I wish I'd had this on video...

[wraithfodder]

You know that awful pink donut I used in my latest Stargate Atlantis Action Figure Theater? Well, I ate half, went, yech, and tossed the rest into the garbage can. Well, said garbage can has a hole in the top of it - courtesy of local wildlife - done last week, and every day I go 'gotta duct tape that sucker' but keep forgetting. Well, I tossed the garbage bag with the pink donut into the trash, clamped on the lid and did some errands. My brother said he took the dog out, noticed the garbage can 'rocking' so thought, eegads, raccoon is trapped inside. Then, the pink donut half came through the hole. A few seconds later, a squirrel with little sticky hearts all over its face, pushed its way back out. It grabbed the donut, ran off and went up a tree.

Think I'll grab any stale donuts from work now and put them out and see what happens! ;)

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

LOL! Ooh, if only that had been caught on video!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i only wish. My brother said it was hysterical. Definitely fit for YouTube.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I wish you had a photo of that!! Crazed squirrel on a sugar high! I love it!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

i would have loved to have those little red and white hearts all over its face :)

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

It would be beyond cute! I don't understand why most Americans I know hate squirrels. They're divine!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

probably cuz they dig up bulbs in garden, eat birdseed meant for birds, chew wires and start brush and housefires ;)

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

But they're so cute while they're doing it!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, when they've got their fat squirrel sticking out of the top of the birdfeeder, you can't help but laugh.

[strange-magic.livejournal.com]

That's amazing! Ahahah!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Squirrels are so much fun. Think I'll try baiting one with a munchkin soon.

[strange-magic.livejournal.com]

I agree. We have a LOT of squirrels in Texas and I find them very entertaining too. :)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Very :)

[nialla]

Think I'll grab any stale donuts from work now and put them out and see what happens! ;)

Wait, wait, wait. You actually want to intentionally give a squirrel a sugar buzz? Are you insane?

;)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, under controlled conditions, of course ;)

[monkey-junkey.livejournal.com]

That sounds adorable. I wish you had it on video too!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Squirrels popping out of garbage cans always have this guilty look ;)

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

I thought you weren't supposed to feed the wildlife. Do you have bears in your area?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, thinking tossing a donut once every six months doesn't really constitute feeding the wildlife, and alas, at inopportune times they help themselves by rifling the garbage. chewed holes through both plastic cans. nope, no bears. there was one once, but it got hit and killed by a car. ditto for the one moose :(

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Yes, squirrels are incredibly persistent, sneaky, and clever.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

they have me well trained :)

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I tossed a bag of trash into the dumpster by my apartment building yesterday morning and squirrels just exploded out of it. They went flying in all directions so fast and I was so busy having a heart attack that I wasn't able to count how many, but it was like Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, only with squirrels.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

i'm starting to think i should buy a small videocam and wear it around my neck when i go to empty the trash!