Tuesday, August 23, 2005

The trumpeting of elephants

We all know what a trumpeting elephant sounds like. An absolutely unmistakeable sound!

I'm pretty sure elephants aren't indigenous to The Philippines; nor have I seen a sign pointing to the Baguio City Zoo so it came as somewhat of a surprise to hear one trumpeting quite closely as I ate dinner tonight. And it didn't trumpet just the once or twice; it kept on trumpeting.

I'm a curious bastard and I had to find out what it was I was hearing. Was someone listening to a CD of elephant song? So I went poking about and discovered it was the hinges on the door from the kitchen. Everytime a waiter entered or exited the elephant trumpeted.

Quite a remarkable hinge. It'll be a pity if someone decides to oil it!

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