NOT the Gardening Thread: Squirrel! [KT]

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

Los Angeles Basin, 1920: Douglas Fairbanks plays the part of Zorro ("Fox" in Spanish). Zorro will continue for several decades to defend commoners against tyrannical government agents, with flair.

Zorro

Los Angeles Basin, 2017: Government agent defends fox squirrels against gendered, racialized, and speciesist thinking.

(Sort of) Zorro-like squirrel

From the link below the photo, a few samples of the horribly prejudiced language describing these squirrels in the popular press. From the Bay Area, no less:

Our native western gray squirrel, an elegant steel-gray creature, won't beg for peanuts in the park and shuns human company. To fill the squirrel gap, various people at various times introduced eastern fox and eastern gray squirrels.
Fox squirrels were most likely brought in for companionship rather than as a food source, despite the long tradition of squirrel cuisine back East. Apart from the classic Brunswick stew of the Southeast, we have a friend whose French Canadian grandmother was renowned for her squirrel-stomach pie (best prepared in the fall, during the nut harvest.) . . .
Why have they been so successful? Eastern fox squirrels produce two litters a year, compared with one for the western gray. They're more tolerant of open areas, including parks and suburbs. And they have a much broader diet, including such improbable items as eucalyptus pods. They'll also raid nests for eggs and young birds.

In the Los Angeles area, the Eastern Fox Squirrel seems to be frequently associated in the press with scattered trash. Far away in Australia, Tim Blair noticed this important academic paper coming out of Cal Poly Pomona:

Californian academic Teresa Lloro-Bidart - official faculty advisor to "Liberal Studies Students with Last Names from Ri-Z" - considers the crucial eastern fox squirrel situation in Los Angeles.
Obviously, since we're talking about garbage-harvesting lower mammals here, this necessarily involves many extremely complicated feminist posthumanist theories . . .

It alarms me that this paper was apparently written by someone from the
College of Education and Integrative Studies.

Given that the shift in tree squirrel demographics is a relatively recent phenomenon, this case presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of 'otherness' that manifests, in part, through a politics whereby animal food choices '[come] to stand in for both compliance and resistance to the dominant forces in [human] culture'.

This is someone with responsibility for teaching and advising future educators and integrators? The sentence above makes me want to see public universities plagued by squirrels and other electrical insulation-chewing and garbage-strewing wildlife. Help kids find somewhere better, and cheaper, to learn about life.

If you read J.J. Sefton's links last week, you might have noticed the following passage from Daniel Greenfield:

Snowflakes. Oversensitive. We've all heard those accusations leveled at college students. Are millennial college students really an oversensitive generation? Or are they right to be oversensitive.
Two types of people are sensitive; the entitled and the endangered. It's reasonable to be paranoid about subtle social nuances if you live in a totalitarian state where the wrong word or look will be punished. Where someone is always watching for even the most minor acts of political incorrectness.
College students are afraid. And they should be.

It wasn't long ago that leftist environmentalists were denouncing all human-aided movement of invasive species like the Eastern Fox Squirrel. Who wouldn't be afraid when the intellectual mob in control of your academic environment suddenly moves on to feminist posthumanist support of the squirrel invasion? Who knows what direction posthumanism could take next?

Random forms of subversion against posthumanist feminism

Maybe you could take an almost-college-age kid with you when you Take a Vet Fishing. Some kids could use a break from the classroom and the video screen.

Or perhaps you could keep writing like this:

The North American woods are not inhabited by monkeys but we do have squirrels. And like their primate counterparts; they're very agile, curious and they'll wreck havoc on the artifacts that have come to define modern American life; roof eves, electrical insulation, gardens and birdfeeders. . .

And somehow, I don't think that distracting squirrels with sex is exactly the solution that The Academy currently prefers to address the problem of highly-gendered squirrel journalism.

You could point out that there are black squirrels in the East, too. Natural variants of Eastern Gray Squirrels. Haverford College has a "pristine performance comedy group" called Her Majesty's Black Squirrels. They bring fake speakers to campus, do fake art exhibits, etc. Why not follow suit, without university sponsorship? Could be fun.

I also noticed that in the Spanish translation of the academic abstract which is the primary subject of this post, "the fox squirrels" are "las ardillas zorro". Why not "zorra" or "zorras"? It's complicated. But it might have something to do with slut-shaming female foxes in certain countries. Think of the academic trouble you could stir up by becoming indignant over differences in gendered animal names in various countries.

Bonus language note: Best Spanish translation of accountability.

NOTE:

This thread originated as a tangent from the Gardening Thread. There is also squirrel-related content in the upcoming Gardening Thread. But most of it is more practical, I think. Hope this doesn't confuse anybody.

Have a great weekend.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:07 AM

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1 Do male fox squirrels wear little romphims?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:04 AM (J+eG2)

2 squirrels caused $400.00 dollars in damage to my neighbors roof and attic. fuck squirrels. rats with bushy tails.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:04 AM (KP5rU)

3 I always thought that Squirrel Head Stew was just a name, like Cat Head Biscuit, until I ate some.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 20, 2017 11:04 AM (LTHVh)

4 IT.HAD.SQUIRREL.HEADS.IN.IT.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 20, 2017 11:05 AM (LTHVh)

5 Great Scott! Content on a Saturday.

Good Content, only lacking Moose.

I am still two liters low on coffee.

Posted by: Timothy Cloverfield at May 20, 2017 11:08 AM (0bOdy)

6 That's odd.

Yo's #1 went bye-bye.
Pushing me into the "Frist!" position.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:08 AM (J+eG2)

7 Cool looking, those black squirrel dudes...

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2017 11:08 AM (7uYFy)

8 I could see Derek Zoolander wearing a RompHim.

Hansel, though, would be too cool for that.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 11:08 AM (oVJmc)

9 "Roof eves"?.....kinda like a garden gnome?

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 11:08 AM (x9c8r)

10 Is this an open thread? Because Heritage Foundation is pointing out that the Health care bill is just a way to rescue Obamacare, and I have to agree.
Obamacare is the fragile ark for stealth socialism, and must be preserved at all costs, so that the switch can be flipped in the future. No doubt Ryan knew about the attempt at the Trump takedown, which is why he's stalled in moving it to the senate.

Posted by: artemis at May 20, 2017 11:09 AM (AwPyG)

11 What does the Fox Squirrel say?

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:10 AM (tNhOB)

12 I actually remember once hearing a scratching at my back door and upon opening it, there was a squirrel looking straight up at me with pleading eyes. Was he begging?
Do they do that?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2017 11:10 AM (7uYFy)

13 Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:04 AM (KP5rU)

Have called squirrels "fuzzy-tailed tree rats" since they ate the perch pegs out of a brand new plastic bird feeder to get at the seed. Was told recently that Texas has *actual* tree rats, so I guess that's a thing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2017 11:10 AM (sEDyY)

14 Romphims?

Not nearly gay enough

Posted by: Zardoz at May 20, 2017 11:11 AM (J+eG2)

15 Squirrel in Spanish is "Ardilla"
If there are two of them it is "Arduo"

Because multiple squirrels difficult and trying. Just ask AtC.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 11:12 AM (mkDpn)

16 "Romphims?

