Lately, Husband and I can’t stop talking to each other like [tag]Foamy the Squirrel[/tag]. This is great for getting people to move away from you in restaurants, but I believe we may have started attracting other problems.
Yesterday it was very peaceful one moment, a veritable [tag]squirrel[/tag] bacchanalia the next. The unruly mob of varmints appeared out of nowhere and raced up a big oak tree. Their chittering took a distinctly ominous tone. I edged to the door and summoned Husband.
They were in constant motion so it was hard to get a count, but we’re sure there were at least twelve of the little bastards. That’s a swarm. A herd. A passel. Possibly a coven, even.
I’m not sure what it means when squirrels run in packs. Many of them seemed young, so maybe it was an extended squirrel family.
Research would take work. Possibly typing, maybe some reading. Easier just to make Husband pose with the mug Faith sent me for my birthday and try to use it as a totem.
Dear squirrels, please don’t hurt us. We will make offerings to your Gods:
Egads. Rocky gone horribly bad.
Our favorite is Fatkins, which my friend just showed us and which we’ve watched about 1000 times this week:
http://www.illwillpress.com/fatkins.html
Uh, oh. One is cute, five are a
nuisance and more than ten is
heading for bad-movie-of-the-
week. Watch out if they develop
tools or fire or somethin’. If
all else fails, just remember
General Anthony McAuliffe’s
answer to da krauts at Bastogne;”…mmm…mmm…mmm
…mmmNUTS!”
Ooh! Ooh! Here’s yer next ’70’s
schlock-fest:”Day of the Animals”(1977). Christopher
George! Leslie Nielson! Michael
Ansara! Ruth Roman! Depleted
ozone layer allows cute little
furries to transform into brutal killers! See clueless
backpackers get munched! MST3K
missed this one, methinks.
It had a real Killer Shrews vibe. Although they weren’t small dogs in fur coats, but you know what I mean.
can’t be a coven unless they have 13, so you’re one short….They are rather creepy in a group like that, though.
You should see the episode of Arthur in which they do a spoof of The Birds with squirrels. All the little animated kids get freaked out by the squirrels — genius!
I believe I lived that ep of Arthur yesterday :-)
I bet it was a coven, I bet the leader was off somewhere planning some sort of ritual. The solstice is just a week away…
Nice mug. You should call the person who sent it to you to say hi.
No one else here is a punster?
Anyone? It’s Eric’s mugshot.
“Nice mug. You should call the person who sent it to you to say hi.”
You can be the 1st person I call from my new blackberry. Or Treo. Or whatever the hell I buy so I can have a phone that doesn’t threaten to explode once a day.