couw Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 why so testy, Couw? It's been a rather fun thread afterall... I've been sniffing amonia all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 why so testy, Couw? It's been a rather fun thread afterall... I've been sniffing amonia all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 why so testy, Couw? It's been a rather fun thread afterall... I've been sniffing amonia all day Now get away from my window! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 I knew this would be a good read! Thanks folks. Will forward to some of my more peculiar friends. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 What's German for "bump!"? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070614/tod...el-1a5e080.html Yahoo! My Yahoo Mail Search: Welcome, themagnificentgol… [sign Out, My Account] News Home - Help NavigationPrimary NavigationHomeUKWorldPoliticsBusinessSportTechnologyScienceHealthEntertainmentOddly EnoughSecondary NavigationMost PopularMessage BoardsSearchSearch: Squirrel goes on rampage in Germany Reuters - Thursday, June 14 01:12 pmBERLIN (Reuters) - An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch. (Advertisement) The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said on Thursday. With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off. The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand and arm, before he managed to fight it off with a measuring pole. "After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man's garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh," the spokesman said. "Then he killed it with his crutch." The spokesman said experts thought the attack may have been linked to the mating season or because the squirrel was ill. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 That was one pissed off squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Maybe some day I'll tell you how this story *really* ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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slide_advantage_redoux Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I am really surprised that this little gem has never been posted. I don't have the directions on how to construct the contraption, but from all indications it works like a charm! Maybe one of these will dissuade the little bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I wonder how long it takes them to learn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Fine. If you guys are just going to fool around, I'll keep the tragically comic ending to this story to myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Let me guess, you tried my squirrelpaper theory and on the surface, it doesn't seem to be working. Listen, I know it's not easy to stay the course, but when the going gets tough, the solution is actually more and more nuts. You have to have a surge of nuts in the danger areas outside or you'll never get the squirrels under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Actually, the amonia stopped working and the fucker came back and almost gnawed hisway through my window frame. So I worked out another way to keep him off my window sill, which I won't divulge for fear of being accused of animal cruelty; I'll simply refer to it as The Plan of Last Resort (TPLR). One thing I may not have mentioned earlier is that even prior to implenting TPLR, he had also been trying to gnaw his way into my upstairs neighbor's apartment. The upstairs neighbor was not an individual, but rather the world headquarters of a rainforest defense organization, so they were not particularly receptive to my plan to repel the wildlife, and scoffed at TPLR. Once I implented TPLR, the fucker was having NO PART of my windowsill anymore, and focused all of his energy on the upstairs neighbor's window - I knew this from A) the absence of the fucker on my windowsill and B) the wood raining down on my windowsill from upstairs. Within a few days of implementing TPLR, I heard screaming from above, which quickly became screaming traveling down the staircase! The squirrel made its way into the upstairs apartment, freaked out the nonprofit workers who bolted down the stairs, and the squirrel followed them down the stairs and out into the street! After he finally made it outside, he never returned. But the nonprofit upstairs is still stuck with a hole chewed straight through the window (the landlord never fixes anything regardless of severity or urgency). I have since moved to a place two blocks away with storm windows and 24 hour maintenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Well, from the squirrel's POV, Mission Accomplished. No need to go back to THAT particular building. How far is two blocks in squirrel paces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moog...clip_id=1764124 click to watch. tan-tan-taaaaa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 So I worked out another way to keep him off my window sill, which I won't divulge for fear of being accused of animal cruelty; I'll simply refer to it as The Plan of Last Resort (TPLR)....After he finally made it outside, he never returned. Gee what a missed opportunity for FUN ! and profit . Not to mention the fact that no future squirrel would dare bother a man whose squirrel lamp was in plain view . Truly a more enlightened approach . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Jan, you're telling a squirrel chewed through glass? What do you take us for ??? m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 That was one of those tough NYC squirrels. Gotta watch out for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Squirrels are the most common roadkill out here. Poor bastards run the wrong way half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 These are tougher or smarter or somethin'. The only roadkill you might see on a Manhattan street is a mouse or a rat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Jan, you're telling a squirrel chewed through glass? What do you take us for ??? m~ It chewed through the wood window frame upstairs (and most of the way through mine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Jan, you're telling a squirrel chewed through glass? What do you take us for ??? m~ It chewed through the wood window frame upstairs (and most of the way through mine). But the nonprofit upstairs is still stuck with a hole chewed straight through the window (the landlord never fixes anything regardless of severity or urgency). Now that makes more sense....I've seen some crazy squirrels including one that ate himself to death and died next to a consumed 40 lb. bag of sunflower seeds in my garage dead with all fours in the air!....but not one that could eat through glass! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Larsen Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Jan, you're telling a squirrel chewed through glass? What do you take us for ??? m~ It chewed through the wood window frame upstairs (and most of the way through mine). But the nonprofit upstairs is still stuck with a hole chewed straight through the window (the landlord never fixes anything regardless of severity or urgency). Now that makes more sense....I've seen some crazy squirrels including one that ate himself to death and died next to a consumed 40 lb. bag of sunflower seeds in my garage dead with all fours in the air!....but not one that could eat through glass! m~ At 1:17AM I tend to fogive myself for saying "the window" when I mean more specifically "the window frame". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Jan, you're telling a squirrel chewed through glass? What do you take us for ??? m~ It chewed through the wood window frame upstairs (and most of the way through mine). But the nonprofit upstairs is still stuck with a hole chewed straight through the window (the landlord never fixes anything regardless of severity or urgency). Now that makes more sense....I've seen some crazy squirrels including one that ate himself to death and died next to a consumed 40 lb. bag of sunflower seeds in my garage dead with all fours in the air!....but not one that could eat through glass! m~ At 1:17AM I tend to fogive myself for saying "the window" when I mean more specifically "the window frame". I forgive you as well. BTW, your photo from Vision Fest is going out tomorrow....thank god the squirrel is gone! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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