Under GOP rule, even the wildlife is dangerous.....

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Pa. letter carrier attacked by squirrel is taken to hospital
By Associated Press, November 2, 2006

OIL CITY (AP) -- Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a mean squirrel?

Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh.

"It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw it there on the porch, put the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it jumped on me."

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http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2006/11/02/news/news764.txt

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1. That was no ordinary squirrel

It had big GNASHING teeth -- take your head clean off!

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3. hmmmmm.... where did I put

that Holy Hand Grenade

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2. Some people refer to squirrels as rats with furry tails.

The Brazilian exchange student is enchanted with our squirrels. She saw the gray ones first, but when she saw the black ones she got really excited "You mean, they come in different colors!?!?!" The black ones look like they're made of velvet.

SQuirrels can be pretty creative. I saw one climbing up the decorative corn shocks someone had on their porch and stealing the cobs!

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4. or to rats as squirrels with lousy public relations agents