Here is a true story I posted on blind-x today. It isn't Christian but then
again, half the stuff I post is off topic so I guess it won't hurt anything.
Phil.
Subject: Prairie Dog Town
> Up in Boulder, about a half an hour north of Denver, is what we call the
> People's Republic of Boulder. You likely have heard a couple of my weird,
> howbeit humorous, Bolder stories in the past. This one is about prairie
> dogs. If you have never seen a prairie dog, they are smallish looking,
very
> cute, dog like animals that literally dig tunnels and live under ground.
> Wherever they decide to build a town for themselves, the land is rendered
> completely useless. Well, for everything but the prairie dogs, of course.
> Farmers and ranchers hate them but they love shooting them when they pop
up
> out of their holes to see what's around. As I said, they are also very
cute
> and city folk hate to see them killed. They don't care about the farmer
or
> rancher or the 10,000 dollar horse the steps in a prairie dog hole and
> breaks a leg but that's beside the point. Anyhow, there was a prairie dog
> town near Boulder about three or four years ago. They had taken up 600
> acres of land. Since Boulder was expanding and eating up more countryside
> land, the prairie dog town became quite the problem. Being the animal
> loving people that they are, the People who live in the republic of
Boulder
> I mean, they voted to move, you heard me, move the entire prairie dog
town.
> The panama Canal was easier to build than moving this prairie dog town was
> going to be but I digress. Boulder does love animals, I'm not joking
about
> that, because they already passed a law they you cannot claim that you own
> your pet. That's what I said. It is against the law to even say you own
a
> pet. I don't care if you bought your own pet rat, its cage, litter, food,
> water bottle, feeding bowl, and a second pet rat to keep the first pet rat
> company. If you live in the city and county of Boulder, you cannot own
your
> pet. Then, pray tell, what is it then if you have a pet? You are the
> guardian of the animal and nothing more. