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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:20 PM Original message |
The daddy of all over-reactions: |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe they thought it was wearing a mask and it was a terra-ist? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Best to make sure it is an isolated incident |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. A rabid raccoon could be really dangerous. Seriously. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I'm a country boy |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. How did you get bitten by a raccoon? They are normally shy and nocturnal. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I was trying to feed it an ice-cream cone. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I live in upstate South Carolina and have never |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think it was an overreaction. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ding Ding Ding...we have ourselves a winnah....n/t |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Exactly. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Bingo!! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. You're right. Seeing a raccon in the daytime is unusual |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. They more than likely were not going to take chances that the animal was rabid and would bite others |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. MYTH: Three Americans die every year from rabies. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. FACT: |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Well, shit, then. Take that chance with my kid. No problem. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. LOL. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Cougars...no. Republicans...maybe. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. FYI...that statistic came from my fourth point of contact. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Fact: Bears eat beets. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. rabies is no joke. |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I believe ensuring that a rabid animal isn't loose in the neighborhood. . . |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's what the crossing guard *says* happened. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rabies is epidemic in the northeast |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. rabies, as has been noted a few times already, is no fucking joke |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. This sounds like a reasonable response to a possibly rabid animal. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. They really need to call out the National Guard |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Well, I s'pose it coulda been worse. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. God! That was funny! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. I take it you have never heard of rabies |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. In 2001, there was ONE...UNO....EINE...reported case of rabies in the USA |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Dude, 7000 to 8000 cases of rabies are reported annually in the US |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. In **animals** |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. How many is a brazillion?? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Ok so let's have your kid be the one case |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Terra! Terra! Terra! It *could* happen to you, so you must be afraid. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. When you send your kid to school you expect us to take care of him |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. According to the Washington State Health Department... |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. 9/11 changed everything. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. I have a feeling you are trying to be funny? |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I was being deadly serious. Since then people go apeshit over nothing. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Doesn't sound like it was a real lock-down. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yeah, they used the alternate door only after the officer plugged the raccoon |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Glad they didn't mess around with a possible rabid animal. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's probably because of Rabies |
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T Monk (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. raccoons hate our freedom too |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think I had a rabid one in my yard last week. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. Raccoons also carry plague |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-14-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. They had to kill the raccoon to test for rabies. n/t |
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