Oleg Volk: Specieist?

HKguy9 · February 21, 2002, 02:06 AM

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Kinda like with those cute, cuddly skunks. Skunks and totalitarians are only cute in children's cartoons.

Oleg Oleg, you disappoint me

Oh gosh, I'm so cute and cuddly!

nsf003 · February 21, 2002, 08:52 AM

Always a new "ist" word everyday. Nice Skunk

nsf003

Jim March · February 21, 2002, 10:36 AM

I've never actually met a tame pet skunk but I hear they actually do make good pets

. Great freakout value

.

The funniest "weird pet story" I ever heard involved a family in Wisconsin years ago, that went walking through the woods and came across an abandoned wolf puppy. Cute little thing...they took it home, raised it, it turned out amazingly friendly and playful, it'd wrassle with their kids/dogs/whatever and never hurt anybody. But it looked...odd. Kinda mis-shaped. They assumed it had birth defects, so they finally took it to the vet.

The vet seemed rather shocked. As it tried to lick his face, he managed to blurt out "nice WOLVERINE ya got there!".

est pet I ever heard of!

There was a case in WashState just a few years ago, a family took home a pet ferret from a local county animal shelter...it was an adult that had been found as a stray. It was mostly tame, sometimes got a bit cranky but not too bad, and it didn't quite look right. They called over a local ferret expert, who's first words were "well he's damned friendly, for a MINK". Somebody had clearly hand-raised it because mink are one of the few mustelids that don't tame well.

Otters, wolverines, fishers, even *badgers* can be easily tamed

. As can skunks, although there's been a recent effort to take them out of the mustelid classification.

The Steinhart Aquarium in Monterey screwed up not long ago. They took in an orphaned baby sea otter and it was just so cute they couldn't help cuddling it and such. They went overboard. By the time she was an adult, "April" had indeed learned to hunt and such, but once free she tended to crash beach parties and play with people's dogs/kids/etc

. They finally had to re-capture her.

gorlitsa · February 21, 2002, 11:34 AM

So how about...

Skunks and totalitarians are only cute when you have them trained to eat out of your hand.

dZ · February 21, 2002, 12:00 PM

how about:

pdmoderator · February 21, 2002, 01:12 PM

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how about: [skunk.jpg]

I think the whole concept stinks.

- pdmoderator

Calamity Jane · February 21, 2002, 01:18 PM

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Otters, wolverines, fishers, even *badgers* can be easily tamed...

Badgers? We don' need no steenking badgers!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

pax · February 21, 2002, 02:07 PM

Don't badger Oleg. He's a good guy.

pax

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. -- W. C. Fields

dZ · February 21, 2002, 02:32 PM

if you think you can weasle out of a TFL pun fight with a single shot
you have another thing coming Minky-boys

D.W. Drang · February 21, 2002, 02:49 PM

I think we otter ferret out rules on this site as regards badgering people over puns...Especially Oleg Vole!!!

pdmoderator · February 21, 2002, 03:09 PM

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I think we otter ferret out rules on this site as regards badgering people over puns...Especially Oleg Vole!!!

Yepp-er. Let's try to be a little civet here. Anyone who wood chuck such an idea should face our crack firing squad (armed with Mousers, of course.) What say we post a poll, cats?

Mole-on labe,
-pdmoderator

Oleg Volk · February 21, 2002, 03:10 PM

This whole accusation is a croc

of weasel-words!

freeride21a · February 21, 2002, 04:40 PM

TSK TSK TSK, if you have a pet skunk in kali you are a bad bad boy! cause as you know anything cool is illegal in the occupied state of kommiefornia. I had a sugar glider for a while...cute little things! now i just own lots of reptiles.

**Mike Irwin** · February 21, 2002, 05:15 PM

How do you cook one of those stripy things?

pdmoderator · February 21, 2002, 05:47 PM

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How do you cook one of those stripy things?

A long ways downwind...

- pdmoderator

HKguy9 · February 21, 2002, 08:59 PM

Unfortunately, that ain't my skunk. It belongs to someone on the Beretta boards.

I spoke with Oleg on the phone a couple days ago for something like 30-45 minutes talking cameras. Very nice, softspoken guy, articulate as hell. Thanks Oleg!!!

But I never woulda figured him to be a specieist

Edited: Man, I soooooo want a pet skunk.

