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Friday Funnies 26-Oct-2013 At 1:47:08 AM pmonks

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On 25/10/2013 Ben_E wrote:
>Any critter that beats up on cats is golden in my book.

+1, though they don't just stop at cats. And rabies treatments aren't pleasant, I've heard.

>Really? I kind of like the smell of skunk... at least at that low-level
>you get when one has been hit somewhere on the highway.

Yeah they don't seem to stink quite as bad unless they spray. It's retch-inducing.

> Mind you, while
>living in the US I nearly got sprayed once or twice when I surprised one
>on my bike late at night. If I'd got a face full I'm sure I'd like it less.

I ran over a dead one on my bike a year or two ago - was coming around a blind corner at some speed and there it was right in front of me. I've never pedaled so hard in my life.