squirrel highways
"Telephone and electrical wires are the urban highways in the sky for squirrels" ~matt maldre

Here's a converstation I had with my brother (yikesmoose) about squirrels and their highways.

spudart (2:09 PM): like I was gonna do a squirrel highway... i have a quote on my blog recently... Telephone and electrical wires are the urban highways in the sky for squirrels
spudart (2:09 PM): so i could easily make it, so that each scene is indivudual, but when added up they make one big scene.
spudart (2:09 PM): just lots of telephone poles and lines and squirrels running on them.
yikesmoose (2:10 PM): neat
yikesmoose (2:10 PM): i like that
yikesmoose (2:10 PM): you never see squirrels get into accidents
yikesmoose (2:10 PM): they are better drivers than humans
spudart (2:11 PM): yes, there aren't as many squirrels on their highways as cars
spudart (2:11 PM): they aren't bumper to bumper
spudart (2:12 PM): but they can shift from road to road (wire to wire) quite easily. I realized this by looking out my window this morning.
yikesmoose (2:12 PM): true. that would be funny to see a squirrel traffic jam
spudart (2:12 PM): but squirrels do get road rage
spudart (2:12 PM): they chase each other all over
yikesmoose (2:12 PM): oh yea
yikesmoose (2:12 PM): yea, big time road rage
spudart (2:13 PM): i'll have to include some squirrel road rage in some of the frames
yikesmoose (2:13 PM): maybe it's not that squirrels are better drivers, just that they are better city planners
yikesmoose (2:13 PM): they know how to budget their "expenses" on highway construction
spudart (2:13 PM): their expenses?
yikesmoose (2:13 PM): they never have traffic jams
spudart (2:13 PM): they don't build the wires
yikesmoose (2:13 PM): they build their homes around the wires
spudart (2:13 PM): oh
spudart (2:13 PM): i see
yikesmoose (2:13 PM): that's the expenses
yikesmoose (2:14 PM): you don't see 1500 squirrels building their nests near one telephone pole
spudart (2:14 PM): lol
spudart (2:14 PM): yeah
yikesmoose (2:14 PM): they have their act together
yikesmoose (2:14 PM): and you see squirrels everywhere.
yikesmoose (2:14 PM): they are a thriving bunch
spudart (2:15 PM): i wonder if there are squirrels that act like semi-truck-trailers
spudart (2:15 PM): and if some are like little mini-compact cars
yikesmoose (2:15 PM): i don't think there's that much design difference in squirrels
yikesmoose (2:15 PM): sure you have fat ones, skinny ones, small ones
spudart (2:15 PM): now ants, they have design difference
yikesmoose (2:15 PM): but there's not that much difference
yikesmoose (2:16 PM): i wonder what kind of car squirrels best represent
yikesmoose (2:16 PM): i'll have to think about that one
spudart (2:16 PM): fast quick and darty
spudart (2:16 PM): actually they are like motorcycles
yikesmoose (2:16 PM): but abundant
yikesmoose (2:17 PM): yea, they're more like motorcycles
spudart (2:17 PM): motorcycles ride in a straight line, much like how squirrels wak the wire in a straight line
spudart (2:17 PM): and motorcycles and zip around real fast
spudart (2:17 PM): quick stop and go
yikesmoose (2:17 PM): if i had a motorcycle i would put a silhouette of a squirrel on it.
spudart (2:18 PM): how about a moped?
yikesmoose (2:18 PM): maybe
spudart (2:19 PM): now raccoons, they are semi-trucks
spudart (2:19 PM): they just crawl wherever they wanna go
spudart (2:19 PM): and they leave a big mess behind
spudart (2:19 PM): and they operate mostly in the nighttime
yikesmoose (2:20 PM): good point
yikesmoose (2:20 PM): there's a flaw in your theory
yikesmoose (2:21 PM): you never see raccoons on telephone lines. but you see semis on the highway all the time
yikesmoose (2:21 PM): i pay someone 5 bucks to see a big fat raccoon on a telephone line
yikesmoose (2:21 PM): in person
spudart (2:21 PM): ok
spudart (2:21 PM): just lay the telephone wire on the ground.
yikesmoose (2:22 PM): it has to be at least 20 feet in the air
yikesmoose (2:22 PM): above the ground

 

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