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[Fooler]

'Crats': rodents harass Israeli soldiers
Date: December 31 2003

Israeli soldiers stationed in the tense West Bank city of Hebron have recently been battling an enemy they define as more scary then Palestinian militants: enormous rats.

The rats, lured by piles of garbage in Hebron's streets, have become so daring they have even infiltrated military barracks and bitten at least two heavily armed combat soldiers - one in the ear and the other on the lip, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported.

The rodents have grown so large that soldiers are calling them the Hebrew equivalent of "crats" due to their increasing similarity to the stray cats, Maariv reported.

Looks like they got one of 'em- strangely familiar.. tongue.gif :D Happy New Year to all!!

http://www.angelfire.com/zine/roadkill/lickingsquirrell.jpg

Hey, it's what a "troll" does... :eek: :D

[stan v]

You're close True Grit, at first glance I thought our resident rodent died after finding work (the mouth open), but this shot shows a squirrel with all it's hair/fur....ours has some bare spots, I'm sure. tongue.gif

[Mrleft8]

The real question is..... What the hell were the soldiers doing to get their lips and ears bit? I've heard that a soldier gets "lonely".... But this is beyond that! :D

[Keith Wilson]

Meerkats are Carnivores, order Herpestidae (with the mongoose), not rodents. And the picture's a squirrel. If you're going to be snide and insulting, at least get it right. ;)

[ 12-31-2003, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: Keith Wilson ]

[Fooler]

Oooh, an expert!! :eek: :D Hey, you think this is easy?- you try finding a picture of meercat roadkill! :rolleyes: I do have a life, ya know.

A wombat and a squirrel are the best I can do. You find a picture of meercat roadkill and I'll shut up fer a week! :D

[Keith Wilson]

You find a picture of meercat roadkill and I'll shut up fer a week! Hey, that's too good to pass up! :D (And I'm no expert, I just look it up on Google like everybody else.)

So, after WAY too much time spent looking at little thumbnails of live Meerkats, I have a few pictures for your amusement.Do you know you how many @#$&$^#! meerkat pictures there are on the net?!? You can even can buy meerkat earrings! The guy must have quite a fanclub. This one may be dead, but it's probably just asleep or something; it's not flat enough:
http://www.travelmaniac.com/meerkat/px_meerkat05.jpg

Here's a skull, does that count?
http://www.ibi.co.za/rudis/case_studies/fossil/meerkat/Image50.jpg

And I though y'all would like this one:

http://www.billhumphries.com/meerkatvogue.jpg

but HERE'S the prize: :D :D
http://pluto.spaceports.com/~catfan/other/273-6a.jpg

Oh crap, it doesn't seem to be showing up. Try this site if it doesn't work; you'll have to cut and paste it because the url won't link correctly: "http://pluto.spaceports.com/~catfan/other/273-6a.jpg"

[ 12-31-2003, 03:06 PM: Message edited by: Keith Wilson ]

[Donn]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid96/p57cbf4117f34a74cca1cd443a580ad75/fa1ffc78.jpg

[Keith Wilson]

Donn, that's it! How did you get it to post?

[Donn]

Saved it to my pc, and stuffed it into ImageStation.

[Meerkat]

You know True Grit, if someone threw gasoline and a match on you, you'd be a flaming furry muscle ring.

As it is, you ought to clench up a little more boy - some of your deeper thoughts are starting to slide out and really stink up the place.

oo!oo

[Keith Wilson]

Hey, don't complain, he promised to be quiet for a week! :D :D

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

New Years Resolution

http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. He (and it is usually he) tries to start arguments and upset people.

Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game. For some reason, they don't "get" that they are hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their 'achievement' (as they see it). At the moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.

Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.

Perhaps this sounds inconceivable. You may think, "Surely there is something I can write that will change them." But a true troll can not be changed by mere words.

[On Vacation]

Actually I have to say Meerkat has been a very nice person lately. You guys play nice in 2004, okay? I may have to take him sailing in May, if I get to do the trip I hope to do then.

[Fooler]

Oh yeah- the 'ole Tom Sawyer bit works again. :D Thanks for the fabulous ammo.

Yeah, gopher has been pretty reasonable lately, and I'm sure he's really a decent guy under that Leftist patina :eek: -- ya almost want ta hug him and wish him a great job in '04! ;)

Good for my word- see ya next year. I'm going ta Arizona for golf/spa, then home where it's warm! ;) :D

Later, T.G.

[Donn]

OK, Scot. Change the URL! :D