by Fellow squirrel molester » Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:12 pm
Macunaima nli xxxlxx wrote:Condottiero wrote:Macunaima nli xxxla wrote:But hey: I got bit by a squirrel on Boston Commons a month ago, so you can don your magic Mormon undies and pray I will contract rabies and got out the way Rocky Russo did,
It's Boston Common not Commons...
You were here last month?!? We could've hung out together, maybe troll Gail Dines...
Since one's more than likely to get stabbed on Boston Common, especially near the hive of scum and villainy aka Park Street, I'd like to know what provoked the squirrel - did you grab its nuts?
Well, I kinda troll Gail Dines professionally, so I’d rather have just gamed something.
I was just stupid with the squirrel. I’m used to the ones in Mexico City which are hyper tame. So when one of the Boston squirrels started begging me for almonds, I gave it some. And I forgot Rule One about feeding squirrels: NEVER give them food from your fingertips, always let them take it from the palm of your hand. My finger got accidentally nipped. Poor little bugger was probably more scared than I was when I yelped.
So four months to go before I know for sure that I am out of risk for rabies. Not that rabies is likely, at all. I think the last time they found a rabid squirrel in Boston was in 1932 or something. But I did soak my finger in vodka for hours on the plane home to make sure it didn’t get infected. That at least worked.
As for the urban risk in Boston.... We wandered everywhere around town at all hours of the night and into the wee hours of the morning and never felt slightly at risk. But, like I have said many times before (and at the risk of Random accusing me of dramatizing my life), living in Rio really raises your tolerance level for urban violence. Perhaps dangerously so, as two of the three times Ana has been mugged recently were in Barcelona and Washington D.C. So yeah. We’re probably too blasé for our own good.
I can beat your squirrel story for stupidity.
Your right. College campus squirrels are indeed super tame.
I had a bag of peanuts. I was throwing them to a squirrel. Closer and closer. When he was a foot away, I let him see me put in a clenched fist. He pried my fingers apart with his tiny cute arms, grabbed the nut and ran off.
It suddenly dawned on me how dumb that was.
I ate the rest myself, shaken and wiser but unwounded.
I’ve seen the “noodling for catfish” videos. I guess I could noodle for squirrels if I felt dumb enough. Even rednecks aren’t that stupid, but collij students sure are.
[quote="Macunaima nli xxxlxx"][quote="Condottiero"][quote="Macunaima nli xxxla"]But hey: I got bit by a squirrel on Boston Commons a month ago, so you can don your magic Mormon undies and pray I will contract rabies and got out the way Rocky Russo did,[/quote]
It's Boston Common not Commons...
You were here last month?!? We could've hung out together, maybe troll Gail Dines... :twisted:
Since one's more than likely to get stabbed on Boston Common, especially near the hive of scum and villainy aka Park Street, I'd like to know what provoked the squirrel - did you grab its nuts?[/quote]
Well, I kinda troll Gail Dines professionally, so I’d rather have just gamed something. :)
I was just stupid with the squirrel. I’m used to the ones in Mexico City which are hyper tame. So when one of the Boston squirrels started begging me for almonds, I gave it some. And I forgot Rule One about feeding squirrels: NEVER give them food from your fingertips, always let them take it from the palm of your hand. My finger got accidentally nipped. Poor little bugger was probably more scared than I was when I yelped.
So four months to go before I know for sure that I am out of risk for rabies. Not that rabies is likely, at all. I think the last time they found a rabid squirrel in Boston was in 1932 or something. But I did soak my finger in vodka for hours on the plane home to make sure it didn’t get infected. That at least worked.
As for the urban risk in Boston.... We wandered everywhere around town at all hours of the night and into the wee hours of the morning and never felt slightly at risk. But, like I have said many times before (and at the risk of Random accusing me of dramatizing my life), living in Rio really raises your tolerance level for urban violence. Perhaps dangerously so, as two of the three times Ana has been mugged recently were in Barcelona and Washington D.C. So yeah. We’re probably too blasé for our own good.[/quote]
I can beat your squirrel story for stupidity.
Your right. College campus squirrels are indeed super tame.
I had a bag of peanuts. I was throwing them to a squirrel. Closer and closer. When he was a foot away, I let him see me put in a clenched fist. He pried my fingers apart with his tiny cute arms, grabbed the nut and ran off.
It suddenly dawned on me how dumb that was.
I ate the rest myself, shaken and wiser but unwounded.
I’ve seen the “noodling for catfish” videos. I guess I could noodle for squirrels if I felt dumb enough. Even rednecks aren’t that stupid, but collij students sure are.
