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24 June 2004 — Skunk (7)

Hell:

A skunk has crawled under the trailer-house that serves as our office. It must be beneath my office because it smells as if I'm standing next to it.

The reek is overwhelming.

It's almost worse than when the cat died underneath my office. Almost.

There are a lot of neat things about having an office in the country. This isn't one of them.

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Comments
On 24 June 2004 (07:37 AM), Courtney said:

So, who's job is it crawl under the trailer and remove it? Yuck!

I guess I won't complain today about sitting in my air conditioned, downtown highrise office, even though I have no windows to gaze out of. And the only skunk around here is the moody attorney down the hall!

p.s. Did you get your new lawn mowed last night? Do tell!


On 24 June 2004 (07:39 AM), Courtney said:

Er, I mean "whose"...duh!


On 24 June 2004 (10:02 AM), Amanda said:

Ick, we had a cat die under our house over the winter and it was just awful. I feel your pain.


On 24 June 2004 (11:10 AM), Lisa said:

Aren't there holes in your floor? Perhaps you can just reach down and grab it.


On 25 June 2004 (07:30 AM), J.D. said:

I'm pleased to report that the skunk has moved on. Some stench remains this morning, but it's not overwhelming and palpable as it was yesterday...


On 25 June 2004 (10:38 AM), Mom (Sue) said:

It may be a good thing that we no longer have shop cats or you might have had some bathing of them in tomato juice to do. (I've heard that works, but I've never had to try it.) My cats have been either smart or fortunate, in that they've never been sprayed. Once when your dad was alive, Chester and Snickers very happily and with great curiosity one evening followed a skunk under the house here while it was still daylight. I believe they decided not to venture under the house after him/her/it, though. They were both smart and fortunate. :-)


On 26 June 2004 (08:24 AM), Aimee said:

For future reference, bathing animals (including humans) in tomato juice to dissolve skunk odors does actually work - One summer at our cabin in northern Minnesota, our family labrador, Queen, was sprayed by a skunk and we tried the tomato juice remedy and had success after about three baths - Thank goodness tomato juice is cheap!


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