Not nearly gay enough"

No shit

Posted by: The Mankini at May 20, 2017 11:12 AM (J+eG2)

17 >>Do they do that?

They do. Old guy down the street used to give a single peanut to a squirrel each morning.

When he died, the squirrel started scratching on the door every morning until his son took over.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:13 AM (tNhOB)

18 "Feminist food studies"....I hope she ain't on a scholarship.

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 11:13 AM (x9c8r)

19 Where I live now, and grewup, this is the only squirrel seen, http://tinyurl.com/prjuohe , brought in by the Kellogg brothers to get rid of the destructive red squirrel population. Which they did and are the only type seen here now. Until I grew older I thought the black squirrels were the only ones that lived in cities and that the grey and brown colored squirrels were just in the country woods where I hunted them.

Posted by: geoffb5 at May 20, 2017 11:13 AM (d3wbb)

20 this is an AtC thread
'Ware flamethrower

Posted by: @votermom's phone at May 20, 2017 11:14 AM (xfn9z)

21 *This thread originated as a tangent from the Gardening Thread. There is also squirrel-related content in the upcoming Gardening Thread. But most of it is more practical, I think. Hope this doesn't confuse anybody.

Have a great weekend.*

Heh, looks like we'll be chasing squirrels all day.

I think KT has this cob-logging gig figured out.

Posted by: tbodie at May 20, 2017 11:14 AM (T0djb)

22 What is a group of squirrel called?

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:14 AM (tNhOB)

23 A lot of the squirrels here in Texas seem kind of scrawny even in the suburbs, but it could just be the comparison to the Eastern Fox and Eastern Grey squirrels in Pennsylvania. The ones at Penn State would gather in gangs and stalk people who had food they wanted. In Harrisburg too. I'm used to squirrels being solitary so it was pretty disturbing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2017 11:15 AM (sEDyY)

24 22: land carp? i give up.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:15 AM (KP5rU)

25 Willowed in the earlier thread:

296 Ok, for excellent photos, videos, etc, the DailyMail UK has a full length detailed article on the Trump visit to SA. Sad we have to go to a foreign newspaper to get a factual article and photo of the President's trip.

http://tinyurl.com/n52foh9

Posted by: Jen the original at May 20, 2017 10:51 AM (62eBc)

Wow, Melania's dress is gorgeous. As you said earlier, it is respectful of the culture, without being obsequious (as a head covering would have been).

Also this: "Trump flew to the capital Riyadh overnight on Air Force One -- becoming the only president to make Saudi Arabia, or any majority Muslim country, his first stop overseas as president."

But Trump hates teh Muzzies, derp.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:16 AM (sdi6R)

26 What is a group of squirrel called?

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:14 AM (tNhOB)

A club...not a gang.

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 11:17 AM (x9c8r)

27 Why you judgmental, cis-normative, clod. How dare you use the degrading term begging to describe the squirrels cultural adaptation to our unjust, racist, patriarchal world! /s

Whew, I hope the forces of sanity prevail a few more decades, it is tough to come up with SJW newspeak.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2017 11:17 AM (8qFZP)

28 Correct Answer : A Scurry (or a Dray) of Squirrels.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:19 AM (tNhOB)

29 I did not know that.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:20 AM (tNhOB)

30 Squirrel in Spanish is "Ardilla"

*****

So an armardillo is an armored squirrel?

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:20 AM (wPiJc)

31 What is a group of squirrel called?

*****

A stewpot of squirrels?

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:21 AM (wPiJc)

32 KT, I was going to ask on that Spanish site if "enfocarse" means to convert oneself into a seal, but they require a real email address, and I ain't gonna produce that just for a pun.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 11:21 AM (mkDpn)

33 Damn SFGate link has auto play video. And I can't find 'click to play' setting in this version of Chrome.

Damn internet is killing me with bits.

Posted by: Timothy Cloverfield at May 20, 2017 11:21 AM (0bOdy)

34 Squirrels?

https://tinyurl.com/j2bdnq9

Squirrels!

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 20, 2017 11:23 AM (x3uSY)

35 A Recipe of Squirrels.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:23 AM (tNhOB)

36 I live in Pennsylvania, so I guess I probably have Eastern Gray Squirrels. Funny, I never thought about squirrel species. They're just squirrels to me.

I can see one or more of them in my yard almost any time I look out the window.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:24 AM (sdi6R)

37 Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:13 AM (tNhOB)

There was a squirrel at my golf club, it hung out in a big oak between the 9th green and the snack bar. It would get on golfers carts and hit them up for food when they came out of the snack bar. Fattest squirrel I've ever seen....big as a cat....a fat cat.

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 11:24 AM (x9c8r)

38 Even Zorro is not gay enough for a RompHim.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 11:24 AM (oVJmc)

39 For the Saudis to place the American flag at an equal height with their flag is I believe a clear diplomatic sign of recognizing the United States as an Equal.

And the difference between their view of Trump and Obama could be no more stark than the humble bowing of a submissive POTUS to the recognized superior in the photo of O'Dumbass bowing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:25 AM (J+eG2)

40 ♫♪
I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
I guess you'd say
What could make me feel this way?
My squirrel.
Talkin' 'bout my sq-uirr-rrrel!

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:26 AM (wPiJc)

41 @40-

Sorry, I just couldn't resist the Temptation.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:28 AM (wPiJc)

42 >>Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 11:24 AM (x9c8r)

There are a couple of Bald Eagles on the Lower Clark Fork that are like that. They are so used to being fed that they will almost eat a fish out of your hand...I usually keep a trash fish or two in the boat for them.
As soon as I drop anchor, they start getting excited.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:28 AM (tNhOB)

43
Squirrel will steal mouse poison if you leave it outside in a container they can fit into. Strangely enough, you won't find as many squirrel around when they engage in such thievery.

I wish they wouldn't do this, but they do.

I also wish they would not climb a tree to jump on my roof, run across the roof, then jump to another tree, only a foot or two over my head. Scares the bejeses out of me.

Other than that, they're kind of amusing.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 20, 2017 11:29 AM (HTdUD)

44 That pantsuit Melania was wearing looked great but it gives me a 70s flashback.

Barky went on an apology tour through the Middle East early in office and it was applauded. Trump going to Saudi Arabia first "makes people nervous' because its a typical repressive Muslim regime. Whatever FNM, whatever.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2017 11:30 AM (8qFZP)

45 My grandmother and two aunts would shoot squirrels and nail their tails to the garage. Good Times. I like ladies that can shoot and skin.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2017 11:30 AM (vV/gB)

46 There aren't any trees overhanging my house, so at least I don't have to worry about them getting into the attic, chewing the wires, and burning the place down.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:31 AM (sdi6R)

47 " and they'll wreck havoc on the artifacts.."
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'Wreck havoc'?

I'm also disinclined to think of common objects as 'artifacts', but I suspect that among the Modern Language tribe it is a typical usage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 11:31 AM (OdK9v)

48 Obamacare is the fragile ark for stealth socialism,

Posted by: artemis

*****

Obamacare is a massive game of Jenga, and all the good moves have already been taken.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:31 AM (wPiJc)

49 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:25 AM (J+eG2)

Yeah, that's some pretty major "Let's be friends". Especially from a culture know for its chauvinism even among its own milieu.

And suddenly China is allowing the importation of US beef and stopping a lot of its trade with N Korea. Trump is having a definite effect.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2017 11:31 AM (sEDyY)

50 41 @40-

Sorry, I just couldn't resist the Temptation.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:28 AM (wPiJc)

Noooobody can resist the Temptation! Their chief weapon is choreography...

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:32 AM (sdi6R)

51 (Sort of) Zorro-like squirrel

This is the gargoyle-statue you put on the edge of your roof, to ward off Alex The Chick

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 11:33 AM (6FqZa)

52 "And suddenly China is allowing the importation of US beef and stopping a lot of its trade with N Korea. Trump is having a definite effect."

Trump seems to be better respected by other world leaders than he is by our politicians in D.C.

Odd, that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:33 AM (J+eG2)

53 45 My grandmother and two aunts would shoot squirrels and nail their tails to the garage. Good Times. I like ladies that can shoot and skin.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2017 11:30 AM (vV/gB)

Annie Oakley got her start hunting squirrels for the family dinner table, as a child.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:34 AM (sdi6R)

54 So an armardillo is an armored squirrel?
Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:20 AM (wPiJc)

That's as funny as my answer, but I expect you are serious.
it is a diminutive of "armored" because of their plating.

In Argentina and Southern Brazil they are called "Tatu"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (mkDpn)

55 41 @40-

Sorry, I just couldn't resist the Temptation.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 11:28 AM (wPiJc)

Noooobody can resist the Temptation! Their chief weapon is choreography...

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:32 AM (sdi6R)

Yeah it was just my imagination, running away with me.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (JO9+V)

56 "I also wish they would not climb a tree to jump on my artifact, run across the artifact , then jump to another tree, only a foot or two over my head. "
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Edited.

Posted by: The Modern Language Association at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (OdK9v)

57 45; that's cool. around here, many years ago, damn near every car had a squirrel tail on the radio antenna when the season opened. the squirrels around here are all urbanized now. you hardly ever see them in the woods anymore.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (KP5rU)

58 That pantsuit Melania was wearing looked great but it gives me a 70s flashback.�

That super high waist thing?

I can't see that making a comeback. The wearer has to have the proper waist, which is pretty darn small.

Of course she makes everything she wears look great.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (HTdUD)

59 "In Argentina and Southern Brazil they are called "Tatu"

Someone once told me that in Texas they are called Speed-bumps

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:36 AM (J+eG2)

60 In Argentina and Southern Brazil they are called "Tatu"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 11:35 AM (mkDpn)

Squirrels or armadillos?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2017 11:36 AM (sEDyY)

61 "Squirrels or armadillos?"

I've heard it both ways.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:37 AM (J+eG2)

62 60; parlors.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:37 AM (KP5rU)

63 3 I always thought that Squirrel Head Stew was just a name, like Cat Head Biscuit, until I ate some.

Wait, you're saying that cat head biscuits don't contain... Well, yet again I've been misled by the supposed "authorities." Hmph, I'm not even surprised any more.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at May 20, 2017 11:37 AM (7oUUT)

64 4 IT.HAD.SQUIRREL.HEADS.IN.IT.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 20, 2017 11:05 AM (LTHVh)

That sounds like ending of one of my grandpa's goodnight stories (when we were older).

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 20, 2017 11:38 AM (G8B7r)

65 Which is more squirrely a squirrel or a deer? I really don't care when a squirrel runs into my car but deer do worry me.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2017 11:39 AM (vV/gB)

66 Even Zorro is not gay enough for a RompHim.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 20, 2017 11:24 AM (oVJmc)

Here I yam!!!
https://youtu.be/_MzO_tM2FBw

Posted by: Zorro, The Gay Blade at May 20, 2017 11:39 AM (JO9+V)

67 In the fall we watch the Squirrel versus Crow wars. Both animals love acorns. The squirrels collect and try to hide them from the Crows who watch where the squirrels bury the nuts then swoop down and steal the nuts.

The Crows then try to hide the nuts but the squirrels wait until the Crows fly away then steal back the nuts.

The squirrels will also fake hide the nuts by going through the motions but never actually leaving the nut.

Posted by: Beartooth at May 20, 2017 11:39 AM (61c4R)

68 A Recipe of Squirrels.
Posted by: garrett
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A 'Stew' of squirrels.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 11:39 AM (OdK9v)

69 Tangent to the Gardening Thread?

More like the Food Thread.

Mmmmmm squirrel!

Posted by: Mike Fuckabee at May 20, 2017 11:39 AM (nHbAq)

70 Armadillos are called Tatu. The mascot of the Brazil olympics was the Tatu.

(they find a dead cow on the llano, dig a burrow under it and eat on it until it is bones, otherwise they have to hunt bugs, nestlings and small, slow rodents. This was probably not the best mascot choice by the way)

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 11:40 AM (mkDpn)

71 "Wait, you're saying that cat head biscuits don't contain... Well, yet again I've been misled by the supposed "authorities."

Spotted Dick?

It doesn't have spots.

And it really isn'.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:40 AM (J+eG2)

72 Squirrels don't throw their feces at you - monkeys do. Be happy with squirrels.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2017 11:40 AM (vV/gB)

73 65; deer. especially at certain times of the year. males get "unpredictable."

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:41 AM (KP5rU)

74 We have eastern gray squirrels here. We used to have mostly the black version, but I have a feeling that because they show up better against snow, they were picked off faster. I haven't seen any chipmunks or pine squirrels in a couple of years, either. More people are letting their cats roam free, the jerks.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 20, 2017 11:42 AM (G8B7r)

75 In 1st grade I signed off all my papers in school with a Z

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 11:42 AM (Ot7+c)

76
Gray squirrels, fox squirrels, black squirrels.....

Screw it. They're all some variety of weasel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 20, 2017 11:42 AM (quw2O)

77 Squirrels, Squirrels, Squirrels
Released by Motley Crue in '87.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 20, 2017 11:43 AM (89T5c)

78 58: I was thinking more of the very wide legs. It was a wonderful choice to respect Saudi sensibilities but still be clearly western.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (8qFZP)

79 Rodents!

There be rodents!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (y+BJh)

80 I've told this before, but one time after we bought our previous house, I was standing on the patio and looked up at the eaves because a movement caught my eye.

There was a hole, and something was being stuffed into that hole from the inside of the attic as I watched. When we checked, we found that a fox squirrel had stuffed a pair of boxer shorts into the hole it had chewed.

My husband and son dont wear boxers. So the whole thing was a bit of a head scratcher, and no one wanted to touch that pair of non-family underwear without using gloves.

Posted by: stace at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (//K3c)

81 . I haven't seen any chipmunks or pine squirrels in a couple of years, either.
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For the first time in years, I saw a chipmunk in the yard this week. Also rabbits, which we haven't had in years.

