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squirrel fires

So much political excitement, but I’m tired and I have an inbox full of squirrel-related news that requires no commentary, so guess what I’m going to post about?

JunglePete forwarded this one:

JONES, Okla. — A squirrel caught fire, sparking a blaze Wednesday morning that resulted in the evacuation of an elementary school in Jones, fire officials said.”

This is not to be confused with last year’s Southern California wildfires, which have been blamed, at least in part, on flaming squirrels

Or with last year’s Hudson, New Jersey pyromaniacal squirrel incident, “Flaming squirrel ignites car in Bayonne.”

Or Alan Turcott’s squirrel difficulties, wherein his house was set on fire by squirrels…twice in eight days.

Or British Columbia, where squirrel fires are apparently a regular occurrence.

These little bastards are far more dangerous than I ever suspected. I need to go back to bed now and not think about this.

weasels rip my flesh…..rizzzzz

Last year I was getting a manicure at my favorite salon and it was rather noisy and the manicurist had an accent that was nearly impenetrable to me. I was quite certain she asked me if I let weasels chew on my cuticles. This was a fair question. I made small-talk for the rest of the manicure about small angry animals with small sharp teeth. Mostly I pondered the spookiness of wolverines. To me, wolverines look like they were designed by committee. As the “conversation” progressed it became increasingly obvious to me that this woman had not said anything about weasels. Now whenever she sees me walking on the sidewalk in her direction she runs away.