Because I’m mature like that…
This past Sunday I drove Son One home and stayed at my sister’s place until Tuesday, giving her a hand with some things around the house. Yes,Dear did not grocery shop while I was away. He went to the dollar store and picked up a can of Spam and a couple cans of potted meat (what is potted meat, anyway? I had a Potted Pelican once in the islands, but that’s something very different and much tastier). He can argue all he wants that his trip to the dollar store constitutes “grocery shopping”, but we all know better, don’t we?
Today Yes,Dear drove up to Philly to visit his parents. Did I grocery shop? Hell no. I think Yes,Dear was hoping I would have to because the cupboards are, if not bare, at best sparsely populated.
But I dug around and look what I found:
I am SO set.
In other news, I’ve learned that the police department in the town where we lived before our move has been receiving calls from residents who report seeing coyotes in their yards.
In suburban Philadelphia.
Really.
Turns out what they are seeing are foxes.
Holy hell people! Even if you don’t know the differences between a coyote and a fox, odds are you’re paying a fortune for the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Watch and learn something, for Pete’s sake! I’m embarrassed for you.
Okay. Now a question. If you think you have an answer, please speak up. Since Yes,Dear and I moved into our new home we’ve been finding rabbit tails in our yard. We’ve found five or six of them now. Why? What’s happening to the rabbits? I know it’s not our dogs. Not only have we found no evidence beyond a couple of bunny tails in the fenced portion of our yard, but we’ve actually found more bunny tails outside of the fence. Besides, Sebastian would probably die of a heart attack if he ever came face to face with a rabbit.
Can this be explained by some sort of natural phenomenon or are our new neighbors trying to tell us something? Is this a Fatal Attraction kind of thing? Do rabbits shed their tails? This is upsetting, especially with Easter right around the corner.
Still trying to catch up on my reader. Hope all is well with y’all. I live south of the Mason Dixon line now, so I can say that.
March 27th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Wondering what you are going to make with those ingredients. Post a recipe!
As for the rabbit tails. You’re in Delaware, right?
I think you’ve got some kokolesh playing Native Americans trespassing in your yard.
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/kokolesh.html
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March 27th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hey, don’t knock dollar store grocery shopping! It’s an ancient and revered art form that’s kept me from asking you guys for money many times
March 27th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Owls.
If you listen carefully, in the dead of the night, you can usually hear them with their prey:
“Uh-One, uh-Two-who, uh-Thrree.”
March 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I think Clayjack’s right. But in our suburban Philadelphian town, it’s usually due to coyotes. I mean, red foxes. I get them mixed up. ; )
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March 27th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
btw, for the chronologically challenged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhjb4P_jnKk&feature=related
March 31st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Aren’t rabbit’s tails good luck? I’m clearly a glass half full person.
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April 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
We have foxes in suburban Philadelphia!
We also have bunny tails everywhere we go…foxes (and owls, CJ) don’t eat bunny tails, apparently. Too fluffy and cute, no nutritional value.
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April 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
i am highly amused at people mistaking foxes for coyotes.
dont’ these people watch cartoons? have they never seen “roadrunner”?
as for the rabbit tails, i have no idea. we have rabbits all over our neighborhood, they usually just leave their turds behind. which the dogs, sadly, enjoy greatly.
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