# Clarence, you bad bad bad thang. How happy you made me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564 "2021-09-29T06:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/21 "2021-10-01T01:29:26Z")
I’ve been looking for a young one for years. I know where and how they nest. They hide well. Alas, I’ve only ever found empty nests. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/22 "2021-10-01T01:36:51Z")
Something tells me you might enjoy Bernd Heinrich’s _Ravens In Winter_. A scientist with a very strong Small Animal Field for corvids – ravens and crows. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/23 "2021-10-02T02:51:36Z")
Poor Clarence. He’s all wet. I tried to dry him some but he wouldn’t have it. His bucket house has moved inside the garage. I put new bedding in it. I guess he’ll dry out by morning if he stays in. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/24 "2021-10-02T02:56:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Alas, I’ve only ever found empty nests. Crow mamas use you to frighten their nestlings. “Hide, children, hide! The Beck is gonna get 'cha!” ---
**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:** [October 3, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/25 "2021-10-03T06:10:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > He’s all wet. And what else??? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/26 "2021-10-03T19:33:31Z")
Yer a regular Elly Mae Clampett, Beck. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/27 "2021-10-03T21:34:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Then I petted his tail. > OMG. That tail is weird. The skin moves without the under neath stuff moving. Strange! Are you sure that was his tail? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/28 "2021-10-03T22:34:55Z")
Yes, yes I am.🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/29 "2021-10-04T02:48:19Z")
We got a new stranger on the deck. A solid black cat with green eyes. Clarence has taken a shine to this stranger. Inter-species attraction is kinda weird to watch.😮 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/30 "2021-10-04T03:22:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We got a new stranger on the deck. A solid black cat with green eyes. > Clarence has taken a shine to this stranger. Prediction: In a short while, strange black cat will be a stranger no longer. He will be checked out at the vet, groomed, fed, and, knowing what’s good for him, will hang around. He will comprise the next chapter in “Beck’s Menagerie of Critters”, soon to be a major motion picture, featuring cameo appearances by Clarence the Domesticated O’possum, still pretending to be wild but luxuriating in Cheerios and Beck-scritches. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/31 "2021-10-04T04:58:25Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > A solid black cat with green eyes. Ooh, sounds like the one I lost a couple of years ago. He was Vienna’s best friend, and the Second Best Cat Ever, after her. Bright blue-green eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/32 "2021-10-04T06:09:02Z")
They are in said ‘bucket’ home together. It’s so sweet. This cat has panache. Sorry @panache45 , couldn’t help myself. What was your black cats name! Can I use it? (I hope it’s ‘Bean’) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/33 "2021-10-04T09:33:28Z")
Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/34 "2021-10-04T09:57:12Z")
I had a black cat named Rose. She died in 2001 so her name has been free for 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/35 "2021-10-04T11:04:11Z")
My black cat’s name was Halloween. He loved the family but hated strangers. We would generally put him in a room with the door closed when we had guests. The most hated one was my friend Dennis. Halloween’s mission in life was to kill and eat Dennis. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/36 "2021-10-04T14:52:05Z")
Hey? I’m brilliant. Genius, I tell you what!! My new black cat with green eyes has remained overnight. She(?) Slept in Clarences bucket home with him. I know, I know. I’m not judging. But thanks to @panache45 and my over large Melon head, said black cat, with a fringe-y tail that’s permanently in a question marks new name is… \*HARICOT. 🤭 Perfect. (\* french for bean) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/37 "2021-10-04T15:28:07Z")
I totally knew this would happen (see my post #27)! Another critter apparently now established at chez **Beckdawrek**. Maybe at this point you can get a federal grant for running … I dunno, something – a nature preserve? A humane society for strays and tame possums? 😃 Bless you, Beck. The joy you get from these animals is exceeded only by the joy they get from you. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/38 "2021-10-04T17:02:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > a nature preserve? A humane society for strays and tame possums? Now all she needs is Bigfoot, and her collection will be complete! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/39 "2021-10-04T17:12:18Z")
Now that, I want. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarence-you-bad-bad-bad-thang-how-happy-you-made-me/951564/40 "2021-10-04T17:53:02Z")
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