There *are* too many free-roaming cats.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (OdK9v)

82 I have grey squirrels, never once in over 20 years had a problem with them getting into my house or out building. Bird feedersare another matter.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (Ot7+c)

83
Squirrels, Squirrels, Squirrels
Released by Motley Crue in '87.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 20, 2017 11:43 AM (89T5c)

Brown Eyed Squirrel
Released by Van Morrisson 20 years earlier

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 20, 2017 11:45 AM (quw2O)

84 It's a squirrel thing.

https://youtu.be/C_ADjpeLg1w

Posted by: Spongebob Squarepants at May 20, 2017 11:45 AM (JO9+V)

85 " I was thinking more of the very wide legs. It was a wonderful choice to respect Saudi sensibilities but still be clearly western."

Somebody, and I don't know who it is, but someone has some excellent diplomatic fashion sense.

Wouldn't be surprised if it were Melania herself.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:47 AM (J+eG2)

86 Squirrel populations fluctuate greatly depending on available food source. In cycles. A lot like Grouse.

Good year for acorns = 2 good years for the squirrel population.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:47 AM (tNhOB)

87 Cow-Squirrel Up!

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:47 AM (tNhOB)

88
I've never hit a deer - knock wood- and there's plenty around, but I've run over a ton of squirrel who decided to go left, then right, then left again.

Most of the time they're unharmed. No thump, thump.

The next day, they'll pull the exact same stunt.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at May 20, 2017 11:47 AM (HTdUD)

89 It's hard to look good in the pant suit Melania was wearing..it really needs the wearer to have a fantastic figure and not be built like a potato

Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 11:48 AM (xHPca)

90 "The next day, they'll pull the exact same stunt."

Works fine

Till it doesn't

*Thump thump*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:49 AM (J+eG2)

91 one of my neighbors referred to squirrels as "rats with good PR."

Posted by: redc1c4 at May 20, 2017 11:49 AM (fYfZK)

92 the Squirrel versus Crow wars

Someone needs to write a musical.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2017 11:50 AM (6FqZa)

93 "it really needs the wearer to have a fantastic figure and not be built like a potato"

Hey!!!

Posted by: Amy "the potato " Schumer at May 20, 2017 11:50 AM (J+eG2)

94 I really need to get some work done today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:51 AM (J+eG2)

95 Billy Squirrel Lonely is the Night
https://youtu.be/tKlu3A3BBgE

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 11:51 AM (Ot7+c)

96 Squirrels Gone Wild!

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:51 AM (tNhOB)

97 I've read that it is next-to-impossible for a native German speaker to properly pronounce the English word "squirrel", and equally as difficult for a native English speaker to correctly pronounce the German word for squirrel, "Eichornchen"...

Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at May 20, 2017 11:52 AM (e9G8E)

98 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_Girl

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 11:53 AM (J+eG2)

99 squirrel, you'll be a woman soon.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at May 20, 2017 11:53 AM (KP5rU)

100 VIA - I know how it is,
Ok everyone stop writing

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 11:53 AM (Ot7+c)

101 Greetings. Gardening thread is up. I'll be in and out today.

Feel free to hand around here if you have non-gardening topics to discuss.

Posted by: KT at May 20, 2017 11:55 AM (qahv/)

102 Cinnamon Squirrel

Posted by: Neil Young at May 20, 2017 11:56 AM (tNhOB)

103 The Squirrel with the Dragon Tattoo.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 11:57 AM (tNhOB)

104 101 Greetings. Gardening thread is up. I'll be in and out today.

Feel free to hand around here if you have non-gardening topics to discuss.
Posted by: KT at May 20, 2017 11:55 AM (qahv/)

I've been thinking about mowing the lawn, but it hasn't gotten past the thinking stage yet.

That's about as close as I get to gardening.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 11:59 AM (sdi6R)

105 The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine squirrel (a fine squirrel)

What a good wife you would be (such a fine squirrel)

Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 12:00 PM (JO9+V)

106 California Squirrels.....Beach Boys.

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:00 PM (x9c8r)

107 Actually, I'm trying not to think about it.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 12:00 PM (sdi6R)

108 Heh. Next Anti-fa outbreak, the Patriots ought to spray them with squirrel scent!

Of course, the "females" in such a group would probably enjoy all the attention they would finally get...
without having to wear a paper bag as a head cover.

Posted by: Mark Matis at May 20, 2017 12:00 PM (LzG0h)

109 mmmm, movies with sword fights. plus infinity.

Posted by: socalcon at May 20, 2017 12:02 PM (Roy2Z)

110 The squirrel from Ipanema

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 12:03 PM (JO9+V)

111 My technique is to *aim* for the squirrel, because it invariably will not be where you think it will be in the road.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 12:04 PM (OdK9v)

112 I see Anderson Cooper returned to his favorite topic. good thing he's totes normal or people would think he has some kind of fetish.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 20, 2017 12:04 PM (nFwvY)

113
Squirrel in Black
-Johnny Cash

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 12:05 PM (OdK9v)

114 KT- no more confusing, than usual.

Posted by: socalcon at May 20, 2017 12:05 PM (Roy2Z)

115 Actually, squirrel is full of pitfalls for non-English speakers.

First you have that dreaded English "R" that bunches the tongue at the back of the mouth that is nearly unique to English, followed by that English liquid "L" with only the slightest hint of a schwa masquerading as an "E" separating the two.

Then there is that initial "S" which is not used to start words in most Romance languages, and it is followed by a hard "K" sound, that in some dialects of Spanish and in many French words actually tends suppresses that initial "S" sound.
Now, in Germanic languages S-K does appear, but rarely with the "W" sound following which also does not really appear as a combination in many other languages either.
Anyhow that "W" is separating the dreaded S-K from the horrible R-L, and it is written as an "I".

It results in the tongue madly romping from just behind the teeth, to the back of the mouth, and again rushing forward again to finish things off.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 12:07 PM (mkDpn)

116 112 I see Anderson Cooper returned to his favorite topic.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 20, 2017 12:04 PM (nFwvY)

Teabagging?

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 12:07 PM (sdi6R)

117 I think the Squirrels were the best part of Douglas Adams, 'Mostly Harmless'.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:07 PM (tNhOB)

118 >>I see Anderson Cooper returned to his favorite topic.

Shorn Scrotii?

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:08 PM (tNhOB)

119 mmmm, movies with sword fights. plus infinity.
Posted by: socalcon
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Geeze, saw an old movie clip with Maureen O'Hara the other day. I don't know who coached her, but she was very, very good with an epee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 12:08 PM (OdK9v)

120 Was Zorro the proto-conservative hero of the '50's?

He was anti-government and made govt officials look foolish.

Of course he also wore black clothing and a mask.

It's so confusing.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:09 PM (3myMJ)

121 Any man takes a shot at me I'm no only gonna kill him, but his wife too. And all his friends. Burn his damn house down.

