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Re: I'm all about slack, but what the fuck is wrong with you people?!
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John Cook
Dec 19, 2009, 7:52:00 PM12/19/09
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On 20/12/09 10:00 AM, Nicko wrote:
> On Dec 19, 5:14 pm, John Cook<FunCoTech@Yahoodotcom> wrote:
>> On 20/12/09 8:47 AM, Nicko wrote:
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>> Give him some Slack - A squirrels' gota Do wot a squirrels' gota DO!
>
> I stand corrected. Thank you. You are absolutely right.
>
> I should be content with watching Ms. Squirrel be a squirrel. I'll
> eat the rest of the peanuts myself while I watch her mess around with
> a single peanut. If I want to watch a rodent that's *smart* about
> stashing nuts, I should watch a chipmunk.
> On Dec 19, 5:14 pm, John Cook<FunCoTech@Yahoodotcom> wrote:
>> On 20/12/09 8:47 AM, Nicko wrote:
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>> Give him some Slack - A squirrels' gota Do wot a squirrels' gota DO!
>
> I stand corrected. Thank you. You are absolutely right.
>
> I should be content with watching Ms. Squirrel be a squirrel. I'll
> eat the rest of the peanuts myself while I watch her mess around with
> a single peanut. If I want to watch a rodent that's *smart* about
> stashing nuts, I should watch a chipmunk.
> Have you ever observed these things at a camp site or whatever? It's
> pretty fun to watch. Once they peg you for an easy handout, they will
> scamper off and stash as many nuts as they can cheek, and come back
> for more, again and again, for as long as you feed them. Their dens
> must be some pretty impressive storehouses.
Yup rodents do that, my daughter, Rhea kept rats when she was little -
she sold the baby rats to the pet shop (long as they weren't to become
snake food!!!) - anyway they were pretty well freeRange rats round our
big old dilapidated house so Yes. I've removed a pile of boxes of books
and found where INCREDIBLE amounts of Dogs' food had gone...
p.s. like 10 to 12 Kg!
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John Cook
Reality is not Democratic
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