Every now and again something happens to remind me I live in Texas

[Richardo]

Today as I took the trashcans to the street, I looked in one of them and found a live possum staring back at me.


Disclaimer: Not this possum.

Thinking quickly, I gently tilted the trashcan away from me until it was close enough to the ground for him to jump out and scurry away. I don't know how long he was in there, but it was at least long enough to leave a couple of poops behind him. I could not help but wonder how many nights last week we had a close encounter as I took the trash out. :scared:

[jeff30997]

1. What? But,but...

I thought you were gonna talk about chainsaw massacres in your neighborhood!

[Richardo]

4. Yes, but the possum was OUT of the ordinary...

:D

[jeff30997]

10. Lol!

Good reply! :rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

21. Hah! Nice.

:rofl: I *loved* Texas when I visited. I want to go again, possums or no.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. one showed up in a tree in the courtyard garden at our church one Sunday morning

down town Fort Worth. I guess it crept up from the river area. Anyway it was pretty frightened when it realized it was in a tree surrounded by humans

[Heidi]

2. It could have been worse.

What if you'd found Katherine Harris in your trash can? :scared:

[Richardo]

3. Yes. That would have been worse.

Thankfully, the range of Rodentus Kathrinis Harrisus is still limited to Florida.

[Heidi]

5. Please be careful.

She's been known to cross state lines. :scared:

Nice to see you, Richardo! :hug:

[Heidi]

6. Please be careful.

She's been known to cross state lines. :scared:

Nice to see you, Richardo! :hug:

[Richardo]

9. Thanks for brightening up my thread Heidi!

:pals:

[Skittles]

7. here's my reminder, 10 days ago

[Richardo]

8. Yikes.

Glad you made it through those storms Skittles. :pals:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. What are those little green thingies on those trees?

We don't have those on ours. In fact, the color "green" is only a faint recollection.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. We had one in our trash about a year ago. Scared the living shit out of my son.

[DarkTirade]

15. ... your son had living shit?

Weird...

[Midlodemocrat]

27. Doesn't everyone?

[Recovered Repug]

12. I'm not certain what's so unusual about an opposum in a tree.

However, if it was daylight, I wouldn't have gotten near it. It may have been rabid.

[Richardo]

13. You have to read the disclaimer

The treed possum was for illustrative purposes only.

[Recovered Repug]

32. I saw the disclaimer, it was the use of the word "today" that

made me uncertain. Just thought I'd give a reminder in case it was daytime.

[av8rdave]

14. I'm always reminded Iive in Texas when...

I hear "might could," "y'all," and "fixin'."

[ashling]

22. There is nothing wrong with

"fixin' to"

[datasuspect]

33. do what?

[av8rdave]

36. particulars of language used in Texas

[MonkeyFunk]

16. I think possums live in every state

in the continental US. If he was wearing a big hat and carrying a gun, THEN it would be an only-in-Texas experience.

[Debi]

17. possums and coons come up on our deck on a regular basis

(we live above a wet land and have several acres of grassland/timber on our property). They get into the garbage if they can't find enough to eat around our land. The little ones that skitter off don't bug me too much, the big ones that give me the 'what are YOU looking at?' stare give me the heebeegeebees! :scared:

[Miss Carly]

18. I used to live in Texas

possums are kinda cute critters, so are armadillos, but I simply cannot deal with these buggers:

[LiberalEsto]

31. Eeeeee! A republicon!

How unappetizing.

[EstimatedProphet]

20. And that house missed their possum pickup, thanks to you!

Jeez dude, can't people throw out their possums without you trying to fuck it up?

[littlebit]

23. In west Texas

where I grew up. We had skunks all over the place. I never saw any possum. I would rather run into a possum than a skunk.

[greatauntoftriplets]

24. We have those in Illinois, too.

Ugly critters, but non-threatening.

[Ellen Forradalom]

26. I had a possum in my yard in Bucktown

Used to see him scurry about at night.

[Inchworm]

25. This is what comes to mind when I think Texas

:hi:

[kentauros]

34. Really?

You mean you don't think of this world famous icon?

[bmbmd]

28. Hey-I've got one just like that.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. My old building in L.A. had possums, raccoons and stray cats.

It was like Wild Kingdom Rejects out there.

[Xipe Totec]

35. We have them critters up here in Massatwoshits nt