The "Out Yourself" Thread - Page 2

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-28-2005, 02:45 PM

I play video games.

Jazhara7 · 11-28-2005, 03:43 PM

I don't think anything I can say will make me appear more different or strange than I am already am.

Except if I said that I like grey squirrels. But that would be a lie.

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Maquisard · 11-28-2005, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DustCropper

I'm a huge fan of Spongebob Squarepants. And I have no younger sibliings, children, or cousins, so I have no excuse for watching it.

Same here. And quite like you, it wasn't younger cousins that got me into it. Rather, a couple of my friends, who are about the same age as I am.

Maquisard · 11-28-2005, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I play video games.

What a dork.

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-28-2005, 03:50 PM

Stfu!

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I play video games.

I play adventure games.

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Originally Posted by Jaz

Except if I said that I like grey squirrels. But that would be a lie.

But they're so cwuuttte!

Intrepid Homoludens · 11-28-2005, 04:05 PM

WTF did those squirrels ever do to you?!!!

Jaz

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

WTF did those squirrels ever do to you?!!!

Jaz

Well, they are outcompeting the even cwuutttter red squirrels.

Confound our decision to import your New World rodents...

Maquisard · 11-28-2005, 04:24 PM

Seriously, those gray bastards are invading Europe now? I've had enough of them here, without having to see them when I visit motherland...

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mares

Seriously, those gray bastards are invading Europe now? I've had enough of them here...

Well, they wiped out most of the red squirrels in the UK a long time ago, and they're being increasingly spotted on mainland Europe.

It's a good thing that red squirrels are still selectively advantaged in certain types of woodland

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samIamsad · 11-28-2005, 04:27 PM

Awww.. I like my Eichhörnchen medium (not medium rare, just medium).

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by samIamsad

Awww.. I like my Eichhörnchen medium (not medium rare, just medium).

Mhmm... roast squirrel...

samIamsad · 11-28-2005, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

Mhmm... roast squirrel...

Now that I'm thinking about it.... have you ever heard of any other people eating squirrels (other than me)? I mean, in China They Eat Dogs(TM), so...

(Seriously. Perhaps it's a local delicatessen in Middleofnowhere, Ohio or somethin'?)

Maquisard · 11-28-2005, 04:33 PM

I've read a short-story once, about two old American Indian women being left by their tribe to die, who found ways to survive, such as hunting squirrels....

So yeah, Indians eat squirrels.

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by samIamsad

Now that I'm thinking about it.... have you ever heard of any other people eating squirrels (other than me)? I mean, in China They Eat Dogs(TM), so...

(Seriously. Perhaps it's a local delicatessen in Middleofnowhere, Ohio or somethin'?)

I would guess that squirrels are fairly disease infested, as well as hard to catch. And, given that they're just rats with bush tails, are you sure you want to eat one?

*Melanie68* · 11-28-2005, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

Well, they wiped out most of the red squirrels in the UK a long time ago, and they're being increasingly spotted on mainland Europe.

It's a good thing that red squirrels are still selectively advantaged in certain types of woodland

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http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/m...1lxtw7h0lm.pdf
http://journals.cambridge.org/downlo...95fd739ff44a29

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Originally Posted by Roberto

I would guess that squirrels are fairly disease infested, as well as hard to catch. And, given that they're just rats with bush tails, are you sure you want to eat one?

Active parapox infections can be transmitted if the squirrel is handled (the same thing happens in Sheep with Orf (another Parapox virus). This disease has a much higher morbidity and mortality in red squirrels however. They are also resevoirs for the Lyme disease bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi). A tick can pick up on feeding thus increasing the chance of transmission to people.

I think if the squirrel were fully cooked, these diseases wouldn't have a big impact.

RLacey · 11-28-2005, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Melanie68

I think if the squirrel were fully cooked, these diseases wouldn't have a big impact.

I may just have been joking

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*Melanie68* · 11-28-2005, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RLacey

I may just have been joking

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You are talking to a veterinary pathologist whose job it is to know these things El Robbo.

Sage · 11-28-2005, 05:48 PM

You city folks are funny!
Of course you can eat squirrels. Shoot 'em, clean 'em, skin 'em, batter 'em, and fry 'em up. Since they're kind of small, it does take quite a few to make a meal, though.
Possum and raccoon can be eaten as well, but they're usually more trouble than they're worth. As they're both scavengers, you have to put them in a cage and feed them table scraps (ideally fruits and vegetables) for a few weeks before killing them in order to "sweeten the meat" (get rid of the nasty, strong flavor they normally have because of their diet in the wild).

lumi · 11-28-2005, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

I play video games.

I read message boards.

11-28-2005, 02:45 PM	#21
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11-28-2005, 03:43 PM	#22
Jazhara7 Ale! And keep 'em coming! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Beyond the Pattern of Reality...or Germany Posts: 8,527	I don't think anything I can say will make me appear more different or strange than I am already am. Except if I said that I like grey squirrels. But that would be a lie. - Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ - "esc(x) cot(x) dx = -csc(x)!" Dennis added, and the wizard's robe caught on fire. "Gosh," Dennis said, "and some people say higher math isn't relevant." >>>Inventor of the Mail order-Assassin<<< And This...is a Black Hole - BYE!

11-28-2005, 03:50 PM	#25
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11-28-2005, 04:24 PM	#29
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11-28-2005, 04:33 PM	#34
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	I've read a short-story once, about two old American Indian women being left by their tribe to die, who found ways to survive, such as hunting squirrels.... So yeah, Indians eat squirrels. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

11-28-2005, 05:48 PM	#39
Sage Bad Influence Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Birmingham, Alabama USA Posts: 5,547	You city folks are funny! Of course you can eat squirrels. Shoot 'em, clean 'em, skin 'em, batter 'em, and fry 'em up. Since they're kind of small, it does take quite a few to make a meal, though. Possum and raccoon can be eaten as well, but they're usually more trouble than they're worth. As they're both scavengers, you have to put them in a cage and feed them table scraps (ideally fruits and vegetables) for a few weeks before killing them in order to "sweeten the meat" (get rid of the nasty, strong flavor they normally have because of their diet in the wild). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Ignorance is bliss, denial is divine, and willful ignorance is a religious experience. Share the love. <3

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