What a Smart Ass

When confronted by a flimsy fence, most of the donkeys just hem and (hee) haw, but one especially brainy burro steps up and does a neigh-borly good deed.




But wait! The clever donkey strikes again!




Cleverly submitted by Cheryl S. and Faye.

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22 thoughts on “What a Smart Ass

  1. Haha February 28, 2017 / 1:40 pm

    Gaaaa! I got stuff to do today! I can’t keep up with all Mike’s awesome, wonderful distractions!

  2. fkaWaldenPond February 28, 2017 / 1:55 pm

    What manners too! “Allow me; after you, after you.”

  3. ^oo^ February 28, 2017 / 2:56 pm

    No Wall!

    • Ricky's Mom February 28, 2017 / 4:36 pm

      Rah! Rah! Rah! Hee-haw! Eeyore!

  4. Zapes February 28, 2017 / 3:24 pm

    That donkey is a genius.

    • Smartypants February 28, 2017 / 7:14 pm

      Yes! I think especially in the 2nd video, you can practically hear the wheels turning as he thinks it through.

      (oops – I meant this as a reply to Murray’s comment below)

  5. Murray C. February 28, 2017 / 3:33 pm

    Love how he scopes out the situation!

  6. Raymond February 28, 2017 / 5:55 pm

    Well done, critter! Now, could we get a brief word with the location’s security director?

    Well, he’s not available, because he decided to take his career in another direction.
    This is his final security piece, entitled “The idea of a fence.” Notice how it forces the viewer to question who is really being confined, and who gets to decide about barriers. As you know, art has always been a tool for commenting on our times.

    That’s all the time we have for questions. Please avail yourselves of photo opportunities in the front paddock!

    • Faye February 28, 2017 / 11:06 pm

      “Are we not all confined by the invisible fences of the mind?” Wonders the donkey as he contemplates the fence pole.

      • Raymond March 7, 2017 / 4:52 pm

        So true, Faye. If only we could follow the donkey’s lead on this.

  7. Claire February 28, 2017 / 6:15 pm

    I love all the cute donkey content lately! They so soft and fluffy with big soulful eyes. I just love them.

    • allein ? February 28, 2017 / 7:24 pm

      So much better than the asses that live around me…

      • Murray C. February 28, 2017 / 7:50 pm

        Oh, Allein, I hope life isn’t that bad!

        I have happy memories of scritching donkey ears and they loved it so.

        • allein ? February 28, 2017 / 7:51 pm

          Mostly people who think the volume knob on their car stereo only goes in one direction.

          • Murray C. February 28, 2017 / 8:52 pm

            Before we had our windows replaced our windows would rattle in response to the volume of the radios belonging to kids in cars leaving the high school down the road. I feel you pain.

  8. misspiggy March 1, 2017 / 12:51 am

    Surely the cleverest donkey is the one who waits for the fence to be removed?

  9. Blue Footed Booby March 1, 2017 / 8:11 am

    I saw part of a documentary where two honey badgers which had been nursed back to health, but habituated to humans and couldn’t be released. They’d work together to get a door with two spring-loaded latches open. They’d roll up balls of mud after a heavy rain and build a ramp out of their enclosure. They’d climb and tear branches off a tree to build a makeshift ladder. Each time the end result was either wandering around aimlessly or breaking into the keeper’s house and raiding the fridge. We’d be in a world of hurt if they had thumbs.

    I can only imagine what it’d be like if they weighed hundreds of pounds and had hooves.

    • Juno March 1, 2017 / 9:30 am

      Wow! I had no idea honey badgers were so intelligent. (I knew they didn’t care, of course, but . . . . )

      • allein ? March 1, 2017 / 9:43 am

        😛

    • Smartypants March 1, 2017 / 11:31 am

      Oh, I saw that – with the South African guy? Yes, it was a total battle of wits between him and the honey badgers. He had such respect for their jailbreaking skills.

  10. Juno March 1, 2017 / 9:33 am

    For donkey lovers: The New York Times is currently running a series of columns from a guy who adopted a terribly neglected, very smart donkey named Sherman. He’s training Sherman to run in marathons. (Apparently, this is a thing.) Anyway, the columns are worth checking out. And yes, there are pictures!

    • Smartypants March 1, 2017 / 11:33 am

      Wonderful!

      I did a 5K fund-raiser walk a few years ago and got outpaced by some high school kids with their mascot – a donkey. And several dogs. That’s the Berkshires! 😀

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