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When Squirrels Were One of America’s Most Popular Pets
Atlas Obscura ^ | April 28, 2017 | Natalie Zarrelli

Posted on 04/20/2021 3:59:07 PM PDT by SamAdams76

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To: rlmorel

Very funny picture!


61 posted on 04/20/2021 8:45:34 PM PDT by BEJ
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To: SamAdams76

My parents had a pet squirrel. The first acclaimed art was of a boy and his squirrel. Black and white squirrels are actually gray squirrels.


62 posted on 04/20/2021 8:59:51 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Graybeard58

My father in law fed them, then decided to quit. They trashed his bird feeder, then his patio cushions. We live trapped them and turned them loose on an as-hole that screwed him at work. I’ve killed a bunch but I’m old and quit. Piss me off? Here they come. It makes me smile.


63 posted on 04/20/2021 9:24:09 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: SamAdams76

Yet more proof that squirrels are bent on domination of the world.


64 posted on 04/20/2021 9:36:58 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Equine1952

They trashed his bird feeder, then his patio cushions.
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Same here.


65 posted on 04/20/2021 10:40:52 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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To: SamAdams76

Gotta show this to my son.


66 posted on 04/20/2021 11:30:06 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: escapefromboston

#4. But they taste like chicken!

Actually, we had a semi-wild squirrel living in our maple tree for years and eventually he would come over, run up my arm, sit on my shoulder and eat a peanut I gave him.

Never got bitten.

They are smarter than a lot of people I know, esp. Democrats and have bigger balls.


67 posted on 04/20/2021 11:57:19 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Tax-chick

#17. Or shoot your eye out!


68 posted on 04/20/2021 11:58:51 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Kevmo

(HaHa!!)


69 posted on 04/21/2021 5:59:41 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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To: rlmorel

WOW!


70 posted on 04/21/2021 7:22:40 AM PDT by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: SamAdams76; kaehurowing; Equine1952; escapefromboston; lee martell; TBall; Ruy Dias de Bivar; ...
Dagnabit!

The REAL point of my verbose post at #52 was to provide the appropriate link to THIS:

CLICK TO WATCH: Mark Rober Builds a Squirrel Obstacle Course to foil squirrels!

But...

...I shot myself in the foot monologuing and screwed up my link!

I hope you don't mind being pinged again, but with all the damned depressing crap going on, anything that can make us laugh is worthwhile IMO.

Anyway...if you have never seen Mark Rober's video on this and you find squirrels funny (or even if you dislike them and want to see them launched into the air) it is well worth watching! (You can probably tell just how hilarious I find this...his narration has me in stitches) It has the following elements:


The Contestants


The Goal


The Bridge of Instability


The Maze of A Thousand Corridors


The Pitchfork Tumblers of Treachery


The Home Wrecker (a female stuffed squrrel in a bikini-stop to gape and you won't escape!)


The Slinky Bridge of Deception


The Tourist Trap (This doesn't do anything but automatically take a picture when they poke their head through to get the walnut!)


The Quad Steps of Great Elevation


The Orbital Assist Platform (AKA "The Final Countdown", AKA "It's not a Catapult-it's a Squirrelapult!" He also puts a little 3D hologram thing the displays a walnut that isn't there, just to see if any of them will spend more than three seconds trying to grab it before they go into orbit.

Well, you can watch to see if any of them defeat it!

71 posted on 04/21/2021 9:00:42 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel

Can he build something like that for left wing politicians? Especially something that can catapult them into space? Not that I would EVER want to polute space with left wing politicians.


72 posted on 04/21/2021 9:09:54 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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To: rlmorel

Unlike that guy, I don’t have too much spare time.


73 posted on 04/21/2021 9:13:54 AM PDT by Pollard ( )
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To: Pollard

I think he does that for a living...he is making his living by making videos of these kinds.

He got fired (or was forced to quit) from NASA because they took exception to his glitter bomb videos which displayed too many minorities stealing the packages, IIRC.

I kind of admire someone who can make a living doing stuff like that...


74 posted on 04/21/2021 9:19:26 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian
I say we build something like this for the Leftists:


75 posted on 04/21/2021 9:20:40 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel
I was just thinkin if squirrels are so smart why don't they figure out a safer way to cross the road. It's like kamikaze run for it.
76 posted on 04/21/2021 9:21:23 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: rlmorel

Thanks for the link-n-laugh!


77 posted on 04/21/2021 9:25:56 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: McGruff

You see, I have given that much thought.

I have always thought that, when God was creating, He obviously had to delegate certain things, because He had a lot to do.

GOD: “Okay, who the heck created ticks and mosquitoes on my behalf? I specifically said things that CLUCK, not things that SUCK.” (Angels in the host all turn in unison and point at Ruprecht.)

Could be that God gave one more chance to another Angel who had been excused from creation duty, because he had no aptitude for it, but...they convinced God to give him another chance.

This Angel did a GREAT job except for one thing. When he wrote the code to have a squirrel cross the road...he fouled that up badly. Everything else was great, falling from tall trees and surviving, finding food, persistence, rudimentary problem solving, but...crossing roads?

It wasn’t much back in the day when an Ox was coming at you, but...today with oncoming cars? Eh. Not so much.


78 posted on 04/21/2021 10:21:54 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Bratch

We sure can use it these days, glad to help!


79 posted on 04/21/2021 10:22:22 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: escapefromboston
Squirrels don’t seem like they would make a good pet

They don't make good "congress critters" either!

80 posted on 04/21/2021 10:25:33 AM PDT by glennaro ("Until it's safe" means "never" (Dennis Prager))
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