Like we don't have enough problems...
Popped over to The Register to see what's up lately and found this: Florida battles rats the size of cats. Talking about Gambian Pouched Rats. They were imported to be sold as pets.
NIIIIICE, Like we don't have enough rats here already! Uncle Sam did get off his duff and banned further importation of them thankfully! (did I mention they spread monkeypox?)
Not seen any here, they're down in The Keys (so far). But like the walking catfish, trust me, they'll spread. BTW, walking catfish ARE here, and yes, they CAN breathe air. So it's not enough to merely catch them to kill 'em you have to snuff them after you land 'em! (and they don't taste any different than any other wild catfish)
Figured I'd better know what they look like when they start showing up here:
They're big ugly suckers aren't they? So what will I do when they start showing up here? Same as any other rat, pop a clip of ratshot into the 'ol .22 and pop 'em of course.
Then I clicked on the Comments link in the article and saw some rather interesting ones.
Like this:
And found some rather unsettling ones like this:
Ooooh sorry, I forgot. The UK doesn't do that sort of thing. But that's OK, we do.
And this one:
UPDATE: http://www.theregister.co.uk/ hails from Britain and does like to bash FL whenever it can. But guess who's eagerly buying real estate here?
I guess Paul Revere was right...
posted by YIH @ 6:01 AM on Saturday, May 26, 2007NIIIIICE, Like we don't have enough rats here already! Uncle Sam did get off his duff and banned further importation of them thankfully! (did I mention they spread monkeypox?)
Not seen any here, they're down in The Keys (so far). But like the walking catfish, trust me, they'll spread. BTW, walking catfish ARE here, and yes, they CAN breathe air. So it's not enough to merely catch them to kill 'em you have to snuff them after you land 'em! (and they don't taste any different than any other wild catfish)
Figured I'd better know what they look like when they start showing up here:
They're big ugly suckers aren't they? So what will I do when they start showing up here? Same as any other rat, pop a clip of ratshot into the 'ol .22 and pop 'em of course.
Then I clicked on the Comments link in the article and saw some rather interesting ones.
Like this:
dinner-based solution to rat problem...Probably tastes like squirrel, tough and gamey.
By Gerald
Posted Friday 25th May 2007 15:10 GMT
Curious, I googled for a picture of one of these rats - one of the first pictures was this one:
http://www.grist.org/etc/gristlist/2007/01/12/cuy-asado_180.jpg
yum! and a leg for everyone at Christmas...
Gerald Morgan
MD
ReadyPeople IT Recruitment
(having some rare Friday-PM downtime!)
And found some rather unsettling ones like this:
Moral dilemmaHA, HA, HA, very funny dude. Tell me, where does the UK launch IT'S spacecraft from?
By Mike Richards
Posted Friday 25th May 2007 15:29 GMT
We can only save one - but which one? Giant plague-ridden marsupial rats from Gambia (a story for which the world is not yet prepared) or the bug-infested, torrid, swampy, banana republic known as Florida?
Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.
Ooooh sorry, I forgot. The UK doesn't do that sort of thing. But that's OK, we do.
And this one:
But Then Again!The poster's name 'heystoopid' and his spelling of 'weirdo's' says it all.
By heystoopid
Posted Saturday 26th May 2007 08:33 GMT
But then again ! , it's only Florida , and who gives a rats breakfast about them weirdo's that live there!
But when global warming finally kicks in , the conveyer belt dies and the seas rise seven metres or so , end of problem! , as most of what is Florida today will be under water!
As Nelson would say Ha! Ha!
UPDATE: http://www.theregister.co.uk/ hails from Britain and does like to bash FL whenever it can. But guess who's eagerly buying real estate here?
I guess Paul Revere was right...
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