Jen in DC — yes, the ninja squirrels most definitely own DC. I hadn’t heard that they escaped from the zoo, but I definitely know they are high in population at the zoo!!

Man I love the zoo.

There are squirrels on campus at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa – those things are evil. They will chase you when you walk across the quad, and more than once they’ve had them get into the power grid and cause blackouts all over the campus. I’ve seen the chasing myself – my cousin goes to school there, and when I was visiting, we had a rogue squirrel stalk us across the quad. It’s almost creepy.

Hmph. All politicians say “eep”.

Not everybody loves de skwerls, but I see a lot of you guys do. Me too! I love the way they run across the ground as if leaping a series of tiny hurdles.

NTMTOM – Check it out!
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=brJvJ2MtQIk

I saw black squirrels when I was in DC.

yep, I live in VA, about 10 min down the GW parkway from DC, and we have lots of black squirrels..and gray ones, and red ones, and foxes, and deer, owls, eagles, coyotes, possums, beavers, vultures, raccoons and on and on…all of which I’ve seen in my backyard. We’re overrun! But they’re all so cute. Well, not the vultures…

I just realsied that joke could be seen as dirty, I was going for a tree angle actually.

He was disappointed when he found out President Bush was, in fact, a man.

Jen in DC – I was living there about five years ago and there were definitely black squirrels! Not as common as in NY, so it was still an event to see one. Black squirrels seem to be spreading and increasing in numbers – wonder why? Maybe black is sexy in squirrel world?

Does anyone else hear Mission Impossible music when they look at Mr. Secret Squirrel Service?