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  1. jannert

    jannert Retired Mod Supporter Contributor

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    Aye, but you also eat telephone wires and TV aerials...and the lids of plastic trash bins. And you try to bury whole apples in the ground. And you have been observed screwing each other while eating porridge. You are strange aliens. Cute, but STRANGE.... I'm not fooled by the hat.
     
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    and cause red squirrels to die horribly - that's why I shoot you (not to mention that you are right tasty in a slow cooked stew)
     
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    minstrel Leader of the Insquirrelgency Supporter Contributor

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    You're in England. You don't shoot us. We are fox squirrels, and we immigrated to the American West Coast from back East in the Days of Yore. Your squirrels are very distant cousins. We eye them askance.
     
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  4. LostThePlot

    LostThePlot Naysmith Contributor

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    Ironic really since that's the opposite of what happens to Americans :p
     
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  5. Homer Potvin

    Homer Potvin A tombstone hand and a graveyard mind Staff Supporter Contributor

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    That you do. I caught five or six of you in my attic one winter and released you all five miles away in different directions. At least one of you (the one with the weird eye) made it back. The little bastard looked right at me when I caught him again as if to say, "What's up now, mofo? What are you going to do." I took that one almost forty miles away. I actually let it ride up front with me (in a cage on the floor atop a towel) so we could "reason" with each other. I didn't want to hurt it, but I couldn't have it projectile pooping and throwing raves with its squirrel friends in my attic.

    The coolest thing I've seen squirrels do is deke each other out with their hiding spots. A squirrel will actually "palm" a nut in its armpit and pretend to dig a hole and bury it if it thinks other squirrels are watching. Then when the other squirrels run for the freshly covered hole it will find a more discrete place and hide it for real. Other squirrels will camp in the trees and wait for one of its more impatient brethren to make an attempt at a known hiding spot. It will wait for the owner of the spot to chase the would-be invader away and then quietly sneak in through the backdoor.

    Crafty, crafty buggers.
     
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  6. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Yeah, @minstrel , squirrels here don’t fare any better. Remember, we’re the ones with the guns. :3 Hell, there’s a legend that during the American Civil War, a Union officer said, “Just remember boys, this is just like shooting squirrels, only this time the squirrels have guns.”
     
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    I always like to see that kind of imagination and verve from my leaders ;)

    My favourite military quote from the field still remains:

    "Come along you sons of bitches, you want to live forever?"

    Which sounds very good until you think that, well, it's not so much the living forever that they were worried about, more dying immediately in a needless and painful manner.
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Or Sedwick’s infamous, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance-“ only to get shot and killed by a Confederate sniper.
     
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    Hey, you haven't lived until you've projectile pooped. :eek: :D
     
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    "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his"

    George S Patton
     
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  11. Homer Potvin

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    Holy shit... I know this ain't exactly a football crowd, but did any pats fans out there see that miracle?

    Gooooooo Patriooooots!!
     
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  12. minstrel

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    - George S Patton
     
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    It took all day pretty much, but I banged out a few thousand words. So draining. Hopefully, it makes sense when I read it back tomorrow.
     
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    Miracle? Miracle?

    I am a very unhappy Steelers fan.

    And Pats fans continue on the throne of ease as Bill Belichick's Humming Machine can do no wrong.
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    Does HUAC know that the Patriots have open opposition?
     
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    Um.. Getting contracts in the mail makes me feel like a real writer. ;)
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    <keels over from sheer excitement>
     
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    Oh nostalgia :p Why does no-one ever make anything I'm nostalgic about :(
     
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    Today, I broke the 10k word barrier in my new novel. It's starting to feel like this thing has some meat on it.
     
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    Iain Aschendale Lying, dog-faced pony Marine Supporter Contributor

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    That happy moment when you find out that an idea for a story you had is not factually/historically ridiculous!

    Can't say more at present, but it was just a very nice moment.
     
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    My last working day is Friday and I'm not in until January... I just spoke to my boss and agreed I can work 2.5 hours extra Wednesday and Thursday, and only have to come in 8-10am Friday... Whoop!
     
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    Like most other activities, games become less exciting when you're trying to complete them for some external reason, such as writing reviews. Why is this a cause for happiness? Because they start out too enthralling, so moderation is welcome.
     
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  23. ChaosReigns

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    so I crochet in my spare time, I've finished 2/3 projects, with my 3rd being almost done, just need to do cards after this and i'm finished \o/ (joys of having to only think about 3 people for christmas
     
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  24. LostThePlot

    LostThePlot Naysmith Contributor

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    Talk about first world problems :p Oh my games are just too engaging :p
     
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  25. Adenosine Triphosphate

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    Hey that shit's addictive :p Not as much as heroin, granted, but probably more than cannabis :D
     
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