Comments on: Peristerophobia On Parade http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-58347 Gaius Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:35:10 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/#comment-58347 A new nickname: roof gophers. A new nickname: roof gophers.

]]> By: BubbaB http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-58343 BubbaB Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:37:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/#comment-58343 My first real job in high school was working at a hardware store. One of my best friends also worked there. He was a cowboy (which was fairly common in my rural community) - cowboy boots, big belt buckle, cowboy hat, etc. AND, he was very good at riding horses. He even has a slight Texas drawl. One day, he came walking through with a bag of gopher bait. Gopher bait is very good at killing just about any animal, but it is only legal to use it on gophers and other burrowing animals. I thought it odd that he was taking the bag of gopher bait with him - he clearly was going to use it at our store - and I asked him about it. He answered, "We've got gophers." Long pause. "On the roof." My first real job in high school was working at a hardware store. One of my best friends also worked there. He was a cowboy (which was fairly common in my rural community) – cowboy boots, big belt buckle, cowboy hat, etc. AND, he was very good at riding horses. He even has a slight Texas drawl.

One day, he came walking through with a bag of gopher bait. Gopher bait is very good at killing just about any animal, but it is only legal to use it on gophers and other burrowing animals.

I thought it odd that he was taking the bag of gopher bait with him – he clearly was going to use it at our store – and I asked him about it. He answered, “We’ve got gophers.” Long pause. “On the roof.”

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-58342 Gaius Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:04:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/#comment-58342 Brilliant! I wish I had come up with that one. Brilliant! I wish I had come up with that one.

]]> By: wheels http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/comment-page-1/#comment-58341 wheels Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:57:40 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/24/peristerophobia-on-parade/#comment-58341 At least they were spared the embarrassment of being carted off by a flamingosaurus rex (before their time, no doubt). At least they were spared the embarrassment of being carted off by a flamingosaurus rex (before their time, no doubt).

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