My wife wants a skunk and isn't feeling well lately....not necessarily in that order.  I think she may have caught something from visiting Jen's blog.  It has caused her to want things not normally considered normal for normal people with normal wants.  A skunk, a camel and other non-normal stuff that you wouldn't even see in a normal persons normal settings.  So, if anyone has any experience with such critters, and can list numerous negative things not normally known about said criiters, please list them here so I can forward them to my lovely wife who is normally normal and not nuerotically needing of nocturnal non-necessities.

On another note, the show "Extreme Home Makeovers" or whatever it's called, is here, again, doing an episode.  Our department is involved somehow and there will be some scenes with us in it.  Albiet, not myself, I've learned over the years that to avoid media at all costs is an extrememly wise move.  So, if and when you see this episode, you'll get to see some of Kitsap County's finest and know that I'll be in the background, behind the camera's, making funny faces at people. A picture in the paper will cost you a lot in ice cream, imagine a scene on tv. 

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Posted by Dalyn

Are you kidding? What kind of crazy person would NOT want a cute, fuzzy skunk? OR a cool camel? I can ride my camel around and be the coolest kid in the neighborhood! You stop that! You are on thin ice mister! I hold the kefir keys!

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Posted by Douglas

Is that a threat??? You aleady are the coolest kid on the block. Especially considering we are the only ones on the block.

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Posted by Mommyof8

Two words for your queen. PETTING - ZOO

At the petting zoo she can pet her silky nocturnal non-necessity until he bares his rabid teeth and brings her inexpensively to her senses. She can pet her hump-backs 'til the flee bites, slobbery missiles attack her, and other inconveniences drive her inexpensively home with a resolve to never again look to the neurotic.

Even if she does not come to her senses she can keep visiting them at the petting zoo where such creatures reside to inexpensively remind us why we don't keep them at home.

If her goal in camels is to avoid environment polluting fossil fuels I think she'll find a horse does quite nicely. They don't even spit and you don't have to dress like a shiek to ride one. Besides a horse can do work. Could you imagine a camel pulling out a stump or plowing a field?

Perhaps in a compromise you could rent a camel for a live Christmas nativity to teach the children, but I don't know how to justify the nocturnal non-necessity in any way shape or form.

Daddy of 8

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Posted by Douglas

Thank you dude of 8. It's brave people such as this homeschool dad that I need to step up to the plate and help drive my wife to her senses. Rationality shall prevail. Thanks again and thanks for visiting. Don't be a stranger

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Posted by Mommyof8

Come check out our blog too, here is the link...
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mommyof8

Could we use your "Move over Mommy, Daddy's blog too" gif on our blog?

Thanks

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Posted by Douglas

absolutely

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Posted by TC

My husband had a "special effects" role in the film, "Major League." He said the best thing about it was the great catering. Do you get good catered food, or does Dalyn pack you an awesome lunch?

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Posted by Douglas

yea, we got kicked out of the vip tent and told to go eat with the common folk

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Posted by

how stinkin' hilarious!! Don't worry, man. I told my wife a brief synopsis of what your wife wants and she gave me a very quizzical look - THERE STILL MAY BE HOPE!

We saw a skunk as roadkill about a month ago. It was maybe hours dead. As I approached the dead beast in our vehicle, I attempted to turn the A/C from outside to inside circulation at approximately 50 yards prior to reaching it (half a football field for some of you readers out there) yet, still there was an overwhelming perfume that soaked in through the air filter. Took about a day's worth of driving (at $3 stinking bucks a gallon for gas!!!!) to get the filter adequately breathed.

That dead thing stunk for 3 days each time I drove by it! I smartened up and left the A/C off altogether as I drove by it.

Good to see another guy here. Keep in touch -
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/hubby

In His love and grace,
Brian

Edited by Hubby on Nov. 12, 2005 at 10:24 PM

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Posted by drewsfamilytx

You better watch out, Doug. If Dalyn wants a skunk you better find out what she plans to do with that skunk and if YOU'VE done anything terrible in the past few days that would give her a reason to use a skunk against you... Women don't want skunks for no reason....

Consider yourself warned.

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Posted by Anonymous

You can do what I did. I got a skunk puppet off ebay for my 4yo who really likes skunks. The folkmanis puppets look pretty realistic, if you are a good puppeteer you might even fool her...for a little bit.

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Posted by HappyApple

Hehhehe

From what my dad has told me... him and his brothers had some skunks as pets growing up. Of course they 'de-skunked' them... or whatever that is called (I don't think I really want to know what it's called). They liked having skunks and they were neat pets... after their de-skunking. My uncle would like to have one again, but it is illegal here in Colorado to have skunks as pets now.

My grandfather has been writing a book about him and my grandmother and he's been sending me about 20 pages at a time. One of the stories is about my grandmother. She was always taking in critters. One time she had a racoon that she named "Monkie". One day Monkie came home and my grandpa noticed that she was pregnant. Monkie had twins so my grandmother sent my dad a telegram when he was in Vietnam saying "Monkie had twins." The army gave my dad three days of R&R because they though Monkie was his wife. My dad didn't dare tell them that Monkie was a racoon! hehehehe

Dianna

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Posted by JenIG

like believe it or not, i'm actually on your side with the whole skunk thing (sorry dayln my disco sistah). Skunks are only good for one thing. Um. I don't know what that one thing is, but I'm sure God has some sort of kooky reason why they're here.

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Posted by Anonymous

You mentioned Kitsap County. We live in Mason County... not far from you and the family getting the new house, I met once! (By phone actually! The mom and I were introduced by a mutual friend about 5 years ago... )

Wow! I know OF a lady getting a house and I am reading the blog of a guy who lives in the county where I go to Walmart! LOL! I must be desparate for signs of interesting things! Life can be pretty routine somedays!

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Posted by Confessor

A skunk is a rat. But bigger. And in addition to the regular stink of a rat (but bigger), it makes it's own stink.

And not a stink that smells like children who have been running around outside on a summer day and rolling in questionable mounds. No, that stink washes off. A skunk's stink comes in a nice, penetrating oil that doesn't wash off very well.

And it bites bigger than a rat.

And it's hairier, so you can get all sorts of things growing in the fur to go with the stink and biting. Or was she planning on shampooing and styling its fur daily?

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