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Subject: Re: BBC- Why do we hate pigeons so much? Posted on: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:44:44 +0200

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:15:20 +0200, Martin wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:11:45 +0200, B Vaughan wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:38:18 +0100, d4g4hd@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>>_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>>This has come up recently. I loathe pigeons.
>>
>>So do I.
>>
>>I also don't much care for squirrels.
>
>I love squirrels.

Bushy-tailed rats.

In colonial Pennsylvania, you could get a reduction on your taxes by
turning in squirrel tails, as they were considered a public menace. In
those days, they used to travel in large bands, devastating any corn
fields they found in their path.

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Barbara Vaughan
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