# I hope he doesn't tell his friends... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757 "2007-06-28T12:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/21 "2007-06-28T23:00:43Z")
**LunaV** gets invaded by a chipmunk. **twicks** gets invaded by a baby ‘possum. Should I be wary of a gator in my bathtub? Critters seem to be invadin’ doper homes as of late… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/22 "2007-06-29T00:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] I’m watching a movie last night, and I see something out of the corner of my eye. I turn to look, and there’s a chipmunk sitting on my living room floor. Yes, a chipmunk. I have no idea how he got in, or how long he’s been there. I grabbed him and tossed him out the door. He chomped on my thumb, the ungrateful beast. Not a peep from my birds. You’d think they’d alert me to a small furry rodent running around, wouldn’t you? Any guesses as to how he got in? [/QUOTE] Did you stop and goggle at it for a minute? I used to work as a housekeeper in a hotel, and one day as I climbed the stairs to the second floor, I looked up, and there was a chipmunk smack at the top of the stairs, looking at me. I just stopped and stared, dumbfounded, and when I finally got moving again, he(she?) ran to an open window and jumped. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/23 "2007-06-29T01:11:57Z")
Catching a chipmunk can’t be that difficult in an enclosed room. Our cats used to bring mice into the bedroom to play with, and I could generally grab the mouse by the tail and take it outside without having to resort to catching it under a bucket. I never did get bitten. There were one or two times when I had to let the cat catch the mouse and then pick up the cat and carry the pair of them outside. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/24 "2007-06-29T02:19:39Z")
[QUOTE=Ms. Pumpkin] Did you stop and goggle at it for a minute? I used to work as a housekeeper in a hotel, and one day as I climbed the stairs to the second floor, I looked up, and there was a chipmunk smack at the top of the stairs, looking at me. I just stopped and stared, dumbfounded, and when I finally got moving again, he(she?) ran to an open window and jumped. [/QUOTE] Yep. It took a minute for my brain to stop thinking it was a joke and start taking my eyes seriously. You just don’t expect to see that. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/25 "2007-06-29T03:44:11Z")
Well if you live in apartment it’s harder to say how it got in. But hell, it took me years to get Chippy the Chipmunk (no we weren’t that orginal. And I assume there were plenty of Chippy over the years, but there was always one under the house and we alway called him that. And we alway left out nuts for him) anyway, took me years to get one of the Chippys to come into the house and take a peanut out of my hand. They’re sweet little creatures. And C’mon. If some huge giant suddenly swept down on you and grabed you and threw you outdoors, wouldn’t you bite them? Cut him some slack. But don’t get rabies. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/26 "2007-06-29T16:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=Ms. Pumpkin] Did you stop and goggle at it for a minute? I used to work as a housekeeper in a hotel, and one day as I climbed the stairs to the second floor, I looked up, and there was a chipmunk smack at the top of the stairs, looking at me. I just stopped and stared, dumbfounded, and when I finally got moving again, he(she?) ran to an open window and jumped. [/QUOTE] Did he squeak out something to the effect of “You’ll never take me alive, Copper!” or just jump? ETA: Rabies bad, doctor good. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/27 "2007-06-29T16:12:44Z")
A chipmunk watching The Good German is kind blowing my mind. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/28 "2007-06-29T17:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **LunaV** gets invaded by a chipmunk. **twicks** gets invaded by a baby ‘possum. Should I be wary of a gator in my bathtub? Critters seem to be invadin’ doper homes as of late… :eek: [/QUOTE] Last year we had several little lizards, a couple of months ago we had a snake, and a few weeks back we had a frog. The last two probably got into the cats’ sunroom (not as sealed as it might be) and were personally delivered to the living room. At least we haven’t got skunks or bears inside. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/29 "2007-06-30T17:16:50Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] How about Mac or Tosh? [/QUOTE] They’re gophers. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/30 "2007-06-30T17:45:23Z")
Was it… THIS GUY? > **[Dropout - Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy](https://signup.dropout.tv/)** > > Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy. Watch new episodes of Dimension 20, Um, Actually, Game Changer every week. (dun dun dunnn!) ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/31 "2007-06-30T18:21:04Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **LunaV** gets invaded by a chipmunk. **twicks** gets invaded by a baby ‘possum. Should I be wary of a gator in my bathtub? Critters seem to be invadin’ doper homes as of late… :eek: [/QUOTE] I’d watch your back if I were you… I had a squirrel break into my apartment (through my window screens) a month or so back. Little bastard was eating my pizza, a full slice at a time. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757/32 "2007-07-01T03:43:33Z")
Was it very difficult for him to wield the pizza cutter? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-he-doesnt-tell-his-friends/409757.md?page=1)