Apple a Day · February 21, 2002, 10:28 PM

Geez, our old nextdoor neighbors had a furry cat that looked a LOT like a skunk. Her real name was "Missy" but everybody at our place called her "Skunk". The problem was that Skunk was really friendly and would follow you into the house if you didn't close the door behind you fast enough.
I was just coming home one day and my parents had gone grocery shopping. In the process of shuttling chow into the house Skunk had invited herself in. My parents had left and Skunk had remained. Being the social critter she was, she was waiting around the corner of the front room when I walked in. She came sacheting around the corner before my eyes had adjusted to the dimmer light and YOWCH! We get warning about rabid animals around here from time to time and I had seen one earlier that day about skunks and foxes. I didn't touch the ground between the front room, the porch, the stairs, and most of the front yard- where I landed.
Skunk meandered out of the front door looking at me like I was nuts, panting for breath a few dozen yards away.
D@mned cat.

Marko Kloos · February 21, 2002, 11:38 PM

If pet ferrets are "skinnykitties", are pet skunks "stinkykitties?"

**4V50 Gary** · February 21, 2002, 11:44 PM

Hey Jim, love that wolverine story. A buddy of mine found a lost "puppy police dog" and adopted it. Took his puppy police dog to the vet for its shots and the vet asked where he found his puppy police dog. Anyway, the puppy police dog was a purebred wolf pup. He kept it, feed it and ran it when he rode his horse (since horsey knew it as a pup, it wasn't scared of it). That wolf was a smart critter that figured out how to turn door knobs with its mouth. Before it would retire for the night, it would enter everyone's room, touch the person with its nose to assure itself that the occupant was safe, close the door behind it and go to sleep.

OF · February 21, 2002, 11:49 PM

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Before it would retire for the night, it would enter everyone's room, touch the person with its nose to assure itself that the occupant was safe, close the door behind it and go to sleep.

That is too cool.

- Gabe

gorlitsa · February 22, 2002, 01:42 AM

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Before it would retire for the night, it would enter everyone's room, touch the person with its nose to assure itself that the occupant was safe, close the door behind it and go to sleep.

That is opposed to cats, which bite sleeping occupants on the nose becuase they can't get the door open to get out at four in the morning...

How in the world is this firearm related? Aside from Mr. Skunk's curiosity in post #1, I'm amazed this has stayed up so long. Not that I mind....

Modifiedbrowning · February 22, 2002, 03:54 AM

Gorlitsa, cats don't bite, they scratch( and if they don't quit it out comes the Walther)

Guyon · February 22, 2002, 09:16 AM

Cats don't bite? I beg to differ. http://www.castlepurrs.com/ouch.html

Skorzeny · February 22, 2002, 09:33 AM

You see - this is why I like dogs - my dogs would NEVER bite me under any circumstances because they know that I am the alpha and because I discouraged them in the sternest terms.

I just thought that I should throw the dog-thing into stir the pot!

Skorzeny

The morning ain't over until someone flames me!

Gholam · February 22, 2002, 10:20 AM

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That wolf was a smart critter that figured out how to turn door knobs with its mouth.

Whoa... I have two dogs here, they are ten months old now, by age of 4 months or so they figured out how to open doors by pressing on the handle and pushing, and several months later they learned to pull on it... now, no room is safe

February 21, 2002, 10:36 AM	#3
Jim March Senior Member Join Date: February 14, 1999 Location: Pittsburg, CA, USA Posts: 7,417	I've never actually met a tame pet skunk but I hear they actually do make good pets . Great freakout value . The funniest "weird pet story" I ever heard involved a family in Wisconsin years ago, that went walking through the woods and came across an abandoned wolf puppy. Cute little thing...they took it home, raised it, it turned out amazingly friendly and playful, it'd wrassle with their kids/dogs/whatever and never hurt anybody. But it looked...odd. Kinda mis-shaped. They assumed it had birth defects, so they finally took it to the vet. The vet seemed rather shocked. As it tried to lick his face, he managed to blurt out "nice WOLVERINE ya got there!". est pet I ever heard of! There was a case in WashState just a few years ago, a family took home a pet ferret from a local county animal shelter...it was an adult that had been found as a stray. It was mostly tame, sometimes got a bit cranky but not too bad, and it didn't quite look right. They called over a local ferret expert, who's first words were "well he's damned friendly, for a MINK". Somebody had clearly hand-raised it because mink are one of the few mustelids that don't tame well. Otters, wolverines, fishers, even badgers can be easily tamed . As can skunks, although there's been a recent effort to take them out of the mustelid classification. The Steinhart Aquarium in Monterey screwed up not long ago. They took in an orphaned baby sea otter and it was just so cute they couldn't help cuddling it and such. They went overboard. By the time she was an adult, "April" had indeed learned to hunt and such, but once free she tended to crash beach parties and play with people's dogs/kids/etc . They finally had to re-capture her. __________________ Jim March

