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evil pets 2

by richard

So I picked up a slingshot the other day, and armed myself with an 88¢ box of runts. I didn’t want marbles, because they’ll shatter. I didn’t want ‘hunting shot’, because I don’t want dead cats. I seriously considered paint balls, but didn’t want to have to deal with angry neighbors with paint soaked pets. Plus, what if I missed? Then I’d have paint all over my property.

So I went with the runts. Small, out of the way, poor. wait. small, mostly round, biodegradable, nonlethal, and cheap. Cheaper than all the other options by at least 50%.

So I’ve been shooting runts at cats the past day and a half, and while my aim is steadily improving, they are steadily becoming more wary of my presence. It won’t be long…

8 comments

1 Gaines { 04.29.05 at 0921 }

Runts! That’s a pretty good idea. I may have to employ it in my war against the crows.

Okay, so it’s not much of a war, since 1) they haven’t been hanging around much lately and 2) any bb/pellet gun solution leaves the possibility of dead crows to dispose of — and it’d be bad if they fell on my downstairs neighbors porch.

2 richard { 04.29.05 at 0927 }

Is that the same neighbor that roasted some caterpillars? Maybe they could fix you up a nice crow-meal?

3 Valerie (Kyriosity) { 04.29.05 at 1007 }

Try a water gun. Cats generally do not like water, and can be trained to behave indoors with the use of sprayed water, so it may be the best course of action outdoors, too.

4 richard { 04.29.05 at 1014 }

Trouble with a watergun, though, is that I’d have to get pretty close to them to hit them. I don’t know if they’ll let me do that…

5 Barb { 04.29.05 at 1216 }

Runts as in candy? LOL! It’s a good thing you’re shooting at cats then. You might actually attract dogs with the fun new game of Catch the Runt!

6 Valerie (Kyriosity) { 04.29.05 at 1303 }

Super soaker. ;-)

7 richard { 04.29.05 at 1339 }

hmm… super soakers… I’ll have to give that some thought.

8 Geof F. Morris { 04.29.05 at 1610 }

Super Soaker? Rookie! Try a hose running to a pump for a 300psig max water tank! That’ll teach the little (%*&!#(*&!#!’s!

GFM <– aerospace engineer

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