Well it won't work for me, of course so I'll try it here. Gee, I hope it's worth it.

It was. Consider my cockles duly warmed.

Umm, what are cockles? They sound cute.

Cockles are a type of shellfish, unless pock means something else.

I think we call them scallops here. Thanks for straightening that out!

These are what I know scallops to be.

I do mean something else. Although a plate of warm cockles of the shellfish type would be quite nice.

I meant the cockles of my heart.

It means exactly the sort of warm fuzzy glow that seeing something like that gives you.

For the etymologists amongst you, it comes from the latin term cochleae cordis which refers to the ventricles.

Mmm...those look good. On Long Island, they never look that fancy. At least not where I go eat. I'm jealous.

Anyone care to comment on the video? :) I thought it was cute.

/shellfish hijack

Triple upvotes for this one... heartwarming video of the day!

We were just getting everyone up to speed on the state of my cockles, temperature-wise

(warmed - by the video)

...which brings us right back to the hijack. BAD pock! BAD! No more toasty ventricles for you.

Sorry.... *looks at shoes and bites top lip in shame*

I'll leave those which shall not be mentioned unmentioned.

Back to the real thread - a big cheer for friendly lions.

I found this while looking at deleted threads, you know the one.

What a great video.

As for me, I'd be scared ****less if a lion ran and jumped on me. And what was with the shirtless old guy?!

Thanks for posting this.