Question:
Advice needed: Neighbourhood terrorized every easter by escaped circus squirrels...?
2009-04-09 13:01:41 UTC
It all began a few years ago when the circus passed through town.

This circus had a cute feature, trained squirrels that did acrobatic tricks. These were no ordinary trained squirrels, by the way; these squirrels had been specially bred to enhance their cleverness, body muscles, and bone strength, and are pound-for-pound worth about 100 squirrels each. They received rigorous training to build up their bodies and fine-tune their reflexes and acrobatic ability; this was all done for the purpose of having super circus squirrels, but it also made these squirrels into veritable ninjas of destruction!

When the circus left town, about a dozen squirrels were left behind when one of the circus box cars was towed for being illegally parked in front of the senior bingo hall. Rather than pay the hefty fine, the circus left without the boxcar, along with the squirrels in it. Not knowing what to do with the squirrels, the city set them free, and it has been a nightmare ever since, every easter.

See, these squirrels are mesmerized by easter eggs, and stage strategic attacks to get them. The first year was awful: at the city-sponsored easter egg hunt at the public park, everyone was having fun, kids were running around looking for eggs, and everyone was enjoying the day, but then it happened; with a fierce chattering, squirrels burst out of the bushes and charged. The adults tried to fend them off, but they were no match for these master acrobat fighting squirrels. It was a horrible scene, with chestnut coloured bushy tails smacking people senseless, squirrels running with cheek pouches bulging with nuts which they spit with terrible force(always aiming for the eyes), and ladies screaming in terror as their beehive hair-dos became thrashing nests of clawing squirrels. The horror was unimaginable.

With every passing easter, the squirrels have become only fiercer, and more ingenious in their attacks. Many an easter morning have children awakened to see their baskets being hauled off by squirrels that have chewed through the security bars on their bedroom windows, and smashed out the glass with their brillo-pad-furred tails. The police are helpless as the squirrels, with masterful dexterity, catch any bullets fired at them in their cheek pouches and spit them back. Gas attacks do no good, since these squirrels were circus trained to hold their breaths for as long as 40 minutes, and their thick eyelashes act as super fans, fluttering away any airborne attack that comes their way. In fact, the police seem to always have some *emergency* to attend to over easter weekend, and calls for help go unanswered.

These days, the entire city tenses up when easter approaches, and everyone suddenly becomes Jewish, just to try to fool the squirrels into thinking they won't find easter eggs at their homes. As you can see, these squirrels have turned easter into a time of fear, and no one with any sense is seen leaving the supermarket parking lot with eggs and dye these days.

What can we do?
Eight answers:
Wren
2009-04-09 13:31:42 UTC
I suggest this. Everyone in the town makes baskets of eggs just for the squirrels. Similar to leaving cookies and milk for Santa! Make a basket or two of lovely eggs and place them on the front porch of every home. This way the squirrels get the eggs they love so much, and the children get to have Easter as well.



If that does not work I suggest that you lace all the eggs this year with rat poison. Even super squirrels have to have some weakness, and since theirs seems to be a fondness for eggs EXPLOIT IT!!!
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2014-10-23 13:55:07 UTC
I worked at MIT for a long time and one of the first things I had to get used to was incredibly brazen and INTELLIGENT squirrels on the campus. I thought they were kidding when they warned me, and it wasn't until I was sitting on a lawn one day eating a sandwich. I had it in hand and looked away just for a second and a squirrel (a rather well-fed looking squirrel, by the by) charged out of the bushes and took a bite out of my sandwich!! I was horrified, but it was funny. The squirrel backed away about 14 feet, but just WATCHED me out of the corner of his eye. It was like he knew I wouldn't be eating it now, and was just waiting for me to give it to him - which I ddi. LOL I learned to be more careful after that. Squirrels are adorable, but can be extremely clever and aggressive. Trained squirrels would be a menace. I like the idea of Maine Coons. I was a happy and proud owner of a Maine Coone called Buster for a long time and those cats are so smart, it's spooky. They can easily keep up with the best trained squirrel, I should say!
Passenger (wow widow)
2009-04-09 13:19:09 UTC
Maybe your town could hire whoever does the local fireworks display on the 4th of July to rig half of the eggs this year with explosives.



It would reduce your circus squirrel population and, as an added bonus, put on one heck of a show. Anything to put smiles back on the faces of little children you know....
2009-04-09 13:32:59 UTC
These squirrels sound like Ninja. The answer to any Ninja problem is, of course, Pirates.



It just so happens that I know a guy who knows a guy who bought a truck from a guy who is a Somali pirate. They are currently underemployed, with the US Navy making a nuisance of themselves in the Gulf of Aden, and may be willing to take care of your squirrel problem for a fee (you have to be willing to call it a ransom though or the deal is off). These guys are the real deal so don't let the lack of peg legs, shoulder mounted parrots, or festive scarves and jewelry fool you. They are supposed to be some of the scurviest bucklers of swash who ever failed to eat enough citrus and got scurvy in the first place.



Let me know if you are interested, willing to install plenty of ropes for them to swing from, and ready to send these squirrels to the big top in the sky once and for all.
2009-04-09 16:09:49 UTC
Love you Jack. Great story. Thank you for the laughs, I needed 'em.

Oh, and send in the Maine Coons......if the squirrels have those little throwing stars you should give the cats protective eye wear - and don't forget to protect your nuts.
Shinigami
2009-04-09 22:54:10 UTC
omg!!!

Can I copy and paste this and hide it on a removable drive?

What the hell kind of drugs are they giving you dearest Jack (Bunny!_...roflmao)

(I just so happen to have a removable drive around my neck at this very moment!)



Holy Hannah I nearly died of a constricted throat. when I read the part about chewing through their bars.



What can we do?

Hide the frickin nuts.
moldy locks
2009-04-09 13:06:06 UTC
step away for the computor ....plz
2009-04-09 13:30:51 UTC
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