{"id":13254,"date":"2023-10-29T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=13254"},"modified":"2023-10-29T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T15:17:11","slug":"shropshire-star-exclusive-donkey-has-waist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=13254","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire Star exclusive: donkey has waist"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Shropshire Star is a local newspaper serving the county where your ‘umble scribe was born. However, its role in the field of science – and the discipline of asinine anatomy in particular – has not previously been recognised.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Until now, that is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

On Friday the Star carried a report<\/a> of a donkey with its back legs and rear stuck in a storm drain somewhere undisclosed in the vicinity of Market Drayton<\/a>, your correspondent’s home town.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The incident was attended by crews from Market Drayton, Telford Central and Wellington fire stations, who were able to extract the donkey called Amigo from the drain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Star was so pleased with its contribution to asinine anatomy and veterinary science that it incorporated it into its headline: Firefighters rush to rescue donkey stuck waist-deep in storm drain<\/em>,<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Here’s a donkey. Spot the waist.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n

There are two dictionary definitions of waist<\/a>, one pertaining to anatomy, the other to apparel. Neither mentions donkeys:<\/p>\r\n\r\n