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Flaming squirrel ignites car in Bayonne
www.nj.com ^
| 10/18/2007
| N. Clark Judd
Posted on 10/19/2007 1:50:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
It's Rocky the Frying Squirrel!
A kamikaze squirrel fell from the sky and detonated a Bayonne woman's car yesterday, police said today.
Lindsey Millar, 23, and her brother, Tony, 22, were both home Wednesday at about 12:45 p.m. when Lindsey's car suddenly started burning outside their 42nd Street home.
Tony Millar said firefighters told them it was the work of a buck-toothed saboteur that had been gnawing on overhead power lines connected to a transformer directly above the 2006 Toyota Camry.
"The squirrel chewed through the wire, was set on fire, fell down directly to where the car was," Tony Millar said. "The squirrel, on fire, slid into the engine compartment and blew up the car. "They're always coming around here, chewing through the garbage," he added.
Tony Millar says his sister was fully insured.
"It's something to laugh about once she has a new car," he said. "It's not funny yet." Police said there were no injuries -- except for the squirrel, that is, which is dead.
The Millars' home is decorated for Halloween, complete with a tiny plastic tombstone on their front lawn. Tony Millar said the family will consider dedicating the tombstone to the squirrel, who was not named.
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Hello? GEICO? You're not gonna believe this, but..............
To: Red Badger
I used to live on Kennedy and 33rd in that town - lots of trees, but the lawns were uniformly small ...
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posted on
10/19/2007 1:55:57 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Red Badger
Jihad Squirrel???
I’m sure the squirrels name was “Achmed”
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posted on
10/19/2007 1:57:02 PM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; RebelTex
STORY OF THE DAY BY FAR!!!!
PING!!!
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posted on
10/19/2007 1:57:21 PM PDT
by
SubGeniusX
(The People have UNENUMERATED RIGHTS ... the Govt. does NOT have UNENUMERATED POWERS)
To: Red Badger
In Manhattan it would’ve been a flaming gerbil.
To: Red Badger
I hate it when that happens!
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:03:52 PM PDT
by
Reaganesque
(Romney for President 2008)
To: Darksheare; Dead Corpse
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:04:17 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: nevergore; Clemenza
Clemenza, I bet you have a few good Bayonne stories.
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:04:42 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:05:19 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Ken522
Small world. I used to live on 34th between Avenue C and Kennedy.
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:06:25 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Cagey
Nothing this exciting ever happenned when I was living there. I love to say that the longest decade of my life was the five months I lived in Bayonne.
There is a very nice, relatively large park a block from here with plenty of squirrels (and skunks and foxes). Nice view of Port Newark and even an unofficial "beach" if you want to tan among the refuse from the Bay.
Maybe this squirrel is a recent convert to Islam. There is a rapidly growing Muslim population in Bayonne.
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:09:10 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: SubGeniusX
Beat me to it.
Now I’m stuck with coming up with some humorous comment about flaming squirrels in order to bump this thread.
I sure wish I could set the squirrels in my back yard on fire. Fire + Squirrels = “Match” Made in Heaven.
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:10:37 PM PDT
by
Kevmo
(We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.))
To: Red Badger
Tony Millar said firefighters told them it was the work of a buck-toothed saboteur that had been gnawing on overhead power lines connected to a transformer directly above the 2006 Toyota Camry. Are they sure it wasn't "Rocky the Flaming Squirrel"?
His voice was sort of high ...
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:16:23 PM PDT
by
x
To: Clemenza
relatively large park a block from here with plenty of squirrels (and skunks and foxes). Not that many years ago I had to visit SeaLand in Port Newark and while waiting at the guard shack the guard told me that in a few minutes I'd be seeing something I'd fine very hard to believe. He had a bag of corn and was throwing the kernels out into an area in front of those reeds that grow everywhere around there. In another few minutes pheasants began to appear and ate up all the corn he had thrown. Pheasants, right in the middle of the Meadowlands!
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:16:38 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Cagey
Can I borrow these two? Squirells are digging up my planters and making of mess of them.
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:22:56 PM PDT
by
tob2
To: PBRSTREETGANG
In Manhattan, it would’ve been a flaming gerbil.
LOL! :)....named: Richard Gere?
