For the record, the squirrels at Rice (the university I work at) are tame enough that they'll not only follow you and beg for food, but when you aren't looking they'll dive into your bag and rummage around. No joke--I saw a couple of squirrels bothering a group of people on a picnic a few weeks ago. Last Wednesday I was in a golf cart on campus, and these two squirrels ran across the lawn because my sister was pretending to eat something. It was scary. I've also had a friend who had her ankles gnawed by an albino squirrel while she was on the way to class. Evidently, he jumped out of the bushes and started biting her legs where the sandal straps ended.

I don't like squirrels. My family seems to find this amusing, and whenever they have the chance, they buy me squirrel garden statues, stuffed animals and pictures. Another friend gave me a Polaroid of some squirrels sitting under a tree. My favorite, by far, is the doggie chew toy. :) "Hurl-a-Squirrel". There's this nifty little stuffed squirrel tied spread-eagled onto a sturdy rope; the whole thing is twisty, and shaped kind of like a frisbee. I love it.

On a slightly different note, what are Squirrel Nut Zippers?

it's time for brice street again.

and this isn't bizarre, it's beautiful. i propose we see just how pervasive a meme this can generate, out of respect for the use of "little irascible varmints" if nothing else.

(yes, we apparently all get the same google ads. hehehehe.)

Yeah, that's nightmare material. It looks like the squirrel trapeze idea has been covered. All that really leaves is the car and the cannon. As annoying as squirrels are no one's ever tried to use them as projectiles? I sense an invention opportunity.

"A man can't live on bugs and nuts for a year without suffering irreversible mental deterioration."

I'm guessing he might have experience on this one....

-Can't stop, the weasels are closing in!