scared by a skunk.
Posted by nathan on 19 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: my life.
This past weekend, Emily and I pulled in to our driveway at about 11 p.m., and there was a skunk by the front door. I backed up a little bit to shine my lights on him, and he ran around the side. after i pulled the car into the garage, i was planning on walking out to check the mail, but after seeing the skunk, i backed the car up to the mailbox and then we sat in the car while the garage door was closing, just in case.
Have you ever been scared by a skunk? It’s not really like I’m actually scared of the thing, because I know I could rip the thing to shreds if I had to. But what I’m scared of is smelling like a skunk. I don’t want to take a tomato bath!
So yesterday I went home for lunch, and as i was walking to the front door, i was looking around to see if i could find a skunk nest in one of my shrubs. As i was looking and walking, i heard a rustle…panic. I looked up, i saw a rustle. more panic. i thought, ‘oh no, now i am going to smell like a skunk. my wife is not going to be happy.’
but it was only a squirrel. i was happy.
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on 19 Dec 2006 at 8:24 am 1.
Carma said …
This is from a previous post of mine after an encounter with a skunk….
Dawn Dish Detergent…….$1.75
Baking Soda…………………$.75
Hydrogen Peroxide………..$.33
Left Over Puppy Shampoo…$1.00
Deskunking a friend’s seeing eye dog……priceless
Updated Version
Dawn Dish Detergent…..$1.75
Baking Soda………………..$. 75
Hydrogen Peroxide……….$.33
Left Over Puppy Shampoo…$1.00
Trip to Professional Groomer after two tries in the front yard…..$35.00
Deskunking a stinky dog…..priceless
ps: the professional trip included nails being clipped, ears cleaning and a specail deskunking bath.
on 20 Dec 2006 at 11:30 am 2.
Todd Helmkamp said …
Oh my cow. That’s hilarious! Roger and Vicki’s (my in-laws) dog Lucy had an encounter with a skunk this summer. She stank for weeks afterward.
@Nathan: Be careful, squirrels can be dangerous too. Ask Michael J. Wiley. He had a run-in with one not too long ago and had to behead it with his katana. I’m not joking, by the way.
on 20 Dec 2006 at 12:26 pm 3.
Carma said …
Michael J’s story about that is hilarious. I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.
on 23 Dec 2006 at 1:19 am 4.
Eric Francis said …
I hate hitting the stinking things… my tires stink for weeks! I am glad the Holy Spirit didn’t think such a thing about me when he hit me!
I think you may have been seeing things… you got skunked! Hahaha!