While the Animalia Summer Events were a lot of fun, there were also a lot of laughs, mainly at humans trying to charm a potential bondmate.
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One such laugh seemed to prove (again) why there weren't very many Animalians in sports like baseball or basketball. Though this time it wasn't a ball or bat breaking, it was an Animalian slam dunking the basketball so hard that the backboard shattered during a pick-up game. While it wasn't uncommon in the sport, Animalians seemingly were more capable of pulling off a feat like that.
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Some of them were more surprising than others, but were funny nonetheless.
The GGAC were a little surprised to meet a high-ranking member of the DEA with an even more surprising offer.
"We've managed to find you a new clubhouse for your little group." he said, "You know that the general area where the Burrows are is made of tufa rock, right?"
"We know." said Peter, "We've helped out with their gold mine a little bit."
"Apparently an old guy knew about it long before the burrowing Animalians did." the DEA agent replied.
"Why is that?" asked Mara.
"When we paid him a visit, we found a massive underground marijuana farm on his property." answered the DEA agent, "Not only was it massive, it had the whole nine yards to generate more than a $50,000 profit from selling marijuana every six months."
"So what got you suspicious?" asked Jerry.
"He made the one mistake that most 'professional' marijuana farmers make." said the Agent, starting to smile at the memory. "He started stealing electricity to fuel his farm."
"The one thing that makes anyone suspicious." said Tom, nodding.
"That wasn't the only thing," said the Agent, still smiling, "When we found him, he had been 'rerouting' a wire using a knife and hit the copper by accident."
"Hopefully he's still alive," said Lina, "He's got a lot to answer for."
"Don't worry, he is." confirmed the agent, "Anyway, to pay off the stolen electricity among other things, his property had to be seized and we think you might make a better use of where the Marijuana was grown."
When they went to the property, they were stunned at how big the "growing room" was. It was not only big enough to qualify as a standard warehouse, it was professionally reinforced and even had a good-sized echo.
"We'll take it if we can find an easy way to portion it off into various dungeon rooms." said Adam.
"No problem." said the Agent, "I've got a few contacts who can help."
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While most of the other laughs were about epic fails, there were some that helped people and/or Animalians feel better.
Cammy, Stuart, and Marvin went up to the main desk carrying a barbell that had been bent into a curlicue. Expecting to get in trouble for it, they were surprised at the receptionists reaction.
"Don't worry about it. Most of the barbells we get are secondhand for just such a thing, so they're easy to replace as well." He then showed them a kind of "Wall of Fame" where there were all kinds of barbells were bent out of shape, from the simple U-shape to other curlicue shapes, to even artistic bending out of shape. As all three of them stared at them, the receptionist continued.
"The ones for the actual competition are specially reinforced for such an event."
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It is safe to say that the number of macho mess ups during the Animalia Summer Events was up to the usual amount.