February 21, 2002, 05:15 PM	#14
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,642	How do you cook one of those stripy things? __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

February 21, 2002, 11:44 PM	#19
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,315	Hey Jim, love that wolverine story. A buddy of mine found a lost "puppy police dog" and adopted it. Took his puppy police dog to the vet for its shots and the vet asked where he found his puppy police dog. Anyway, the puppy police dog was a purebred wolf pup. He kept it, feed it and ran it when he rode his horse (since horsey knew it as a pup, it wasn't scared of it). That wolf was a smart critter that figured out how to turn door knobs with its mouth. Before it would retire for the night, it would enter everyone's room, touch the person with its nose to assure itself that the occupant was safe, close the door behind it and go to sleep. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

February 21, 2002, 08:52 AM	#2
nsf003 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2002 Location: South Central PA Posts: 574	Always a new "ist" word everyday. Nice Skunk nsf003

February 21, 2002, 11:34 AM	#4
gorlitsa Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2001 Location: The Old Pueblo Posts: 644	So how about... Skunks and totalitarians are only cute when you have them trained to eat out of your hand.

February 21, 2002, 02:07 PM	#8
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	Don't badger Oleg. He's a good guy. pax The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. -- W. C. Fields

February 21, 2002, 02:32 PM	#9
dZ Senior Member Join Date: June 1, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	if you think you can weasle out of a TFL pun fight with a single shot you have another thing coming Minky-boys

February 21, 2002, 02:49 PM	#10
D.W. Drang Senior Member Join Date: December 25, 2001 Location: The Deepest Pacific NorthWet Posts: 590	I think we otter ferret out rules on this site as regards badgering people over puns...Especially Oleg Vole!!!

February 21, 2002, 03:10 PM	#12
Oleg Volk Staff Alumnus Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 7,022	This whole accusation is a croc of weasel-words!

February 21, 2002, 04:40 PM	#13
freeride21a Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2001 Location: occupied state of kommiefornia Posts: 273	TSK TSK TSK, if you have a pet skunk in kali you are a bad bad boy! cause as you know anything cool is illegal in the occupied state of kommiefornia. I had a sugar glider for a while...cute little things! now i just own lots of reptiles.

February 21, 2002, 08:59 PM	#16
HKguy9 Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2001 Posts: 2,132	Unfortunately, that ain't my skunk. It belongs to someone on the Beretta boards. I spoke with Oleg on the phone a couple days ago for something like 30-45 minutes talking cameras. Very nice, softspoken guy, articulate as hell. Thanks Oleg!!! But I never woulda figured him to be a specieist Edited: Man, I soooooo want a pet skunk.

February 21, 2002, 10:28 PM	#17
Apple a Day Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2000 Location: Poquoson,Virginia Posts: 1,524	Geez, our old nextdoor neighbors had a furry cat that looked a LOT like a skunk. Her real name was "Missy" but everybody at our place called her "Skunk". The problem was that Skunk was really friendly and would follow you into the house if you didn't close the door behind you fast enough. I was just coming home one day and my parents had gone grocery shopping. In the process of shuttling chow into the house Skunk had invited herself in. My parents had left and Skunk had remained. Being the social critter she was, she was waiting around the corner of the front room when I walked in. She came sacheting around the corner before my eyes had adjusted to the dimmer light and YOWCH! We get warning about rabid animals around here from time to time and I had seen one earlier that day about skunks and foxes. I didn't touch the ground between the front room, the porch, the stairs, and most of the front yard- where I landed. Skunk meandered out of the front door looking at me like I was nuts, panting for breath a few dozen yards away. D@mned cat.

February 21, 2002, 11:38 PM	#18
Marko Kloos Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2000 Location: Enfield, NH Posts: 5,521	If pet ferrets are "skinnykitties", are pet skunks "stinkykitties?"

February 22, 2002, 03:54 AM	#22
Modifiedbrowning Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2002 Location: Montana Posts: 613	Gorlitsa, cats don't bite, they scratch( and if they don't quit it out comes the Walther)

February 22, 2002, 09:16 AM	#23
Guyon Senior Member Join Date: July 28, 2000 Location: Over the Hills and Through the Woods, Tennessee Posts: 1,207	Cats don't bite? I beg to differ. http://www.castlepurrs.com/ouch.html

February 22, 2002, 09:33 AM	#24
Skorzeny Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 1999 Posts: 1,938	You see - this is why I like dogs - my dogs would NEVER bite me under any circumstances because they know that I am the alpha and because I discouraged them in the sternest terms. I just thought that I should throw the dog-thing into stir the pot! Skorzeny The morning ain't over until someone flames me!