Sentences with phrase «as an elephant trying»

That it never was made for touchscreen based devices like tablet PCs, with some even comparing the OS from Microsoft on a tablet as an elephant trying to ride a moped, stressing on... [Read more...]

Not exact matches

Similar to the African Elephant Pepper Project, wildlife experts in Guwahati (North - east India) are now trying to fend off marauding elephants from destroying homes and crops with the help of hot peppers: As part of an experimental project in Assam, they erected jute fences, coated with grease and Bhut Jolokia.

Your preschooler will enjoy finding this silly elephant as he tries to hide among the flowers, in between the sheets and even under the table.

Your child will enjoy finding this silly elephant as he tries to hide among the flowers, in between the sheets and even under the table.

Like so many others, Christopher Nielsen's tale emulates some of the comic thrillers that have come out over the past decade, and in fact, it very much feels like an animated predecessor to Joe Carnahan's Smokin Aces, except with an elephant as the being that everyone is trying to get to.

Granted, Cruz doesn't get it as bad as Strong (two words: elephant penis), but this is her second terrible comedy in as many months following «Zoolander 2,» and although «The Brothers Grimsby» at least tries to tell jokes instead of relying on cheap cameos, it still isn't funny.

Maybe you've already read The Help, The Lovely Bones, Water for Elephants, Cutting for Stone, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society... and you're looking for books that go beyond the obvious picks (as much as we love those tried - and - true book club favorites).

Borders does have a list called «Can't Get These in iBooks» which just seems like an attempt to try to sell themselves as the best e-book store on the iPad and iPhone, while blithely ignoring the elephant in the room that is the Kindle store.

No fool she, Friedman, who with Harry Bingham mounted a fine author survey led by The Bookseller earlier this year, goes right to those guys at the zoo — «It's the old parable about blind men trying to describe an elephant» (drink)-- and she then points, as must we all, to that other large animal in the room:

I would have to ask is Hachette competing with Amazon as a whole, or just doing the «book business» better than Amazon (hint: Hachette's trying to bite the whole elephant)?

I tried not to ruin my husband's and daughters» first up - close encounter with an elephant, but even they felt as uneasy as I did when we left.

You can trek through the hills and ride elephants along riverbanks, bamboo rafting is also an awesome activity to try as is visiting the traditional village of the Karen people up in the mountains.

To truly experience all Luang Prabang has to offer, try your hand at rice farming, visit an elephant sanctuary, go for a gentle cruise down the river, or experience one of the many colorful events that take place throughout the year, such as October's Festival of Lights.

After the show your group gets to feed the elephants before riding and / or trying our other activities such as white water rafting and cycling!

An elephant seal on a determined but inadvisable path onto Highway 37 — and away from San Pablo Bay — snarled traffic Monday afternoon as it tried to cross the road near Sears Point, CHP officials said.

It does not sit well with what we are trying to accomplish as a collective, which is to end the slaughter of elephants for their tusks.