owned by The Ad Council, the USDA Forest Service, and the Association of State Foresters. See smokeybear.com
out what he had to do with bears. Good quiz.
I could be entirely wrong, and I was only making a crappy pun anyway
EDIT: Okay, apparently tardigrades, or water bears, are the first animal shown to be able to survive the vacuum of outer space, and therefore in some instances are called space bears. Who knew?