Posted by: Squirrel Muny at May 20, 2017 12:09 PM (kTF2Z)

122 Shirley and Squirrely

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2017 12:09 PM (IqV8l)

123 Native Grey Squirrels hide .... and can disguise themselves...

Posted by: Secret Squirrel... at May 20, 2017 12:10 PM (NgKpN)

124 My squirrel is red hot

Your squirrel aint doodley squat!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 12:10 PM (JO9+V)

125 To all the squirrels I've loved before

Posted by: Willie and Julio at May 20, 2017 12:11 PM (JO9+V)

126 Barky went on an apology tour through the Middle East early in office and it was applauded. Trump going to Saudi Arabia first "makes people nervous' because its a typical repressive Muslim regime. Whatever FNM, whatever.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 20, 2017 11:30 AM (8qFZP)

I know. I first noticed this trend a few weeks ago when Trump invited Duerte , the leader of the Philippines , to the WH. All of a sudden, it's like "this is the kind of guy Trump invites..."
He's the leader of a US ally in the region with the Nork situation heating up. Who else from that country could he meet with?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2017 12:12 PM (7uYFy)

127 My Squirrel

Posted by: The Temptations at May 20, 2017 12:12 PM (89T5c)

128 >>I see Anderson Cooper returned to his favorite topic.

Shorn Scrotii?

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:08 PM (tNhOB)

It's breathtaking!

Posted by: Dr. Evil at May 20, 2017 12:12 PM (JO9+V)

129 Was Zorro the proto-conservative hero of the '50's?

He was anti-government and made govt officials look foolish.

Of course he also wore black clothing and a mask.

It's so confusing.

Zorro was the white Hispanic played by the father from Lost in Space

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2017 12:13 PM (7uYFy)

130 Diamond Squirrel

Posted by: Seals and Crofts at May 20, 2017 12:13 PM (89T5c)

131 Everybody loves squirrels.

Posted by: Raymond at May 20, 2017 12:14 PM (6oSAH)

132 The Good, the Bad, and the Squirrely....

Posted by: Secret Squirrel... at May 20, 2017 12:15 PM (NgKpN)

133 Flying squirrels are native to Pennsylvania but have only seen 1 once while camping.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:15 PM (Ot7+c)

134 Squirrel, you'll be a woman soon....

Posted by: Neil Diamond at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (7uYFy)

135 Flying squirrels are native to Pennsylvania but have only seen 1 once while camping.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:15 PM (Ot7+c)

Was he with a moose?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (auHtY)

136 132 The Good, the Bad, and the Squirrely....
Posted by: Secret Squirrel... at May 20, 2017 12:15 PM (NgKpN)

Which... thinkin on it a bit.... would actually WORK as a title for that movie.... LOL

Posted by: Don Q. at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (NgKpN)

137 Zorro was the white Hispanic played by the father from Lost in Space

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2017 12:13 PM (7uYFy)

Guy Williams

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (x9c8r)

138 Not the squirrel thread.

Which is ok with me 'cuz I'm not the Gardner.

Posted by: Raymond at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (6oSAH)

139 Silly Squirrel

Posted by: The Descendants at May 20, 2017 12:17 PM (tNhOB)

140 I squished a squirrel once..bloody thing ran out right in front my car and I couldn't brake or swerve so squish...felt bad about it..why can't they make up their minds where they want to go anyway? ADHD squirrels

Posted by: IC at May 20, 2017 12:17 PM (xHPca)

141 I seen the squirrels go by
Dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until this darkness goes
I see a red squirrel and I want to paint it black....

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 12:18 PM (7uYFy)

142 A number of years ago a squirrel got into our screened-in porch/gazebo. Caught it, killed it actually, with a gopher trap.

I find squirrels amusing back yard denizens but they can be an enormous nuisance.

Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at May 20, 2017 12:19 PM (hJrjt)

143 How about Ozzy vs Earth, Wind, and Fire?

https://tinyurl.com/k4q4how

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 20, 2017 12:19 PM (x3uSY)

144
Guy Williams
Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (x9c8r)

Who, despite the name, was actually a Sicilian-American

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 12:20 PM (7uYFy)

145 133 Flying squirrels are native to Pennsylvania but have only seen 1 once while camping.
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:15 PM (Ot7+c)

I want one of the flying cats shown in the "Life After People" documentary.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 12:20 PM (sdi6R)

146 You're a rich squirrel and you've gone too far

'Cause you know it don't matter anyway.

Aww, you're a rich bitch squirrel.

Posted by: Hall and Oates at May 20, 2017 12:21 PM (JO9+V)

147 One squirrel jumped over the cuckoo's nest.
It was a sold out show, one night only.

Then it was who is afraid of Virginia Squirrel? The never ending sequel. Played for years.

Posted by: Raymond at May 20, 2017 12:22 PM (6oSAH)

148 Off topic but do I have this right?
Comey was influenced by Donald but couldn't be swayed by Barak.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:22 PM (Ot7+c)

149 The Squirrely Had a Mustache

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince at May 20, 2017 12:22 PM (tNhOB)

150 Mairsy doats and dozy doats
And little squirrels eat ivy...

Posted by: Dr Alice at May 20, 2017 12:23 PM (LaT54)

151 I graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, and my son is just finishing his last quarter of undergrad. We share a vehicle, so depending on his schedule, I'll pick him up and drop him off sometimes. It gives me an opportunity to see how the campus changes over the years. Yesterday was my last day picking him up and dropping him off, and I noticed for the first time that they've made the restrooms gender neutral. At lest the ones that open up to the outside. I went in the ag building in the afternoon, and those were still oppressively cis-gendered.

Posted by: Christopher Naron at May 20, 2017 12:23 PM (Fnf5x)

152 why can't they make up their minds where they want to go anyway? ADHD squirrels

That's how they survive on the ground. Not by outrunning, but by out maneuvering predators.

Posted by: fluffy at May 20, 2017 12:24 PM (jw2Xw)

153 It results in the tongue madly romping from just behind the teeth, to the back of the mouth, and again rushing forward again to finish things off.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 12:07 PM (mkDpn)

That is an awesome description. I wonder how we ended up with that word since it's really hard for native English speakers to say well also.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2017 12:25 PM (sEDyY)

154 hey, you know what would be a good idea? A SJW chess set with each side having two Queens and no king because sexism sucks and the patriarchy needs to be overthrown where ever it exists

and with Two Queens and no king it would be that much easier for everyone to come to a peaceful solution. Yaaay.

Posted by: Mallfly Queen of Hoboken at May 20, 2017 12:25 PM (ILitO)

155 Guy Williams
Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:16 PM (x9c8r)

Who, despite the name, was actually a Sicilian-American

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 12:20 PM (7uYFy)

Armando Joseph Catalano

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:25 PM (x9c8r)

156 and with Two Queens and no king it would be that much easier for everyone to come to a peaceful solution. Yaaay.

Empowerment coordinators in place of bishops.

Posted by: fluffy at May 20, 2017 12:27 PM (jw2Xw)

157 Some squirrels do

Posted by: Sawyer Brown at May 20, 2017 12:30 PM (JO9+V)

158 81 . I haven't seen any chipmunks or pine squirrels in a couple of years, either.
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For the first time in years, I saw a chipmunk in the yard this week. Also rabbits, which we haven't had in years.

