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Thankfully it turned out Hudson the wonder dog did not suffer a skunking last night, nor was it the Gunnar-man, which is quite a relief. MrsBlue admitted she'd actually lost track herself of whether the doggies were inside or outside, and went on a quick hunt herself when she caught wind of the skunking. Anyway, someone got it pretty badly last night… that vaguely sweet skunk smell you sometimes encounter while driving is the result of an unfortunate skunk also encountering someone who was driving and ended up as road-kill. The smell of something or someone that's been sprayed is so much nastier and more powerful that MrsBlue and I were both fairly nauseated just from what was wafting in the window, reinforcing our happiness that the dogs were not the victims this time (amid our gagging).

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10. Re: Skunks... Oct 5, 2007, 13:38 Warhawk
 
When I was a kid we had a stack of wood (a few pallets and lumber - nothing too major) near our burning barrels accidentally catch on fire (my fault - ooops). Some neighbors up the road called out the fire department (they thought maybe a house was on fire). They extinguished the fire and pulled the stack apart to verify it was out. One fireman pulled out (by the tail) what he thought was a dead cat from near the bottom - ends up it was a still very much alive (but singed) skunk - and it nailed him GOOD. He was wearing his full fire suit so it didn't actually get *him*, but that suit sure stank.

Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.
 

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