>--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "sirfoxxie" <sirfox@...> wrote:
> > folks, we're getting rather off-topic again. Could you take any
> > anti-virus software advice and/or flames to private email?
At 08:33 PM 12/3/2006, hairygosimer wrote:
>I agree.....
I both agree, and see you agreement and raise you a topic...
Who out there on this list has had any real life skunk encounters? Live
ones, not roadkill. Good encounters, bad encounters, whichever.
So I was sitting on the step of the walkway petting the two neighborhood
cats. Cold day (25F) and my nose was non-operational. The cats were happy
to rub against me and climb repeatedly over my lap.
Something else nosed at my back, and I figured it was either a dog or
another cat, since the two cats took one look at it, hissed, and scampered
off. The intruder wandered around beside me, rubbing against me the whole
way, and seemed friendly enough, so I reached down to pet it. Odd
shape... Weird fur... Huh? *Glance down at skunk that was sniffing my leg*
I contemplated freaking out and running, but the darn things can spray 20
feet, so startling it would be a bad idea. I just got that sort of deer in
the headlights facing oncoming doom type of frozen status. The skunk just
happily climbed into my lap and flopped there for warmth. So I was stuck
with a dilemma... How does one evict a lap skunk without getting sprayed?
I was saved shortly afterwards when another pedestrian wandered by. He
noted that that thing on my lap looked an awful lot like a skunk. He
approached, wondering how I got a pet skunk. The skunk took affront at the
invasion and climbed off my lap, doing the signature handstand at the guy,
who I quickly informed that it was NOT my skunk, and coming closer probably
wasn't a good idea. So he backed off.
The skunk apparently decided my lap was too close to a high-traffic area
and vanished under the bushes nearby, leaving me skunkless and safe. Was a
heck of a time explaining it to the guy, but he thought it was amusing anyway.
Any other live skunk stories of any type? Details! Need details!
Received on Sun Dec 03 2006 - 20:42:24 CST