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DanaC · 01-21-2010, 05:36 PM

I've been mulling over this thread. The idea of the squirrel being killed is something I find mildly upsetting. But I suspect had it been a rat we were discussing; I probably wouldn't have found the idea so upsetting. I have no idea why that'd be the case; because I quite like rats as creatures, as long as they don't make their presence felt in my home.

I guess I just don't think of squirrels as 'vermin'.

classicman · 01-21-2010, 05:38 PM

I gots me a Cuisinart and a new pie plate.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2010, 05:42 PM

Perfect that recipe, there's millions of children starving in Africa

SamIam · 01-21-2010, 07:44 PM

There you go, LJ. Ship the squirrel to Arrica. It'll never find its way back from there, and you can write the shipping cost off as a charitable contribution.

jinx · 01-21-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I guess I just don't think of squirrels as 'vermin'.

Let me know how you feel about it when one starts shitting in your house eh?

capnhowdy · 01-21-2010, 08:25 PM

I love me some squirrel hunting. Why can I NEVER spell that?

DanaC · 01-22-2010, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Let me know how you feel about it when one starts shitting in your house eh?

*chuckles* good point. I've never actually come across them indoors before. They're all over the place outdoors. In the woods, in the university campus. My nieces rescued one last year. Called Darwin. Very friendly.

Mainly I think of them as things Pilau likes to chase when we're in the woods:P

TheMercenary · 01-22-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

There you go, LJ. Ship the squirrel to Arrica. It'll never find its way back from there, and you can write the shipping cost off as a charitable contribution.

Hell, ship it down here, people eat them all the time. On second thought I will just send you a receipe.

monster · 01-22-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

*chuckles* good point. I've never actually come across them indoors before. They're all over the place outdoors. In the woods, in the university campus. My nieces rescued one last year. Called Darwin. Very friendly.

Mainly I think of them as things Pilau likes to chase when we're in the woods:P

Trying to persuade an animal rescue center here to accept a squirrel would be like taking a slug to the RSPCA. There are many, many more squirrels here. You can't go 5 yards in a town without finding one dead on the road. Srsly.

monster · 01-22-2010, 10:33 AM

Is squirrel bacon any good?

DanaC · 01-22-2010, 10:45 AM

That's interesting. Would you say your view of squirrels has changed since going to America then?

You probably grew up with Squirrel Nutkin and the squirrel in the road safety vids, like I did. Over here, I think they're viewed less as pests (though there's quite a lot of anomosity towards the grey squirrel, for ousting our beloved British red squirrel).

[eta] Tufty! I've been trying to remember the name of that road safety squirrel. It was Tufty!

monster · 01-22-2010, 11:00 AM

Well Birmingham is a little overrun with them, our cats used to catch squirrels in the UK and bring them in through the catflap, and they used to attack us in the park so I wasn't overly fond of them there either. Currently I don't have any in my house and these cats haven't managed to catch one yet, but they're as common as birds, at any given time I can go out in my backyard and see half a dozen, and they're so common squished on the road that notbody says "aw" when they see squirrel corpse. They often cross roads on the overhead cables. and the fuckers dig up my garden and bury nuts in my flower pots. and steal my veggies and eat my sunflowers. bastards. yes i like them less. and the road safety squirrel was an annoying goody-two-shoes iirc

monster · 01-22-2010, 11:01 AM

...but I'm real glad we don't step on slugs in the living room anymore. That was nasty.

DanaC · 01-22-2010, 11:02 AM

*shudders*

When I come downstairs in the morning I often find the little silvery trails coming under my front door and going across the kitchen/vestibule and under the cooker.

monster · 01-22-2010, 11:02 AM

by the way, the squirrels in Michigan are the size of cats.

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01-22-2010, 11:00 AM	#102
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well Birmingham is a little overrun with them, our cats used to catch squirrels in the UK and bring them in through the catflap, and they used to attack us in the park so I wasn't overly fond of them there either. Currently I don't have any in my house and these cats haven't managed to catch one yet, but they're as common as birds, at any given time I can go out in my backyard and see half a dozen, and they're so common squished on the road that notbody says "aw" when they see squirrel corpse. They often cross roads on the overhead cables. and the fuckers dig up my garden and bury nuts in my flower pots. and steal my veggies and eat my sunflowers. bastards. yes i like them less. and the road safety squirrel was an annoying goody-two-shoes iirc __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-21-2010, 07:44 PM	#94
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	There you go, LJ. Ship the squirrel to Arrica. It'll never find its way back from there, and you can write the shipping cost off as a charitable contribution.

01-22-2010, 11:01 AM	#103
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	...but I'm real glad we don't step on slugs in the living room anymore. That was nasty. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	by the way, the squirrels in Michigan are the size of cats. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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