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Found an elephant's foot in an attic once.
Fortunately, the elephant was not attached.
It had been hollowed out to make some kind of magazine/newspaper holder thing.

Had a rat trap snap down right across my knuckles while lifting out a T-bar ceiling tile once.

Besides that, just normal...Rats, Possums, Birds etc.

New BBC comedy just started here, I expect you will get it over the pond soon:

Scene; The Old Squire's living room with stuffed big-game animal's heads fixed all round the oak-panelled walls.

Elgin; "The Old Squire shot all these animals, sir."
Boycee: "In Africa, I presume?"
Elgin; "Oh no, sir! Here on the walls t'was, - it took us weeks to dig all the bullets out of the panelling!"
Boycee; "Was he drunk then?"
Elgin; "Oh! no sir, the old Squire, he was nuttier than a squirrel's fart!"

Alan

We lost power to half our plant about 4 months ago. Turns out a squirrel somehow got across two 13 KV lines and popped a pole fuse. When the linesman knocked him down about 25ft to the concrete below it sounded like someone dropped a brick. (petrified!) I didn't see it happen but was told by witnesses it was a heck of a fireworks show.



editid cuz I kant spel


[This message has been edited by IanR (edited 09-20-2005).]