There *are* too many free-roaming cats.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 11:44 AM (OdK9v)

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Cats own the night in my neighborhood and I still see a lot of rabbits and squirrels around. So don't blame the cats. The probability of dogs, domestic and ferral, chasing or killing the wildlife is a better theory. They're more apt to go after them than cats.

Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:30 PM (Fmupd)

159 Posted by: Hall and Oates at May 20, 2017 12:21 PM (JO9+V)

Funny to see those names. One of their old bass players sat in and played my bass at a recent show. He also co-wrote Rocky Mountain Way and that's the tune he played and sang.

My only mistake was not having him sign my bass.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:32 PM (3myMJ)

160 Good Squirrels Don't

Posted by: The Knack at May 20, 2017 12:33 PM (tNhOB)

161 Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:30 PM (Fmupd)

Coyotes generally take care of any free roaming cats around here.

Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:33 PM (x9c8r)

162 Seen a couple of road killed foxes, they keep down rodents and rabbits.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:34 PM (Ot7+c)

163 >>Coyotes generally take care of any free roaming cats around here.

The wolves take care of the coyotes around here.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:36 PM (tNhOB)

164 We need fewer squirrels and more quokkas.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:36 PM (0mRoj)

165 Dried squirrel penis is prized as a male potency treatment.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:38 PM (0mRoj)

166 112 I see Anderson Cooper returned to his favorite topic. good thing he's totes normal or people would think he has some kind of fetish.
Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 20, 2017 12:04 PM (nFwvY)

He was talking about leaving a love offering on a desk.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 20, 2017 12:38 PM (SRKgf)

167 Off topic but do I have this right?
Comey was influenced by Donald but couldn't be swayed by Barak.
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I think it would be more accurate to say that Comey was Intimidated by The Evil Donald Trump, but couldn't be swayed by Barack Obama, the Lightgiver Who is All that is Pure and Good.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 12:39 PM (BPeNq)

168 No Quokkas, I would have to carry my 1911 every time I went out in the yard, even then one could jump me from a tree or something.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:39 PM (Ot7+c)

169 True Fact : Native Americans used every part of the Squirrel.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:39 PM (tNhOB)

170 163 >>Coyotes generally take care of any free roaming cats around here.

The wolves take care of the coyotes around here.
Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:36 PM (tNhOB)

She swallowed the wolf to catch the coyote to catch the cat to catch the bird to catch the spider to catch the fly...

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:40 PM (0mRoj)

171 It results in the tongue madly romping from just behind the teeth, to the back of the mouth, and again rushing forward again to finish things off.

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Reminds me of the last time I saw my girlfriend.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at May 20, 2017 12:40 PM (RQP0C)

172 162 Seen a couple of road killed foxes, they keep down rodents and rabbits.
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:34 PM (Ot7+c)

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I should have also added hawks and snakes too.

Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:41 PM (Fmupd)

173 168 No Quokkas, I would have to carry my 1911 every time I went out in the yard, even then one could jump me from a tree or something.
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:39 PM (Ot7+c)

Drop bears are what you really have to watch out for.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:41 PM (0mRoj)

174 I saw Drop Bears open for Skin Flute at the State Theater in the 80's.

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 12:42 PM (BPeNq)

175 Squirrels Just Wanna Have Fun

Posted by: Chuck C at May 20, 2017 12:43 PM (DEtB+)

176 And I say to myself, what a wonderful squirrel!

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:44 PM (0mRoj)

177 Squirrels squirrels squirrels!

Posted by: Motley Crue at May 20, 2017 12:45 PM (0mRoj)

178 hahahaha.

Over at Gateway Pundit, there's a shot of Preezy McFuckstick bowing deeply to the king of Saudi Arabia.

Next to it is a picture of the king of Saudi Arabia bowing to Trump.

Also shots of Mooch and Hillary in headscarves. Meliana... NOT.

WINNING!

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 12:45 PM (BPeNq)

179 There's squirrels in my pants!

Posted by: Candace Flynn at May 20, 2017 12:46 PM (0mRoj)

180 No Quokkas, I would have to carry my 1911 every time
I went out in the yard, even then one could jump me from a tree or
something.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2017 12:39 PM (Ot7+c)

Drop bears are what you really have to watch out for.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 20, 2017 12:41 PM (0mRoj)

Sneaky bastards they are.

Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at May 20, 2017 12:46 PM (JO9+V)

181 I'm Just a Squirrel

Posted by: No Doubt at May 20, 2017 12:46 PM (tNhOB)

182 You're breaking the squirrel

Posted by: Red Hot Chili Peppers at May 20, 2017 12:47 PM (0mRoj)

183 Squirrel, you'll be a woman soon

Posted by: Neil Diamond at May 20, 2017 12:48 PM (0mRoj)

184 Polliwog, it is from French, which gets it, ultimately from Latin

From Wikipedia:

From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French ecureuil), from Vulgar Latin scuriolus, diminutive of scurius, variant of Latin sciurus, from Ancient Greek sk�ouros.

Displaced native Middle English aquerne, from Old English acweorna.

Aceweorna is a cognate to the German Eichornchen, and the AC and EICH probably come from the same root word as "Oak" and "Acorn"

By the way, I think Skioruos would be an excellent name for a villain's name in a thiller.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 20, 2017 12:48 PM (mkDpn)

185 158 Cats own the night in my neighborhood and I still see a lot of rabbits and squirrels around. So don't blame the cats. The probability of dogs, domestic and ferral, chasing or killing the wildlife is a better theory. They're more apt to go after them than cats.
Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:30 PM (

Dogs can't squeeze under the fences or climb shrubs to clear them like cats can. We're actually a lot tougher on stray dogs and those that start forming packs than we are on cats. Cats don't harass livestock or humans walking or biking.

I have a couple of cats that like to hang out on my deck when I'm at work. Gives them a good vantage point to survey the area, and the neighbors have seen them killing everything from birds to frogs in broad daylight.

Night belongs to the coyotes.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 20, 2017 12:48 PM (G8B7r)

186 Blue Kentucky Squirrel

Posted by: Emmie Lou Harris at May 20, 2017 12:49 PM (tNhOB)

187 Squirrel can't help it

Posted by: Journey at May 20, 2017 12:50 PM (0mRoj)

188 Funny to see those names. One of their old bass players sat in and played my bass at a recent show. He also co-wrote Rocky Mountain Way and that's the tune he played and sang.

My only mistake was not having him sign my bass.
Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:32 PM (3myMJ)

Kenny Passarelli?

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 12:53 PM (7uYFy)

189 >>Kenny Passarelli

That guy makes great tires.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 12:55 PM (tNhOB)

190 I have a couple of cats that like to hang out on my deck when I'm at work. Gives them a good vantage point to survey the area, and the neighbors have seen them killing everything from birds to frogs in broad daylight.

Night belongs to the coyotes.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 20, 2017 12:48 PM (G8B7r)

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The two cats I have now just enjoy watching other animals in the yard, including birds. But not too long ago I had a little huntress female cat who had it in for grackles. She'd leave all the other birds alone, but if a grackle appeared, the hunt was on. I didn't discourage her.

Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:57 PM (Fmupd)

191 Saw a Muslim bookstore at the mall. Went in to look and got a dirty look from the clerk. I asked, "Do you have a copy of Donald Trump's
book on his US immigration policy regarding Muslims and illegal aliens?"

The clerk said, "Kiss my ass, get out and stay out!"

I said, "Yes, that's the one. Got it in paperback?"

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:59 PM (3myMJ)

192 ♫♫

Duke, Duke, Duke - a limerick

There once was a man known as Earl
Who lived in a county quite rural
He was a royal klutz
All his neighbors thought "He's nuts"
They call him Duke...Duke of Squirrel

Posted by: Muldoon at May 20, 2017 12:59 PM (wPiJc)

193 Kenny Passarelli?
Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 12:53 PM (7uYFy)

Yeah. He was very polite, called me the day before to ask about using my bass. We had a nice convo about his bass line on RMW, which almost no one plays correctly.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 01:00 PM (3myMJ)

194 The two cats I have now just enjoy watching other animals in the yard, including birds. But not too long ago I had a little huntress female cat who had it in for grackles. She'd leave all the other birds alone, but if a grackle appeared, the hunt was on. I didn't discourage her.
Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 12:57 PM (Fmupd)

Cats are really just killing machines.

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 01:00 PM (7uYFy)

195 If the topic is squirrels, this is OT. I have no opinion about them. Although I have heard they are just rats with tails, and more fur. Making them "cuter".

Anyway, I think it is ironic what with the whole Russia/Trump garbage that it is the Democrats, the Left and the media who actually are becoming quite soviet. The removal of statues, the service of the media as propaganda, the white washing or removal of history in the classroom and wherever possible, and the break down of free speech. And, of yeah, the creeping sovietization and over reach of the judiciary. All this, and Barry whispering sweet nothings about post election flexibility to Putin via Medvedev. Bizarre.

Posted by: gracepc at May 20, 2017 01:01 PM (OU4q6)

196 161 Coyotes generally take care of any free roaming cats around here.
Posted by: BignJames at May 20, 2017 12:33 PM (x9c8r)

I've seen coyotes about a mile from my house, but my street is full of fences and only a couple of wooded lots, so not conducive to roaming. OTOH there are a lot of accessible out buildings for cats.

The occasional danger to cats seems to be eagles. We have both bald and golden iirc. They're bigger than the bald eagle. Also cars. Don't know why, but some cats will wait on the shoulder and not cross until the car is damned close.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 20, 2017 01:01 PM (G8B7r)

197 "Cats are really just killing machines."

Ours are so lazy that if it doesn't come out of a can or bag, and be served to them on a plate, they look at you like you're stupid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 01:02 PM (J+eG2)

198 I said, "Yes, that's the one. Got it in paperback?"

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:59 PM (3myMJ)

Wiping the monitor off here, boss!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 01:02 PM (JO9+V)

199 Cats are really just killing machines.
Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 01:00 PM (7uYFy)

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Stephen King had a good description of cats. He called them the gunslingers of the animal world.

Posted by: Soona at May 20, 2017 01:03 PM (Fmupd)

200 Anyway, I think it is ironic what with the whole Russia/Trump garbage that it is the Democrats, the Left and the media who actually are becoming quite soviet. The removal of statues, the service of the media as propaganda, the white washing or removal of history in the classroom and wherever possible, and the break down of free speech. And, of yeah, the creeping sovietization and over reach of the judiciary. All this, and Barry whispering sweet nothings about post election flexibility to Putin via Medvedev. Bizarre.
Posted by: gracepc at May 20, 2017 01:01 PM (OU4q6)

No doubt. And if they could get away with making us wait on line for toilet paper or send us to gulags , they would.

Posted by: Rolling Stones at May 20, 2017 01:04 PM (7uYFy)

201 "Cats are really just killing machines."
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They are furry succubi draining you of your life force while you sleep.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:05 PM (NT3RT)

202 The best Zorro is Zorro the Gay Blade.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 20, 2017 01:05 PM (yTnCT)

203 "They are furry succubi draining you of your life force while you sleep."
Hey, there you are.

How'd you make out with the big water main break?

Hope all is ok.

That was your neck of the woods, wasn't't it?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 01:08 PM (J+eG2)

204 Some say I want to kill all the people I think are stupid.

Not really. I just want to remove all the warning labels and let things sort themselves out.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 01:09 PM (3myMJ)

205 201 "Cats are really just killing machines."
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They are furry succubi draining you of your life force while you sleep.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:05 PM (NT3RT)

I'm convinced that they've had a deleterious effect on my housecleaning habits. I've had an "eh, whatever" attitude since I got cats.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 01:09 PM (sdi6R)

206 Anyway, I think it is ironic what with the whole Russia/Trump garbage that it is the Democrats, the Left and the media who actually are becoming quite soviet. The removal of statues, the service of the media as propaganda, the white washing or removal of history in the classroom and wherever possible, and the break down of free speech. And, of yeah, the creeping sovietization and over reach of the judiciary. All this, and Barry whispering sweet nothings about post election flexibility to Putin via Medvedev. Bizarre.
Posted by: gracepc at May 20, 2017 01:01 PM (OU4q6)
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This is very succinctly put. Alas.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:09 PM (NT3RT)

207
I'm convinced that they've had a deleterious effect on my housecleaning habits. I've had an "eh, whatever" attitude since I got cats.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 01:09 PM (sdi6R)
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I know! Their prodigious shedding puts one's mess into soft focus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:10 PM (NT3RT)

208 "I'm convinced that they've had a deleterious effect on my housecleaning habits. I've had an "eh, whatever" attitude since I got cats."

Mrs VIA claims that ours suck all the energy out of her when they plop down on the sofa next to/on top of her.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 20, 2017 01:10 PM (J+eG2)

209 Has witchdoktor been around today? Getting concerned about him.

Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 20, 2017 01:13 PM (yTnCT)

210 What dreary weather here. I think it will be a shorty robe and books kinda day for me. Perfect for some Clark Ashton Smith stories (the weather, not the shorty action).

On the plus side, I'm baking lowish carb banana nut muffins and the place smells heavenly.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:13 PM (NT3RT)

211 >>On the plus side, I'm baking lowish carb banana nut muffins and the place smells heavenly.

Ace has a silk shorty robe. He wears it over his Romper when he's relaxing on the veranda.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 01:16 PM (tNhOB)

212 Wow. So much content about squirrels. Normally my brain goes:

[x] kill - noisy squirrel
[x] no kill - squirrel with clown skills

Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2017 01:17 PM (TNQMS)

213 Over at Gateway Pundit, there's a shot of Preezy McFuckstick bowing deeply to the king of Saudi Arabia.

Next to it is a picture of the king of Saudi Arabia bowing to Trump.

Also shots of Mooch and Hillary in headscarves. Meliana... NOT.

WINNING!

