Idiot Spotting In Asheville, NC or And Then We Made Gravy
Myrmidonisia
10-06-2005, 00:02
The following arrived in my WSJ opinion section today.
Faye Arrington of Asheville, N.C., recounts this story in a letter to the editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times (http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/OPINION02/50607007&SearchID=73210631812104) (last letter, although the earlier ones make good reading, too.):
I am an animal lover. I am shocked at the speed of automobiles on the Blue Ridge Parkway and have reported same to the rangers.
On a recent Sunday I saw a little squirrel halfway across the road. A driver approached and could have more than given the squirrel time to get out of danger, but no. He hit the little squirrel. I jumped out hoping he [the squirrel] was only dazed. I picked him up, trying to breathe air into his nostrils--his heart was still beating--yet he died in my arms before I got home.
This indifference must end--they are God's creations. We are responsible for their welfare.
It just goes to show, even a dead squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
Bleezdale
10-06-2005, 00:09
It just goes to show, even a dead squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
Heh... puns.
Also - wow. Just wow.
Lord-General Drache
10-06-2005, 00:14
The following arrived in my WSJ opinion section today.
Faye Arrington of Asheville, N.C., recounts this story in a letter to the editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times (http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/OPINION02/50607007&SearchID=73210631812104) (last letter, although the earlier ones make good reading, too.):
It just goes to show, even a dead squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
LOL..I live in a part of the city where there's a protected forrest that we back up to (which my backyard goes up to). The front of the house is a 2 or 3 mile long street that gets the occasional deer, squirrel, etc. A couple years back, some squirrel got killed, and the house it was killed by put up a HUGE sign saying "Squirrels are God's creatures, too! Stop the killing!" and I laughed every time I drove by it.
Eutrusca
10-06-2005, 00:21
The following arrived in my WSJ opinion section today.
Faye Arrington of Asheville, N.C., recounts this story in a letter to the editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times (http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050608/OPINION02/50607007&SearchID=73210631812104) (last letter, although the earlier ones make good reading, too.):
It just goes to show, even a dead squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.
A row about rodents! Tsk! :D
Bitchkitten
10-06-2005, 00:26
Though the guy's a bit extreme, I get really sick of the amount of roadkill I see around here. Yes, some of the critters are just dumb. But surely people could try to be a little more careful. As far as I know I've never run over an animal bigger than a toad in twenty-plus years of driving. *crosses fingers*
I just think some people don't bother to avoid hitting something unless it's big enough to hurt their car.
Myrmidonisia
10-06-2005, 00:28
A row about rodents! Tsk! :D
I found out that you can buy .22 rimfire cartridges that only have the primer. They are just about silent in my Ruger bolt-action. I've spent many wonderful evenings sitting on the back deck, shooting at squirrels. They do make okay gravy for biscuits and gravy, you know.
Eutrusca
10-06-2005, 00:30
I found out that you can buy .22 rimfire cartridges that only have the primer. They are just about silent in my Ruger bolt-action. I've spent many wonderful evenings sitting on the back deck, shooting at squirrels. They do make okay gravy for biscuits and gravy, you know.
Well, although I've had "rat stew," I've never had the pleasure of "squirrel gravy." :)
Bumper sticker seen on a pickup truck in North Carolina:
I Love Animals. They taste GREAT! :D
Myrmidonisia
10-06-2005, 00:35
Well, although I've had "rat stew," I've never had the pleasure of "squirrel gravy." :)
Bumper sticker seen on a pickup truck in North Carolina:
I Love Animals. They taste GREAT! :D
One of the delights of country living. I wouldn't want to cook up a sewer rat, but the squirrels have a pretty decent diet; we have a lot of oaks and pines on the property. Heck, even the wood rats eat pretty well here. And I don't have neighbors that would poison them.
Eutrusca
10-06-2005, 00:38
One of the delights of country living. I wouldn't want to cook up a sewer rat, but the squirrels have a pretty decent diet; we have a lot of oaks and pines on the property. Heck, even the wood rats eat pretty well here. And I don't have neighbors that would poison them.
I've always wanted to try "rat flambe," but never had the chance. :D
Remember that street vendor in Monty Python's Search For the Holy Grail? "Rat on a stick! Get your rat on a stick here!" :D
The Downmarching Void
10-06-2005, 00:57
Nevermind that at highway speeds, swerving and braking to avoid hitting any small animal can easily result in the death of several people. I love squirrels, but it was me or a squirrel, it would be the quireel. I know, from expereince, that I'd feel terrible about, but I also know its the right decision.
Up here in Canada (and parts of the USA) hundreds of Carribou and Moose are struck by automobiles each year. The Moose and Carribou often walk away, but the occu[pants of the car aren't usually so lucky.
Sadly, this story doesn't surprise me at all.
I go to school in Asheville. The hippies there are so New-Age and obnoxiously liberal so as to make Michael Moore look like a Bible-thumping Bush-loving patriot.
But Doc Chey's Noodle House kicks ass :p .
Myrmidonisia
10-06-2005, 02:43
Sadly, this story doesn't surprise me at all.
I go to school in Asheville. The hippies there are so New-Age and obnoxiously liberal so as to make Michael Moore look like a Bible-thumping Bush-loving patriot.
But Doc Chey's Noodle House kicks ass :p .
Wow. I never thought of Asheville as a haven for hippies. Then again, I never thought of Antioch, Ohio as a big hippy town, either, until I visited some friends a few years ago.
Eutrusca
10-06-2005, 02:45
Wow. I never thought of Asheville as a haven for hippies. Then again, I never thought of Antioch, Ohio as a big hippy town, either, until I visited some friends a few years ago.
Antioch College is widely known as a vertiable conniption of radical leftism.
Most of the newbies in and around Asheville are from places other than North Carolina, by the way.
Bumper Sticker seen on a pickup truck in North Carolina: I don't give a DAMN how you did it up North! :D
Gonfarting
10-06-2005, 02:54
I'm thinking that the one squirrle had it's lungs exploded by that guy, or at least filled with deadly pot fumes.
Myrmidonisia
10-06-2005, 02:57
I'm thinking that the one squirrle had it's lungs exploded by that guy, or at least filled with deadly pot fumes.
You know, when I read about Faye giving the squirrel mouth to mouth, I died laughing. Thinking about it again has just started me off again. At least we can console ourselves with the idea that Rocky died happy.
Wow. I never thought of Asheville as a haven for hippies. Then again, I never thought of Antioch, Ohio as a big hippy town, either, until I visited some friends a few years ago.
I read somewhere that Asheville is either the hippy or gay capital of the eastern United States. If I can remember where I read that I'll try to get a quote.