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Officials: Flaming Squirrel Sparked Wildfire
IB ^ | Updated 1/23/2009 | IB

Posted on 01/23/2009 7:28:45 AM PST by poobear

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

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TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: flammingsquirrel; roastednuts
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1 posted on 01/23/2009 7:28:47 AM PST by poobear
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To: poobear
see squirrels who smoke are dangerous
2 posted on 01/23/2009 7:29:48 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: poobear

Hokey Smoke!


3 posted on 01/23/2009 7:30:04 AM PST by mikrofon (Bull____?)
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To: poobear

I hate it when that happens


4 posted on 01/23/2009 7:30:19 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: poobear
Those flaming squirrels, ALWAYS looking for attention ;D!
5 posted on 01/23/2009 7:30:46 AM PST by poobear (a 2-iron is best for killing Cottonmouths, Copperheads, and Water Moccasins...)
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To: mikrofon

*LOL*>..ya left off Bullwinkle


6 posted on 01/23/2009 7:31:08 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: poobear

How did they determine the squirrel was gay?


7 posted on 01/23/2009 7:31:16 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: poobear
Found the perp:


8 posted on 01/23/2009 7:31:24 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Dissent is Patriotic. Palin 2012!)
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To: poobear
Flaming squirrel??? Any relation to Barnes Frank???
9 posted on 01/23/2009 7:32:50 AM PST by WellyP
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To: poobear; secret garden

Spontaneous Squirrel Combustion. I wonder if the squirrel played the drums. /Spinal Tap


10 posted on 01/23/2009 7:33:42 AM PST by CholeraJoe (You think I'm crazy? I got your crazy right here!)
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To: WellyP

I think Barnie was stuck inside the squirrel.

Friction-related heat sparked the fire?


11 posted on 01/23/2009 7:33:42 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: poobear

What was Barney Frank doing in Oklahoma? (Let’s keep the responses about nuts to a minimum, ok?)


12 posted on 01/23/2009 7:33:55 AM PST by dangus
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To: poobear

shoulda dove into a bucket of water


13 posted on 01/23/2009 7:34:57 AM PST by scottinoc ("Katie, you're not the center of everyone's universe."-Gov Palin)
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14 posted on 01/23/2009 7:35:13 AM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: poobear
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15 posted on 01/23/2009 7:35:49 AM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: poobear

The Mississippi Squirrel Revival

Well, when I was a kid I’d take a trip every summer down the Mississippi
To visit my granny in her antebellum world
I’d run barefooted all day long climbin’ trees free as a song
And one day I happened to catch myself a squirrel
Well, I stuffed him down in an old shoe box, punched a couple of holes in the top
And when Sunday came I snuck him into Church
I was sittin’ way back in the very last pew showin’ him to my good buddy Hugh
When that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk
Well, what happened next is hard to tell
Some thought it was heaven others thought it was hell
But the fact that something was among us was plain to see
As the choir sang “I Surrender All” the squirrel ran up Harv Newlan’s coveralls
Harv leaped to his feet and said, “Somethin’s got a hold on me”, Yeow!

Chorus:
The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
In the sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival
They were jumpin’ pews and shoutin’ Hallelujah!

Well, Harv hit the aisles dancin’ and screamin’
Some thought he had religion others thought he had a demon
And Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his Fruit-Of-The-Looms
He fell to his knees to plead and beg and the squirrel ran out of his britches leg
Unobserved to the other side of the room
All the way down to the amen pew where sat Sister Bertha better-than-you
Who’d been watchin’ all the commotion with sadistic glee
But you should’ve seen the look in her eyes
When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs
She jumped to her feet and said “Lord have mercy on me”
As the squirrel made laps inside her dress
She began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame
She told of gossip and church dissension but the thing that got the most attention
Was when she talked about her love life and then she started naming names

Chorus:
The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival
They were jumpin’ pews and shoutin’ Hallelujah!

Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved,
Twenty-five thousand dollars was raised and fifty volunteered
For missions in the Congo on the spot
Even without an invitation there were at least five hundred rededications
And we all got baptized whether we needed it or not
Now you’ve heard the bible story I guess
How he parted the waters for Moses to pass
Oh the miracles God has wrought in this old world
But the one I’ll remember ‘til my dyin’ day
Is how he put that Church back on the narrow way
With a half crazed Mississippi squirrel

Chorus:
The day the squirrel went berserk
In the First Self-Righteous Church
In the sleepy little town of Pascagoula
It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival
They was jumpin’ pews and shoutin’ Hallelujah!


16 posted on 01/23/2009 7:38:00 AM PST by Califreak (What's black and white and red all over? My hero, Zero.)
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To: poobear

Let me guess: the squirrel caught fire because of global warming?


17 posted on 01/23/2009 7:39:14 AM PST by Houghton M.
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To: rabscuttle385

LOL! I couldn’t resist posting this. The title alone was worth it!.

Happy Friday folks!


18 posted on 01/23/2009 7:39:46 AM PST by poobear (a 2-iron is best for killing Cottonmouths, Copperheads, and Water Moccasins...)
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To: poobear

Bartender, I’ll have a beer & my wife will have the Flaming Squirrel.


19 posted on 01/23/2009 7:43:55 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: poobear

"You know what burns my a**??? Lightning strikes!"

20 posted on 01/23/2009 7:44:18 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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