# When the apocolypse comes, I'm raising skunks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872 "2019-02-20T03:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/21 "2019-02-20T20:42:33Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I think after a while people will start to stink themselves and no one will care if they smell of skunk. Then it’s game over for you, pal. According to someone I read on Twitter, there’s a 92% chance that the Apocalypse will include zombies. If zombies can stand their own smell, they can stand your skunks. The remaining 8% likelihood involves rabid badgers. I have no idea if skunks will help there. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/22 "2019-02-20T21:34:20Z")
Badgers? We don’t need no stinking badgers! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/23 "2019-02-20T21:40:03Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Badgers? We don’t need no stinking badgers! Smithers, release the hounds. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/24 "2019-02-20T22:07:51Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > According to someone I read on Twitter, there’s a 92% chance that the Apocalypse will include zombies. If zombies can stand their own smell, they can stand your skunks. > > The remaining 8% likelihood involves rabid badgers. I have no idea if skunks will help there. I think using rabid animals might violate the Geneva Convention - it sounds like biological warfare. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/25 "2019-02-21T01:39:55Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I think using rabid animals might violate the Geneva Convention - it sounds like biological warfare. As opposed to your plan for chemical warfare?:dubious:🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/26 "2019-02-21T03:05:09Z")
Jeez, it’s just the Apocalypse, no need to raise a stink about it! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/27 "2019-02-21T03:30:51Z")
I think a good hiding place is more important than perimeter control. Peeps gonna walk away from urban areas because bad people are gonna take over. Skunk\* ain’t stopping no-one. They’re gonna be hungry and will eat any wildlife about. And pets. Maybe even other people. Need to hide, just saying. In the event of apocalypse I’ll be hiding. - skunk’s gonna smell like roast beast. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/28 "2019-02-21T03:35:39Z")
^ You just better keep yer mitts off my last can of Who Hash! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/29 "2019-02-21T03:45:53Z")
^No worries. I prefer green eggs and ham. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/30 "2019-02-21T04:23:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Plus, you probably can’t eat the skunks, if it comes down to it. I was so hungry once, I swore I’d eat the Asshole out of a Dead One. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/31 "2019-02-21T04:29:37Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > As opposed to your plan for chemical warfare?:dubious:🙂 It can’t be that much worse than mace, and I believe that’s legal some places. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/32 "2019-02-21T12:22:57Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Plus, you probably can’t eat the skunks, if it comes down to it. Are you saying “Li’l Abner” isn’t a documentary? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/33 "2019-02-21T14:03:55Z")
Skunks, badgers, and zombies, oh my! I’m still laughing about the “Quinn Martin production, IN COLOR!” (rats, now I’m showing my age) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/34 "2019-02-21T14:44:20Z")
Ever’body sing: [Some folk’ll never eat a skunk But then again, some folk’ll Like Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cEyWtFlfY) [While hanging from a telephone poll] Hey, you know what? I could call my ma while I’m up here. [Shouts] Hey ma! Get off the dang roof! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872/35 "2019-02-21T15:10:04Z")
Battle Skunks = band name [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-apocolypse-comes-im-raising-skunks/829872.md?page=1)