Discussion: Flight Delayed After Woman Brings An 'Emotional Support Squirrel' Onboard

sandi · October 10, 2018, 4:33pm

Thank you

maracel · October 10, 2018, 4:33pm

Support squirrel? Am I allowed to laugh without appearing loutish. Just the story I need to cheer me up today. What’s next… Perish the thought.

george_spiggott · October 10, 2018, 4:34pm

Unfortunately Twiggy has a dark side that’s revealed after boofing…

ncsteve · October 10, 2018, 4:35pm

Truth is, except for lingering concerns about rabies, I really don’t mind what wildlife shows up. I actually recognize two or three individual squirrels now. At a certain point, you just have to make peace with the superior intellect of squirrels and raccoons like the birds do.

I have been a bit concerned that they’re still showing up at the height of acorn season this year. In past years, it was like as soon as the first ones fell, they were all like “Oooh! Akernz! We gotta get to work!” and vanished until the first freeze. Don’t know if I have fostered an unhealthy dependency, we’re having an acorn shortage (or season delay), or they’re just saving the acorns for later.

drtv · October 10, 2018, 4:36pm

The Burma Shave style signs here make me laugh!

sandi · October 10, 2018, 4:38pm

We’ve had an overabundance of squirrels in our area. Tear up our yard burying acorns. They were even attacking people in parks to snatch picnic food a few years ago (I am not kidding).

Spouse researched their natural predators. Turns out, bobcats & rattlesnakes. We decided to put up w/ the squirrels.

@littlegirlblue

j_publicus · October 10, 2018, 4:38pm

sysprog · October 10, 2018, 4:41pm

Yes…I was on a flight from Tunisia once and people boarded carrying all their life’s possessions…from animals to baggage. It was amazing…I’m sure they felt comforted.

trumpdog · October 10, 2018, 4:43pm

Well said.

tena · October 10, 2018, 4:47pm

zillacop · October 10, 2018, 4:48pm

You could put in long tube feeders that I’ve never had raccoons go to.

mondfledermaus · October 10, 2018, 4:49pm

My father started hating them when he became a macadamia grower. Once he broke his ankle, so bored he took a chair to the middle of the orchard and started shooting squirrels on sight. When I got back home that day he sent me to pick the bodies he bagged six that day.

j_publicus · October 10, 2018, 4:49pm

My late former father in law loved nothing better than to feed the birds. Then the squirrel mafia showed up, looking for the vig…

A 40 year war ensued, at first aimed at refusing the little criminals their quarry-sweet, expensive bird food. After a decade of escalating tensions (higher and higher poles, wider deflectors, fancy spring triggered feeders) he finally relented (the mafia ALWAYS makes you an offer you can’t refuse!) and began putting out peanuts for them.

At first, it seemed to work, but weeks later it escalated again to them chewing their way into the garage siding to get to the bag of peanuts, which was answered by a steel garbage can to store them. I’m sure you can see where this is going…

By the time of his demise, ‘feeding the birds’ became $50 a MONTH in peanut vig to the squirrel mafia! The birds had packed up and left a decade ago.

I’m not sure of the moral of this story, but I do know who won that war, and it wasn’t the birds OR my former father in law. I’m pretty sure the whole corrupt gang of little rodents came out to salute him when his hearse went past his house…

daled · October 10, 2018, 4:49pm

FOR
THE
WIN

zillacop · October 10, 2018, 4:50pm

It was a bad move.

ghost · October 10, 2018, 4:50pm

How about dancing emotional support gophers? Are they allowed?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krVXRCcr2M4

theod · October 10, 2018, 4:52pm

At least it wouldn’t have one of those nut allergies that have ruined airplane snacking.

cub_calloway · October 10, 2018, 4:52pm

And Frontier is based in Colorado.

texastwostep · October 10, 2018, 4:55pm

GET THE FUCK OFF MY PLANE!

phlogiston · October 10, 2018, 4:58pm

Hell, all you need is an Amazon account.