City folks moving to the country

[Daryl]

Found on another site.

[DUD]

I can believe that! Bill

[Richard in Smithville]

I love it

[Ed62]

Years ago, one of my boys went into the basement. He came running upstairs, telling my wife there was a huge rat down there. I was at work at the time. When I got home, I was told I had to get a rat trap. I went out to buy one. When I got back home, my boy had killed the rat (a small possum).

Ed

[crokett]

Funny but that has got to be fake.

[Bill Stock]

This is my cat, keeps out the riffraff

[jackellis]

Sad but true, I happen to be a "city boy", and my wife takes every opportunity to run it in.

Not long after we moved into this house, I called her over to ask about a rat on the back patio. It was a possum - I'd never seen one.

We used to have skunks and raccoons (one nearly got into the house) appear every once in a while, but not lately.

[cabinetman]

That sign is pretty funny, and there are probably some "city people" that are that ignorant. Our small German Shepherd (86lbs), has hunted down and killed a variety of wildlife in our back yard. It's a tossup between raccoon and possum that gives her the best run for the money.
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[Gator95]

Hey- that looks just like the cat my dog was trying to knock off the fence last weekend at 10PM.

[docrowan]

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Shreveport in north Louisiana. Fresh out of college, I moved to a small town in south Louisiana and the heart of Cajun country.

I moved into a nice apartment complex and was telling my new boss how much I enjoyed it. I described the duck pond in the back that had big beavers swimming around in it.

"Beaver?", he said, puzzled. Then I could see his confusion clear, "That was no beaver, it was a nutria!"

"What's a nutria?" I said. My boss laughed, "A giant rat with orange teeth". I didn't really believe him until I got home that evening and saw one on the bank. Sure enough, what I thought were cute little beaver were 30 pound "rats" with orange teeth and long rat tails. That was one of the first of a long series of educational experiences for me.

[Russianwolf]

That sign is pretty funny, and there are probably some "city people" that are that ignorant. Our small German Shepherd (86lbs), has hunted down and killed a variety of wildlife in our back yard. It's a tossup between raccoon and possum that gives her the best run for the money.
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Possum don't fight back too well (usually play dead), my neighbor's Cocker Spaniel (25 lbs) takes them out on a regular basis.

Raccoons can be feisty though.

[Uncle Cracker]

"What's a nutria?" I said. My boss laughed, "A giant rat with orange teeth". I didn't really believe him until I got home that evening and saw one on the bank. Sure enough, what I thought were cute little beaver were 30 pound "rats" with orange teeth and long rat tails. That was one of the first of a long series of educational experiences for me.

They eat the heck out of nutria on the bayou... Pick 'em off the banks with .22's from a boat, usually. Not one of my faves (tastes kinda like guinea pig).

[LCHIEN]

Originally Posted by docrowan
"What's a nutria?" I said. My boss laughed, "A giant rat with orange teeth". I didn't really believe him until I got home that evening and saw one on the bank. Sure enough, what I thought were cute little beaver were 30 pound "rats" with orange teeth and long rat tails. That was one of the first of a long series of educational experiences for me.

They eat the heck out of nutria on the bayou... Pick 'em off the banks with .22's from a boat, usually. Not one of my faves (tastes kinda like guinea pig).

Back in the 40's, 50, 60's they used to trap them things for the pelts.
Thank god they don't cross the border into Texas.

Doc, Shreveport ain't exactly the big city; but I'm sure there were many mroe surprises in store for you in Cajun Country!

OTOH, if you can stay away from the nutria and the boudin and stuff like that they do have some really fine cooking.

[docrowan]

OTOH, if you can stay away from the nutria and the boudin and stuff like that they do have some really fine cooking.

Shut yo mouf, chile - I love boudin! Never tasted nutria, though. I never had the opportunity, but after that first experience I never had a desire, either.

That's one thing I really miss from down there - the food. A doggone gas station down the street from my work had some of the best po-boys you'll find - you know, the drippy kind that takes half a roll of paper towels to clean up from. Little holes in the wall would have red beans and rice that would knock your socks off.

Whoo, boy, I feel a road trip coming on. Or as they say in South Louisiana, "Come on, boo, we go roday!" (You have to roll the "r" in roday and roday is actually spelled rode, but most of you guys wouldn't know how to pronounce it correctly.)

[BerniePA]

They eat the heck out of nutria on the bayou... Pick 'em off the banks with .22's from a boat, usually. Not one of my faves (tastes kinda like guinea pig).

I don't think I even want to know how you know what guinea pig tastes like!! I can only imagine what you told your poor kids when they came home from school and their pets cage was empty!!!!