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Animal attraction

Posted by Martin Williams on April 3, 2008 3:27 PM | 

I have a great idea.
It will boost the economy, give shoppers more safety and amuse me greatly.
We should turn Rhyl High Street into a zoo.
“What are you talking about Martin?”
Well, hear me out. Or carry on reading, or whatever the phrase may be.
Bars surrounding the area from the clock tower to Vale Road bridge would be my first move, creating a large rectangular ‘attraction’.
It’s already a better idea than the Children’s Village.
And what will we fill it with?
As I look out of my window I see two dogs and a man who looks a bit like a rhino. Not because he’s a little on the corpulent side, I wouldn’t be so insulting.
No, it’s the grey T-shirt, that prominent gait, and the ice cream he’s holding could be turned upside down and used as a horn.
On lunch I spotted more dogs, dozens of seagulls and some pigeons. Last week I even saw a cat on Wellington Road. I’m sure we could catch it.
My colleague David Rutland has just spoken to a woman who discovered a penguin on Prestatyn beach. There may be more, we may be able to create a water feature near Piazza.
Honestly, I feel like Dr Dolittle when I walk around the town centre, only the creatures I come across are either violent, barking or swooping on shoppers and shopworkers.
It’s starting to tick me off, as you can probably tell.
I still haven’t heard from the dog warden by the way. It’s been four weeks.
If he or she were ever to turn up in the area with one of those large nets they’d have a field day.

Comments (8)

Hughesie wrote...

Very amusing Mr Williams! At least it might bring the tourists in.

Posted by: Hughesie  | April 4, 2008 1:56 PM

Gertrude wrote...

What about all the rats and the donkeys on the sea front, a tradition that does not seem to be around no more, the donkeys not the rats !!

Posted by: Gertrude  | April 5, 2008 4:47 PM

Bozo wrote...

We could keep a few of you journalists in an enclosure as well!

Posted by: Bozo  | April 5, 2008 5:20 PM

Anon ;) wrote...

Having visited the Zoo the other day I feel that rather than making visitors pay a rather 'steep' entrance fee, they could cut back on the food bills and use these people as natural prey for the more caniverous of the beasties.. An entertaining days sport I think. It would have them flocking, of that I have no doubt..Though I'm not sure how you gift aid a rotund chav.

Posted by: Anon ;)  | April 5, 2008 9:31 PM

Paul wrote...

We considered Chester Zoo on Saturday but after seeing that it would have cost us £45 to get in we considered other options.

A Zoo in Rhyl would be a good idea and would bring in yet more money for the council if they set their pricing accordingly.

The question is will people have enough left over after buying shoes and mobile phones and browsing the charity shops?

Posted by: Paul  | April 7, 2008 10:13 AM

DAVID WILLIAMS wrote...

Another wild animal on the High Street is the lesser braincelled, no-arsed, chavvy muppet. This creature wanders about with half a fag in one hand, a mysterious talking device in the other, and feels the need to either swear at the top of its voice into said device, or spit at regular intervals. These are obviously untrained and out of control. I suggest a cull. Dave.

Posted by: DAVID WILLIAMS  | April 8, 2008 11:31 AM

Basil wrote...

Anything to keep the seagulls swooping is a great idea!

It might give people a reason to feed them. That said, they usually just help themselves :(

Posted by: Basil  | April 8, 2008 6:56 PM

Zorro wrote...

If I see another dog in Rhyl town centre i will scream. they are everywhere

Posted by: Zorro  | April 15, 2008 7:00 PM

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