%age Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 IoM Today report I really like this Isle of Man Newspapers article. PLAIN NUTS? How Peel MHK Tim Crookall might look like as a red squirrel Well done reporter Adrian Darbyshire for showing a light side to the House of Keys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Apparently a single red squirrel can in the course of just one day, rob 6 banks, sell a kilo of coke to under 5s, steal at least 3 cars and slaughter an entire field full of 'pitbull terrier like' dogs. And that's before they've necked a crate of WKD. Beatrix Potter was forced to write The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin at gunpoint by 'Mad Twelve Bore' Tufty Fluffytail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Can you get me one as a pet please BlueMonday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Maybe for an encore they could publish a picture of what Tony Brown would look like as a Smurf. Its something I'd like to see for the hell of it. Maybe I should fabricate a Smurf related story for next weeks Examiner to give them the opportunity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jehovah Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 "they won't be able to get sufficient nuts" Easy, release them near Ramsey, we've got plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Can you get me one as a pet please BlueMonday? Not unless Amadeus lends me his tank. They're evil I tell ye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontius Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Can you get me one as a pet please BlueMonday? Not unless Amadeus lends me his tank. They're evil I tell ye. You are SO right! Crackheads and thugs the lot of them. Look at these examples: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article96909.ece http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l27HNNieARo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 You've all got it wrong, it's the grey squirrels that are the immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 IoM Today report I really like this Isle of Man Newspapers article. PLAIN NUTS? How Peel MHK Tim Crookall might look like as a red squirrel Well done reporter Adrian Darbyshire for showing a light side to the House of Keys! The article is complete bollocksanyway - 'We haven't that many hazel trees so they won't be able to get sufficient nuts'? F**king idiot. Go to see the red squirrel reserve in Formby, Merseyside or the red squirrels at CenterParcs (sic) in the Lake District. Both are pine forests, not a hazel tree for miles. They should release a couple of dozen Red squirrels in Ballaugh Plantation - there's no native animals there anyway, seeing as it is an artificial monoculture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontius Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Red/grey - they'd both be immigrants on the Isle of Man. BTW, they exist quite happily eating pine seeds and nuts - fir, spruce and larch, for example, as well as any nuts they can find. A good sign they are around is finding the disctinctive nibbled pine cones under trees - I've seen reds very often in Scotland, in forests which were mostly if not totally mixed conifers - not conifer monocultures. Either way - it's a risk bringing in any non-native species. A few Great Elk now ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Meoff Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Ask Graham Joughin at the Isle of Man Woodlands Trust then ask Duncan the guy in charge of the Manx Wildlife Trust and you will find that the answer is the same both times, Reds eat the pines from Scots Pines and since we do not have a large enough number, they will eat birds eggs etc , this would cause massive distruction to local populations of small birds that are already decreased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Can you get me one as a pet please BlueMonday? Only if you can teach it to wear sunglasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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