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Squirrels go nuts on crack (addicts hide drugs in gardens; our furry friends dig it up)
The Sun (U.K.); ^
| October 7, 2005
| VIRGINIA WHEELER
Posted on 10/08/2005 5:00:44 PM PDT by Stoat
Squirrels go nuts on crack |
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Squirrels ... digging up stashes |
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By VIRGINIA WHEELER SQUIRRELS are getting hooked on crack cocaine hidden by addicts in gardens. They are digging up the stashes and eating the mega-addictive drug, which comes in small chunks. Several have been spotted behaving bizarrely in Brixton, South London, since a police blitz against pushers and users. One resident said: My neighbour said dealers had used my garden to hide crack. Just an hour earlier Id seen a squirrel digging in the flower-beds. It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot, but it kept on desperately digging. It seems a strange thing to say, but it seemed to know what it was looking for. Other residents have seen squirrels become unusually aggressive. The RSPCA said: These animals are big foragers. They are attracted by smell and will dig up what they fancy. If a squirrel did open a bag of crack and start consuming it there is no doubt it would die pretty quickly. Crack squirrels are a recognised problem in America. They are common in parks used by addicts in New York and Washington DC. They have been known to attack park visitors in their search for a fix. |
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: animals; crack; drugs; squirrels
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To: metmom
How would one differentiate between a squirrel on crack versus one that is not on crack? One looks for nuts. The other one looks nuts.
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posted on
10/08/2005 8:16:02 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Drool overflowed my buffer...)
To: Dittohead68
"Just when did people stop using the "z" for words like recognized, realized and organized?
I realize that this is a U.K. writer from the UK Press, but it has been done here in the US as well. Have any of you noticed the trend? Quite disturbing. Almost seems like the Americanized ways are being phased out little by little. Or, am I a bit too anal?"
I like to read some Engish literature and after a while of seeing it written both ways, I sometimes forget which is the American way. Both look right to me. In my case at least, it's just a matter of confusion.
62
posted on
10/08/2005 8:18:48 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
bump to enjoy this rock a little later.
63
posted on
10/08/2005 8:19:16 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: scott7278
Clusters are just the gateway breakfast/drugs.
64
posted on
10/08/2005 8:19:32 PM PDT
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: Stoat; Borax Queen
65
posted on
10/08/2005 8:19:40 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: Grizzled Bear
It's the aggressive Crack addicted Grizzly bears that give me the willys. ;-)
66
posted on
10/08/2005 8:23:50 PM PDT
by
HP8753
(My cat is an NTSB Standard,The Naval Observatory calls me for time corrections.)
To: NoCmpromiz; sweetliberty; Borax Queen; Stoat
Squirrel grenade weapon of mass confusion.
(No, not what you think it might be coming from me.)
67
posted on
10/08/2005 8:27:12 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(There is something in the rain where "somewhere" ends.)
To: Darksheare
Definitely on crack.
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68
posted on
10/08/2005 8:34:15 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: HP8753
Don't worry. I like beer and the occasional whiskey.
Drunken Bear alert!
To: dangus
I'm glad it's not just me. I always used to spell it "theatre." There are a number of words that I learned to spell differently than the common English. I used to read a lot of Shakespeare, so it didn't seem strange to me. Now I just get confused. I wonder if I learned correctly (which I suspect, since these things actually mattered when I went to school) or if I've been spelling some words wrong all these years.
70
posted on
10/08/2005 8:41:39 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: sweetliberty
OMG! Hilarious!
To: sweetliberty; EsmeraldaA
Squirrels are evil.
Unless one tames the daylights out of them.
Usually accomplished with a shoe sole, some chlorophorm, and Harvi Shankar records while the arboreal miscreant is tied up.
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posted on
10/08/2005 8:47:50 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(There is something in the rain where "somewhere" ends.)
To: Dittohead68
Just when did people stop using the "z" for words like recognized, realized and organized? Before you were born.
73
posted on
10/08/2005 8:53:02 PM PDT
by
SwordofTruth
(God is good all the time.)
To: Darksheare; Stoat; Borax Queen; EsmeraldaA; dangus
74
posted on
10/08/2005 8:53:33 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: sweetliberty
75
posted on
10/08/2005 8:55:32 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(There is something in the rain where "somewhere" ends.)
To: Graybeard58
"I started giving him an occasional cookie, now any time he sees me he has his little paw held out." .
76
posted on
10/08/2005 8:56:58 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Stupidity should make you sterile.)
To: Stoat
A perfect opportunity for another left wing nut group to appear.
Left wing "nut group"? did I just say that? lol
77
posted on
10/08/2005 8:57:04 PM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(It was a village of idiots that raised Hillary to Senator status.)
To: Darksheare; sweetliberty
Actually they are scary!
They are! Just as scary as the tele tubbies sp?
Scary funny stuff.
LOL!
To: Stoat
79
posted on
10/08/2005 8:57:42 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: sweetliberty
How did you get that together? That is so clever!
80
posted on
10/08/2005 8:58:46 PM PDT
by
HoHoeHeaux
("Bayou Farewell")
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