Stop The Presses!
A short time ago, an apparently despondent squirrel flung itself onto a transformer behind
the building in which I work causing a major power outage lasting over 1½ days. On the
first day back to work much discussion ensued over what circumstances could cause a
squirrel to resort to such measures. Trouble at home; not enough nuts set aside to pay
rent on the tree; suffering from some kind of terminal squirrel disease. Of course, it was
all speculation. His wife wasn’t talking. In fact no one has seen her since she collected
the insurance.
Left alone this story would have been tragic enough, but this morning the conspiracy
theorists started coming out of the woodwork. At first we heard there was a possibility
that a competitor had hired the squirrel for a kamikaze type mission to set us behind on a
particular deadline. Another group then asserted that he was actually a member of a
squirrel insurgency, secretly working for the City Parks Department.
It’s to the point, now, where I just don’t know what to believe, anymore.
Your drawing, as usual, is terrific! The whole thing certainly must have been a tragic accident: he wouldn't have wanted to leave such a pretty little wife.
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Thanks, Montucky.
You may be right. And I don't think it was faked, because...well, our power went out...and they found his canoe intact in the shed.
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I think the government hired him to start WWIII.
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Then I'm afraid their plan failed miserably. He's quite dead. More of a briquette than a squirrel, now.
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Has anyone considered the possibility of mental illness? It's not uncommon for a squirrel to go a little nuts, particularly around the holidays.
Okay, I apologize for that.
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Several friends and family members have suggested the possibility of mental illness...but, as of now, I'm still living on my own.
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It sounds like he just went nuts!
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Yep, finally came out of his shell, and look what happens.
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I always like your posts, Pinhole, but this one is a little squirrelly.
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Yeah, I thought so, too.
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