# Canadians! Do Not Let Moose Lick Your Car! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215 "2020-11-22T22:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/1 "2020-11-22T22:13:58Z")
Finally! Someone is calling attention to the persistent problem of salty cars and the meese who love them. > **[Canadian officials warn drivers not to let moose lick their cars | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/americas/canada-warns-moose-lick-cars-trnd/index.html)** > > Canadians, officials have an important message for you: "Do not let moose lick your car." ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/2 "2020-11-23T00:40:19Z")
Wow. Never knew this was a thing. As someone planning to (eventually) drive to Alaska and also to drive an ice road, this is good to know.Thanks for the PSA, @Dr_Paprika. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/3 "2020-11-23T00:42:16Z")
I love Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/4 "2020-11-23T00:47:11Z")
Seems to me that if a moose decides it’s gonna lick your car, you don’t really have much say in the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/5 "2020-11-23T00:47:37Z")
Vamoose. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/6 "2020-11-23T01:14:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Seems to me that if a moose decides it’s gonna lick your car, you don’t really have much say in the matter. That was my first thought, too. What do Canadian officials expect people to _do_ exactly, about a [700lb-1500lb animal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#Size_and_weight) that’s taken a notion to doing, well, anything its heart desires? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/7 "2020-11-23T01:45:05Z")
I suggest you add some vinegar, maybe even a little tequila. You think it’s easy being a moose? You’re sitting in the woods, dreaming of pretzels, and out of nowhere a salt lick drives up. And you want me to what now? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/8 "2020-11-23T03:00:16Z")
Moose are supposed to lick squirrel instead! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/9 "2020-11-23T03:10:49Z")
Now that is some porn I do NOT want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/10 "2020-11-23T14:19:19Z")
I guess that would be “Secret Squirrel”? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/11 "2020-11-23T14:31:45Z")
A moose once bit my sister… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/12 "2020-11-23T14:38:19Z")
I read the article anxiously, hoping not to see a picture of a moose with its tongue frozen to a car… ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/13 "2020-11-23T14:54:05Z")
Put out some six packs of Moosehead ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/14 "2020-11-23T15:40:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I read the article anxiously, hoping not to see a picture of a moose with its tongue frozen to a car… Funny, but I _was_ hoping to see such pix. Some stuff is just plain funny. Besides, for a big enough moose and a small enough car some pretty funny vehicle damage might ensue. The good news for the poor moose stuck to a car is that humans will help free it. Some other less fortunate moose who licked a section of disused railroad tracks or an old fridge dumped in a ditch in the country will die trapped in place unnoticed. PSA for moose: If you want to lick a salty vehicle, pick one that a) runs and b) is in town. And don’t kick the human with the bucket of water. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/15 "2020-11-23T15:42:09Z")
You think they want the salt? It’s a peer pressure thing - herd mentality. “You know, Salmonmousse, you just don’t have the guts to lick that car…” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/16 "2020-11-23T15:44:19Z")
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/17 "2020-11-23T20:36:14Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I suggest you add some vinegar, maybe even a little tequila. _Lime_ and Tequila! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/18 "2020-11-23T20:42:59Z")
What about when life gives you lemons? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/19 "2020-11-23T20:47:56Z")
Surely this thread should be in The Quarantine Zone. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215/20 "2020-11-23T20:51:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > What about when life gives you lemons? - > **[Limoncello](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoncello)** > > Limoncello (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Italian: \[limonˈtʃɛlːo\]) is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Amalfi Coast, and Sicily. It is the second-most popular liqueur in Italy and is traditionally served chilled as an after-dinner digestivo. It is al... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-do-not-let-moose-lick-your-car/926215.md?page=2)