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To: Gauguin who wrote (4839)	12/7/1997 11:24:00 PM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

[BUBBA-L:39532] Re: Now You Can Talk To Your Dead Pets GARY B. MILLS (gmills@tenhoor.as.ua.edu) Thu, 11 Jul 96 15:13 CDT Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Guidry Jamie R: "[BUBBA-L:39533] Home Remedies" Previous message: Kristy Crocker: "[BUBBA-L:39530] Re: Leaving again for a short while" Well, I couldn't resist. Just the other day I had run over a possum and I felt bad about the whole thing. And besides, $50 is no big deal compared to all the money RIS has bilked me out of on his various money-making scams. So I sent her $50 and asked her to talk to the possum and tell it how sorry I was and all that. Well, it seems like the possum wasn't really all that mad at me. As it turns out, his wife had just left him, his kids were all nut addicts, and he had developed a serious drinking problem, which is why he was out layin' in the road in the first place. Not only was he not mad at me, but he was actually quite happy. Seems he was reincarnated as a pint of Blue Bell ice cream and life is much sweeter now. > >DICKYG (who sleeps a lot better at night these days) >------------------------------------ This could prove to be quite a business venture. Just imagine the conscience stricken folks who will feel lousy about their roadkill. TALK TO YOUR ROADKILL! BEG FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR CRIME! ONCE AGAIN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SLEEP WITH A CLEAR CONSCIENCE. MAKE A DONATION TO SUPPORT THE OFFSPRING OF YOUR VICTIM! We could make a fortune off of yankee tourists. In fact, I wouldn't be above taping a flattened Possum to the wheels of yankee cars at gas stations and then taking them to task for their crime. Yankee liberal/enviormentalists types would be so guilt stricken we could take all their money at once and they wouldn't have to spend two weeks down south giving their money away.

To: Gauguin who wrote (4839)	12/8/1997 1:07:00 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

'Lexa and Br'er Possum When I was in college I got a frantic call from my mother one afternoon. Seems she felt she had a giant rat living in the garage. "Its eating the cat's food," she wailed. "How big?" I asked. "Like a cat" she said. Hmmmmmm. So I asked for a more complete descritpion. Long hairless tail, BIG teeth, etc etc. Curiosity got the better of me so I went hunting in mom's garage. I heard stealthy rustlings under my fathers toolchests. But every time I pulled out a drawer, whatever IT was scampered away. Finally I got the bright idea of just pulling out every drawer. Then I found it cowering in a corner. A large, unhappy, possum. It hissed at me, constantly. SSSSSSSsssssssSSSSSsssssSSSSS..... I poked it with a broom. More and louder hissing. I called animal control. They would collect it, but it had to be in a container. Right. No problem, they said, possums are slow...grab it by the tail, just don't let it turn on you. Uh huh. I tried grabbing it by the tail, but even though possums are slow they aren't THAT slow. So I laid a garbage can on the ground and spanked the possum with a broom till it got in the can. Then tipped the can up and slammed on the lid, fearing for my life. Animal control lady had BIG gauntlets and grabbed the sucker out of my trashcan and threw it in the truck. She said they were going to let it go up in the hills. But now I wonder...maybe she et it.