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 12:45 PM (BPeNq)

There's a new sheriff in town. Oh yes.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 20, 2017 01:19 PM (SRKgf)

214 Squirrels, did you say. Meet Walter . . . http://tinyurl.com/mjvbcwx

Posted by: Locke Common at May 20, 2017 01:20 PM (Y6EAT)

215
It's the squirrels, it's the squirrels, it's the squirrels
In the attic.

Posted by: Aerosmith at May 20, 2017 01:22 PM (LTHVh)

216 Ace has a silk shorty robe. He wears it over his Romper when he's relaxing on the veranda.
Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 01:16 PM (tNhOB)
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The true shorty enthusiast doesn't wear underthings when on higher ground.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 20, 2017 01:23 PM (NT3RT)

217 I'd love to know the details behind the Saudi announcement prior to the trip that Melania would not experience any "clothing restrictions".

For one thing, I think the Saudis made that public early to stave off shock from Islamic areas when Muslims see the photos of Melania's uncovered head.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 01:24 PM (3myMJ)

218 202 The best Zorro is Zorro the Gay Blade.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 20, 2017 01:05 PM (yTnCT)

But the best period sword fight movies EVAH? IMO?

The Three and Four Musketeers... with Michael York and Raquel Welch...

And I say this as someone who did historic fencing for over 30 years...

Posted by: Don Q. at May 20, 2017 01:25 PM (NgKpN)

219 198 I said, "Yes, that's the one. Got it in paperback?"

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 12:59 PM (3myMJ)

Wiping the monitor off here, boss!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2017 01:02 PM (JO9+V)

Here, too. Consider it stolen!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 20, 2017 01:25 PM (SRKgf)

220
Did you know that a Bolens string trimmer has a flight range of nearly 50 feet?

I just found that out.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2017 01:26 PM (S/hVx)

221 >>The true shorty enthusiast doesn't wear underthings when on higher ground.

He wears it un-belted when his romper is still in play.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 01:26 PM (tNhOB)

222 Always thought it was hysterical that Obama never brought the Mooch with him when he went to visit his Muslim Brothers.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 01:28 PM (tNhOB)

223 220
Did you know that a Bolens string trimmer has a flight range of nearly 50 feet?

I just found that out.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2017 01:26 PM (S/hVx)

Does that mean it can throw pebbles 50 feet, or you couldn't get it started and threw it 50 feet?

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 01:31 PM (sdi6R)

224 Was Zorro the proto-conservative hero of the '50's?

He was anti-government and made govt officials look foolish.

Of course he also wore black clothing and a mask.

It's so confusing.

Posted by: Meremortal

I've never watched a Zorro movie, but based on the wikipedia description, it sounds more like a predecessor to "Avatar". I think that most elitist libtards today fantasize that they are Zorro.

They subconsciously want there to be a permanent underclass, so a) they can act the part of noble champion of that underclass b) they will be able to (subconsciously) look down upon that group and continue to think of themselves as "special".

Posted by: George Zorros at May 20, 2017 01:31 PM (vRcUp)

225 209 Has witchdoktor been around today? Getting concerned about him.
Posted by: madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 20, 2017 01:13 PM (yTnCT)

His last report yesterday was he was getting medical attention.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, at May 20, 2017 01:32 PM (0mRoj)

226 Posted by: George Zorros

*golf clap*

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 01:33 PM (sdi6R)

227
My squirrel is red hot

Your squirrel aint doodley squat!
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Yeah, Thread Winner.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 01:33 PM (OdK9v)

228 Did you know that a Bolens string trimmer has a flight range of nearly 50 feet?

I just found that out.
Posted by: irongrampa
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Wasn't running very well, eh?

Next up in the competition: Make Hammer's McCulloch chainsaw.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2017 01:35 PM (OdK9v)

229 @ 223

The mower is the stone thrower. Didn't know I could get that distance, really.

It starts, but only runs on half choke and will NOT rev up.

I know what's doing it, a byproduct of ethanol gas, lean run to start with and no ability to adjust anything--thanks CARB.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2017 01:36 PM (S/hVx)

230 RE: the romphim.

When I was younger and they were in style, I had one or two rompers. They can be hard to fit, since body shapes are different-- not just because of cleavage, but because of height.

In other words, the measure from shoulder to crotch can vary wildly, depending on the body. I always found them problematic in the crotch area (think wedgie.)

Now, you're going to put those things on guys, knowing that the junk downstairs is different on every guy, and oh yeah, male height can run from 5'2" to 6'5".

Oh yeah. This is a sound fashion concept....

Posted by: shibumi at May 20, 2017 01:38 PM (BPeNq)

231 Nood

Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2017 01:38 PM (Rsi2C)

232 >>The true shorty enthusiast doesn't wear underthings when on higher ground.

Yep. Look like you are smuggling produce.

Posted by: garrett at May 20, 2017 01:40 PM (tNhOB)

233 You may be able to buy ethanol-free gasoline in your area.

https://www.buyrealgas.com/

I've been using it for the last couple of years. It's expensive, but I'm only using it in my lawn equipment, so a 1 gallon can will last for a month or two.

Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2017 01:40 PM (sdi6R)

234 I read a story at the Texas Historical site about the progress in introducing wolves back into the Western states. The story talked about the old legends of wolves and that is the reason why people hate wolves.

Years ago there was a fight in the Wyoming Legislature over whether a wolf could be killed and by whom. They decided a rancher could kill a wolf if it was attacking his cattle.

Weeks later a rancher was arrested for killing a wolf. He had come upon it killing his neighbor's cows.

Dang ranchers don't appreciate nature like us city folk.

Posted by: The Real Bruce at May 20, 2017 01:40 PM (bgs79)

235 @ 228

Hey Mike--got one for you--I own a McCulloch 150 18"bar, bought brand new in 1956. I know this because I was with Dad when he bought it.

Among the things inherited after his death, it runs as well now as it did new.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2017 01:41 PM (S/hVx)

236 Thank heaven for little squirrels.

Posted by: Maurice Chevalier at May 20, 2017 01:43 PM (XoldI)

237 Weeks later a rancher was arrested for killing a wolf. He had come upon it killing his neighbor's cows.

Dang ranchers don't appreciate nature like us city folk.

Posted by: The Real Bruce

Stupid question: were there witnesses to the killing? Because if not, why just bury the thing out back? Especially if there was recent discussion about killing wolves.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 20, 2017 01:48 PM (vRcUp)

238 Coincidence. Just got a facebook post from Kenny Passerelli. He's being inducted into the Colorado Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month.

Well deserved.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 20, 2017 01:48 PM (3myMJ)

239 The mower is the stone thrower. Didn't know I could get that distance, really.

It starts, but only runs on half choke and will NOT rev up.

I know what's doing it, a byproduct of ethanol gas, lean run to start with and no ability to adjust anything--thanks CARB.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2017 01:36 PM (S/hVx)

I never understood the origin of the expression "when the shit hits the fan." Who would throw shit into a fan?

Now the expression "when the mower hits the dog shit," THAT ONE I understand only too well.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 20, 2017 01:54 PM (SRKgf)

240 Squirrels On Film

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at May 20, 2017 02:07 PM (r3KsD)

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