I got this email from Amazon today:

Amazon.co.uk

Hi Bob,
Your package with Large Heavy Duty Squirrel… will be delivered today.

Have you ordered a large heavy-duty squirrel, or is it a scam? Be carefully that you don’t end up with a marmot with a duster glued to it.

I’m not clicking on the link, but I am dying to know when it will arrive. Is there tracking info? Could you provide pictures when it does? My squirrels are all light duty and I’d like to be able to assess a heavy duty one

Does it come with Moose? Asking for two friends.

And their boss?

Good purchase. You don’t want the small light duty squirrels, they’re a rip off.

It arrived an hour ago, and it’s no scam.

> Large Heavy Duty Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder for Wild Seed Feed Mix Outdoor Garden use - Mocha Brown - with Strong Galvanised Metal Cage to Deter Squirrels…

The squirrels in question are nasty American imports that bullied our native red squirrels almost to extinction. They are athletic and clever and love to steal the seeds I put out for the birds.

But the US has extremely high tariffs and other barriers to prevent out magnificent squirrels being exported. They have been ripping us off with th8s imbalance for years and needs to be stopped.

That would be Møøse - get it right!

Hope for a red squirrel because they are considered an endangered species in England and might be worth money. On the other hand, you might get arrested for “red squirrel trafficking” if caught.

Come get your starlings.

(Sucks about the red squirrels though; nifty ears!)

Can we keep Clarice?

I think ours have emigrated across the Atlantic:

Figures show that since 1979, there has been an 85 per cent decrease in the number of starling sightings in every British garden. The number of woodpigeons spotted, however, has increased by an enormous 1,160 per cent.

The heavy duty squirrel assholes have started chewing on our porch paint (and wood) again.

Glad to ship a couple overseas.

This reminds me of the time my wife ordered something called a Root Assassin from Amazon. It’s a sort of shovel with a serrated tapered blade for cutting through and digging up tree roots.

Except when I found the box on the porch, there was a sticker or piece of tape between the two O’s in Root and I was sure it was covering up a B. Awesome, I thought, my wife ordered a Robot Assassin! I was thinking about who I’d like to have it kill first when I opened the box and… yeah, not what I was expecting.

I’ll just let you know right now, you have not bought a Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder. You have, in actual fact, bought a Puzzle-based Squirrel Feeder. Once they figure that thing out, they’ll go to town on the seeds.

One of the reviews had pictures of a squirrel removing the top to get at the contents.

And you bought it anyways? :smiley:

It was one of many that asserted its squirrel and pigeon proof qualities. Nothing is perfect and every purchase has “some” negative reviews.