Comedy: March 17, 2010 Issue [#3616]
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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Letter from the editor

What's with the squirrel, you ask.

Squirrels are really funny animals.

I live in a big city. It's a huge city that's really just an accumulation of suburbs that have grown into each other until all the fields and nature that normally happen between towns were overbuilt. It's one of the world's mega-poles and famous for bad air quality and televised car chases. I just watched one the other day. A suspect drove at a whopping 45 miles per hour on the freeway. The police, several helicopters, and every local TV channel was following that one car. It was pathetic.

But let's get back to squirrels. I have heard from people who live out in forested regions that squirrels are self-sufficient and very much able to feed themselves with the offerings mother nature gives abundantly. I believe that. It makes sense for a forest animal to know how to survive in the wild.

Park squirrels and forest squirrels must have genetically mutated apart at some point. Let me just share a couple of true stories.

One fine day, I bought a chocolate bar from a friend's daughter. It was part of a fundraiser for her school. I wanted to keep it as an after-dinner treat for me and my kids. The youngest still had a stroller, so I put the bar into the basket. I was not three feet away from the stroller when a squirrel snuck into the basket and stole the chocolate! It ran up the nearby tree, unwrapped the bar, and took a nice big bite. I was told by other parents that the squirrels in this park had learned how to open zipper sandwich bags to steal children's snacks. Definitely crafty.

The squirrels in the park that I go to daily are so used to humans, they come out of the trees to beg for food. All I have to do is stand under a tree with a wrapper of some sort that will make a nice little crinkling sound, and there they are. Fat park squirrels that aren't afraid to walk up close enough to take pieces of granola bars or cookies right out of my hand. In the mornings, they'll even come up and beg if there aren't any leftovers to share yet. It's as if they know that they are cute to look at.

The Writing.com search will come up with 260 items, if you type "squirrel" into the search box. Enjoy these stories, the poll, and even another picture with a squirrel that will not fail to make you laugh.

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The most horrible rodent of all
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Writer's Cramp entry. Read at your own risk.
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A mix of observations that simply beg to be mocked.
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Editor's Picks

Here is an assortment of short stories, comedy writing groups, and super fast and fun activities to take part in.
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A wife seeks medical intervention for her husband's problem.
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Lotta Innuendo offers tips for interesting part time work as a sperm donor.
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Send a chuckle to your friends
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