Motley Moose – Archive

Happy New Year Moosekind! How is your head this morning?

The common Moose, Alces alces, unlike other members of the deer family, is a solitary animal that doesn’t form herds. Not so its rarer but nearest relative, Alces purplius, the Motley Moose. Though sometimes solitary, the Motley Moose herds in ever shifting groups at the local watering hole to exchange news and just pass the time.

To assist those who enjoy entertaining at home, I present the secret recipe for the concoction known to Air Force personnel as “Moose Milk”. Originally made with milk obtained from a lactating Alces alces, the practice was eventually curtailed.

Too many pilots and flight crew members began attending morning “sick parades” due to a variety of “non-combat related” injuries, leaving no one to “slip the surly bonds”.