http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination A Glimpse Into the Birchfield Barnyard Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:51:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/comment-page-1#comment-172 Brad Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:50:12 +0000 http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/#comment-172 The "long story" about me and squirrels that Jessica referred to in her newsletter also involved a toilet. When I was in elementary school, I would simply walk the block and a half to and from school every day. One afternoon when I got home from school, I went to use the bathroom. I lifted the toilet seat and to my horror found a somewhat water-logged but still very much alive squirrel. I slammed down the seat and ran out of the bathroom as fast as I could. When my parents finally got home from work, they found me curled up in the fetal position on the couch. Barely able to speak from fright, I finally managed to tell them, "squirrel.....toilet..." Luckily my dad had a fishing net and was able to coax the varmint out of the toilet and into the net without incident. He was then released back into the wild in our backyard. To this day, I still pause for second every time before raising a toilet seat. The “long story” about me and squirrels that Jessica referred to in her newsletter also involved a toilet. When I was in elementary school, I would simply walk the block and a half to and from school every day. One afternoon when I got home from school, I went to use the bathroom. I lifted the toilet seat and to my horror found a somewhat water-logged but still very much alive squirrel. I slammed down the seat and ran out of the bathroom as fast as I could. When my parents finally got home from work, they found me curled up in the fetal position on the couch. Barely able to speak from fright, I finally managed to tell them, “squirrel…..toilet…” Luckily my dad had a fishing net and was able to coax the varmint out of the toilet and into the net without incident. He was then released back into the wild in our backyard. To this day, I still pause for second every time before raising a toilet seat.

]]> http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/comment-page-1#comment-171 Robin England Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:40:56 +0000 http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/#comment-171 Hmmm....you can add the England household to the list of squirrel invasion spots. It's been a few years but Richard found a little 'friend', alive and well, swimming in the toilet (while we were dating, thank goodness - I didn't have to deal with it!) and then a few months after the wedding a family of squirrels moved into the attic. I can say that we were victorious in winning back our home - at least so far anyway!! Hmmm….you can add the England household to the list of squirrel invasion spots. It’s been a few years but Richard found a little ‘friend’, alive and well, swimming in the toilet (while we were dating, thank goodness – I didn’t have to deal with it!) and then a few months after the wedding a family of squirrels moved into the attic. I can say that we were victorious in winning back our home – at least so far anyway!!

]]> http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/comment-page-1#comment-170 Amanda Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:31:26 +0000 http://birchfields.net/wordpress/2007/04/17/a-site-devoted-to-the-threat-of-squirrel-world-domination/#comment-170 Isn't Sabrina the webmaster of that site??? :) Isn’t Sabrina the webmaster of that site???

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