Drunken Squirrel !

[tonyav]

Never ever let a squirrel near the beer.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/drunk-squirrel-causes-hundreds-of-pounds-worth-of-damage-at-private-members-club/ar-AAd3Tt3

[Psybbo]

Gawd Tony, it wasn't called 'Gness' by any chance?

[tonyav]

It is now, Psybbo.

[gness]

Oi!!! Mind you....we did have a gerbil who got drunk on the fumes of MrG's home made wine....

Three times I took the darned thing to the vet only for it to sober up in the waiting room before the penny dropped.....☺

[tonyav]

At least he was in a cage though, gness.

[Psybbo]

Oh heck, thought she wouldn't hear me

[tonyav]

so did I.

[Psybbo]

Hey Gness, any bliss today?

[stuey]

I thought it quite appropriate that it was the branch secretary who found the squirrel.

[gness]

Hi, Psyb......only a little bliss......got three panels of trellis painted and hung....had a glass of wine to congratulate myself....and a couple of menthol ciggies just for fun......☺

[gness]

Bet he went nuts when he saw the damage, Stuey....x

[DTCwordfan]

And I thought that this should have been in Food and Drinkies....

http://www.mywildkitchen.com/%D1%90cureuil-au-vin-blanc-or-squirrel-in-white-wine/

[stuey]

Perhaps even a mild case of shell-shock.

[DTCwordfan]

you can sub in beaver, stewey.....I think.

[tonyav]

I thought that they only ate squirrel in the deep south of the USA ( fried of course ), DT.

[Psybbo]

Off topic, what do I do with a £1 coin with a hole in it, about 3mm in diam?

[tonyav]

Put a chain through it and make a necklace, Psybbo.
Or spend it in a vending machine.

[Psybbo]

Nah, Tony, too light, got it in either Boots or Waterstones.

[Buenchico]

I'm pleased that the squirrel was released, unharmed (apart, possibly, from a hangover) into the wild but I wonder if the people who caught it realised that they were committing a criminal offence by doing so? Once you've trapped an animal from a non-native species, the law prohibits you from releasing it back into the wild.

(Bloody 'ell, how come I know such trivia but I can't remember where I put my shopping list, yet alone what's on it?)
;-)

[stuey]

Buenchico, the cute little beast wasn't trapped, it was merely tapped. After all, you do allow lots more non-native species into the country.

[chaptazbru2]

The law's a total ass if you can't release if after it accidentally got trapped in the Club !! Love this story ...