# An old thread about gophers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940 "2002-07-02T00:31:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/1 "2002-07-02T00:31:32Z")

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Can anybody point me to an old SDMB thread about gophers and how they were driving some guy crazy?

From what I remember he tried everything in the world to get rid of them. It was the funniest thing ever.

I tried searching but no luck.

Does anybody know what I’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/2 "2002-07-02T00:47:06Z")

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[Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906) the original. Do a search on ‘Nazi Groundhogs’ for ‘anydate’ in MPSIMS and you’ll find some other threads requesting updates.

Oh, and just in case you don’t know, **alsmith** = **Scylla**  
Jim

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/3 "2002-07-02T00:48:49Z")

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[How to kill evil Nazi Groundhogs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15906&highlight=Nazi+groundhogs)

Wow! Is that one an oldie but a classic!!  
**alsmith** is now **Scylla** , btw.

Search under ‘Nazi’ and ‘groundhogs’ for a couple of other related threads.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/4 "2002-07-02T00:53:59Z")

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Great minds think darned alike, but Lord Jim types faster.  
(But my name’s at the ‘last post’ site. pbbbbtttthhh.)

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/5 "2002-07-02T01:21:13Z")

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Ha! Not any more.

Jim

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**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/6 "2002-07-02T01:27:22Z")

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Thanks a bunch!!!

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-thread-about-gophers/116940/7 "2002-07-02T01:38:00Z")

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I was thinking of that thread the other day…

The floor of some guy’s garage caved in a week or two ago. Woodchucks had carved out so many burrows underneath the floor the concrete gave way. They needed to hire a two truck to drag the vehicles out.