tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post3990993315206484793..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Squirrel Nutkin Must Die!Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-75974946926694133182009-06-08T09:13:30.630+02:002009-06-08T09:13:30.630+02:00Kaz: it could all be taken way too far is my fear....Kaz: it could all be taken way too far is my fear... especially on a dark morning that has seen the BNP grab 2 seats in the European Parliament...<br /><br />Owen: I shall certainly check it out when I have a free moment!<br /><br />Amanda: it's certainly an option but I don't think I have the right nuts for the job...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-45123043626748283842009-06-08T04:28:27.936+02:002009-06-08T04:28:27.936+02:00Oh, I worry for you all in teh face of such leader...Oh, I worry for you all in teh face of such leadership!<br />Mind you, you can't smoke cigarettes now in so many places that I'm sure sooner or later the drinkers will be lined up and told off as well.<br />We don't have squirrels here but the call went out amny eyars ago to rid our shores of various types of "weeds" that were imported from the Motherland (eg gorse, old-man's-beard...)<br />I guess you could always go for complacent head nodding...or maybe this is the 2nd job opportunity you've been waiting for "Steve - Squirrel Eradicator at your service m'lud"The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-43656153297584452372009-06-07T22:39:43.423+02:002009-06-07T22:39:43.423+02:00Steve, did you see what the Lone Grey Squirrel had...Steve, did you see what the Lone Grey Squirrel had to say about all this ?!? If not, go quickly to :<br /><br />http://lonegreysquirrel.blogspot.com/Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-12221062122255874752009-06-07T21:17:01.128+02:002009-06-07T21:17:01.128+02:00Nice one Steve.
Exactly - where does it all stop?
...Nice one Steve.<br />Exactly - where does it all stop?<br />I could wish for fewer Canada geese in the local park but they are great with their goslings AAh! <br />But rhododendrons are taking over so I wouldn't mind a cull there. Presumably they don't feel the pain.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-79139315842430253772009-06-06T13:16:05.443+02:002009-06-06T13:16:05.443+02:00Inchy: you are still talking about the squirrels, ...Inchy: you are still talking about the squirrels, aren't you...?<br /><br />Televising it isn't a bad idea. Something in the style of It's A Knockout maybe?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-35308444966785345862009-06-06T12:01:55.423+02:002009-06-06T12:01:55.423+02:00Well I'm all for it.
Think people, we could t...Well I'm all for it.<br /><br />Think people, we could televise it.<br />Stuart Hall could come out of retirement and we could pitch town against town, city against city, young and old, migrant and indigenous . . .<br /><br />Sorry, got a bit carried away there.Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13676619824650284812009-06-06T09:45:35.016+02:002009-06-06T09:45:35.016+02:00Laura: exactly - we're hardly indiginous to th...Laura: exactly - we're hardly indiginous to these shores if Dr Alice Roberts is to be believed, we've spread out from Africa and decimated the natural populations of flora and fauna of the rest of the world... do we need culling too (or "wiping out" as Prince Chas so emotively put it)?<br /><br />Kate: your head is fine where it is. I think Wills would make a fine King... Harry too but I think he's be something of a loose cannon like his grandpa...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-25580039617744974272009-06-06T09:30:30.511+02:002009-06-06T09:30:30.511+02:00well, a vote from the antipodes probably doesn'...well, a vote from the antipodes probably doesn't count, but i'm thinking we should just skip charlie and wills and go straight to harry.<br />hmmmm - don't chop my head off Xskatey katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586048408864521948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14928759400979585332009-06-06T09:27:48.481+02:002009-06-06T09:27:48.481+02:00And I thought it was the Red Menace we were suppos...And I thought it was the Red Menace we were supposed to worry about.<br /><br />Bit of a cheek that a species whose own numbers are out of control gets to decided what other species needs culling!<br /><br />I propose the Morning After pill for our Grey Squirrels if action must be taken.<br /><br />Loved your Prince Charles impersonation ;- )The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-1089211250812345602009-06-05T21:37:05.938+02:002009-06-05T21:37:05.938+02:00Sweet Cheeks: don't be too angry with me, ma&#...Sweet Cheeks: don't be too angry with me, ma'am, but that Elvis Aaron Presley fella was one of 'em and a whole heap o' po'cracker families from somewhere or other according to the documentary programme I saw but I didn't catch no names 'cos I was cooking up the biggest gator you ever did see for a wholesome stew...! ;-)<br /><br />AWB: maybe squirrel family planning staff are secreting "morning after" pills into all the acorns?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-90793150311567782732009-06-05T21:20:38.594+02:002009-06-05T21:20:38.594+02:00There was talk about using contraceptives because ...There was talk about using contraceptives because a cull could lead to suffering.<br /><br />I wonder who is going to fit all those tiny condoms on.The Joined up Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797087157041713649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7110960228788677742009-06-05T18:43:41.342+02:002009-06-05T18:43:41.342+02:00Emma: jawohl meine fuhrer! Ze truth vill out...! I...Emma: jawohl meine fuhrer! Ze truth vill out...! I am now imagining grey squirrels goose-stepping along the branches with SS badges in their tails. The Tufty Club was never like this when I was a kid! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14041376054541199322009-06-05T17:59:15.093+02:002009-06-05T17:59:15.093+02:00lol!!!
taking this to its logical conclusion gun d...lol!!!<br />taking this to its logical conclusion gun down the whole royal family because as we all know they are krauts (I am a kraut so can say this) and consequently are not native to Britain (real surname Wettin derived from Queen Victoria's husband Albert, who belonged to the Wettin family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)MommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-33242042685700477942009-06-05T17:55:50.027+02:002009-06-05T17:55:50.027+02:00RB: the thought of a grey squirrel mafia or some k...RB: the thought of a grey squirrel mafia or some kind of squirrel militant branch (sorry!) is damned scary. I don't fancy Prince Chaz's survival rate much... given his love of trees he'll be in danger of squirrel attack almost every day. I mean let's face it, squirrels are forever on the look out for big nuts...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-61736321944293643312009-06-05T17:44:17.345+02:002009-06-05T17:44:17.345+02:00What those bastards that dig up my flower bulbs a...What those bastards that dig up my flower bulbs and carry them off elsewhere and plant acorns in their place - shoot the lot of them. They sit on the wall at the back of my garden just waiting for someone to take a pot shot at them. I'm quite good with an elastic band - do you think that would do it?<br /><br />Although I do think they look kind of cute. But not as lovely as the red squirrels.<br /><br />I expect they'll all join some kind of murdering mob now and set out to get Prince Charles. I know I would if I were a little grey squirrel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-77228586525196843242009-06-05T14:35:25.920+02:002009-06-05T14:35:25.920+02:00Owen: yes I'd heard that in some parts of the ...Owen: yes I'd heard that in some parts of the US squirrels are a delicacy (and a staple in others). I also have it on good authority that Elvis Presley was a fan of squirrel burgers... so a Prince and the King. Evidently there is a divine right for some to predate the poor humble squirrel...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-51322974056057212512009-06-05T13:51:10.526+02:002009-06-05T13:51:10.526+02:00Oh boy, squirrel genocide for breakfast today ! Th...Oh boy, squirrel genocide for breakfast today ! Think of all the squirrel sausages you could make to grill on your grill ! In the US some people make squirrel stew too. Cheers and have an excellent weekend, can't wait to hear what mischief you get up to over the squirrels in your garden...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com