Bunk

Bunkō (ぶん公; 1914 – February 3, 1938) was a Japanese mixed breed dog, famous for becoming the mascot of the Otaru city fire department. He was saved as a puppy after being found in burnt-down ruins after a fire and lived in the Otaru fire station for most of his life, being looked after by the firefighters. Bunkō would ride along with the firefighters during their dispatches, finding his role in helping to control the onlookers and in disentangling hoses. It has been said that during his life Bunkō rode along on well over 1000 dispatches. His long life ended at the age of 24, and his remains were stuffed and preserved. To commemorate his achievements, a statue was unveiled in 2006, and picture books and other material for children have been written about his life and specific events within it. He is also known as simply Bun in Japanese.

Bunk may refer to: __NOTOC__ ==People== ===Nickname, given name or stage name=== Bunk Congalton (1875–1937), Canadian Major League Baseball player Bunk Henderson, American Negro league catcher in 1925 Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), New Orleans jazz trumpeter Oscar Requer ( ), nicknamed "The Bunk", a former Baltimore police detective upon whom the character Bunk Moreland (see below) is based Bunk Gardner, stage name of American musician John Leon Guarnera (born 1933¹), a member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention ===Surname=== Carsten Bunk (born 1960), German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics Daniel Bunk (born 2004), German footballer Leo Bunk (born 1962), German former footballer Tom Bunk (born 1945), American cartoonist ==Arts and entertainment== Bunk (TV series), a 2012 television show on the Independent Film Channel "Bunk", an episode of the television series CSI: Miami (season 1) Bunk (book), a 2017 book by Kevin Young Bunk Moreland, a character on the HBO drama series The Wire Bunks (film), a 2013 Canada television film ==Other uses== bunk, the bed frame of a bunk bed, a type of bed Chicory, a plant also known as bunk Bunking (off), or bunk off, slang for truanting bunkum, shortened to bunk or "bunc": nonsense (see Buncombe County, North Carolina: History) ==See also== Bunk'd, a 2015 American comedy television series

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