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posted on
10/19/2007 2:54:50 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
To: Red Badger
To: Cagey
Not surprised. The Meadowlands is one of the best places for bird watching in the state.
Deer and the occasional bear can be found in the Meadowlands as well, especially near Secaucus and Kearny.
Of course here in Central Jersey (Lawrenceville) we have deer, foxes, coyotes, pheasants, wild turkey, muskrats, beaver, and vultures.
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posted on
10/19/2007 3:09:51 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Clemenza
I nominate the Turkey Vulture to be our State Bird.
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posted on
10/19/2007 3:15:29 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: Clemenza; Ken522; jocon307
Squirrels in Bayonne have no fear!
What’s more shocking is that someone on 42nd street found a parking spot in front of their own house!
I grew up on 34th street across from the firehouse.
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posted on
10/19/2007 4:47:21 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Incorrigible
I used to vote at that firehouse. Used to pass it everyday on the way to the lightrail. Great Polish deli near 34th and B’way too.
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posted on
10/19/2007 4:52:40 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Incorrigible
Was the firehouse near Broadway?
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posted on
10/19/2007 4:57:57 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Pyro7480; Dead Corpse; Lazamataz
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posted on
10/19/2007 5:20:02 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Jashpa the Bellygagger, Grand Knucklator of Upper Nogginota.)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
10/19/2007 5:23:10 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
10/19/2007 5:28:09 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(I'm a loner Dottie; a rebel.)
To: SubGeniusX; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Foamy! NOOOOOOO!
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posted on
10/19/2007 6:33:53 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Slings and Arrows
The Flaming Squirrels. What a great name for a band!
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posted on
10/19/2007 6:54:46 PM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
("Shorn, dumb and bleating is no way to go through life, son." Yeah, close enough.)
To: Ken522; Clemenza
Yep. Between Broadway and Ave C. Right up the street from Judicke’s Bakery!
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posted on
10/19/2007 7:01:15 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: SquirrelKing
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posted on
10/19/2007 7:18:11 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: SquirrelKing
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posted on
10/19/2007 7:18:37 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Titan Magroyne
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posted on
10/19/2007 9:07:13 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: Red Badger
My first thought was some idiot spilled a drink called a
flaming squirrel.
Or flambéd grey squirrel crépes.
Squirrel excluders are cheaper than contiually sending out crews; and they are very effective.
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posted on
10/19/2007 10:29:18 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(If God didn't want a Lib hanging from every telephone pole, He wouldn't have created so much rope!)
To: Jet Jaguar
You can run, but you'll only die tired...
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posted on
10/19/2007 10:33:45 PM PDT
by
SquirrelKing
(Bart: "Dad! You killed zombie Flanders!" Homer: "He was a zombie?")
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/20/2007 2:24:23 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: SubGeniusX; cabojoe; Conspiracy Guy; Lady Jag; glock rocks; MeekOneGOP; sam_paine; ...
Sorry I'm late to work, boss. My car was torched by a suicide squirrel sent by an Al Queda terrorist cell to destroy our power grid and our means of transportation - honest.
Pinging my humor ping list - freepmail me if you want on or off this list.
(This is usually a low volume ping, as I don't search for humor threads, but I do ping when I find something really funny.)
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posted on
10/20/2007 11:35:17 AM PDT
by
RebelTex
(Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
To: Red Badger
A homosexual squirrel...that is a new one.
To: x
His voice was sort of high ... Rocky's voice was actually a woman..........
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posted on
10/22/2007 5:29:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
To: napscoordinator
I’ve heard of Secret Squirrel, but Backdoor Squirrel?............
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posted on
10/22/2007 5:36:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
Rocky's voice was actually a woman... Yes. The legendary June Foray.
She's done work for Disney, Warner Brothers, Hannah-Barbara, Rankin Bass, of course Jay Ward, and is the voice of Cindy Lou Who in Chuck Jones's famous "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
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posted on
10/22/2007 5:37:33 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Oberon
Chuck Jones is reported to have said, “June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc, Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.”
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posted on
10/22/2007 5:39:37 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Apple Blossom; ourusa
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posted on
10/22/2007 6:23:29 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
To: Cagey
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posted on
10/22/2007 6:24:52 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
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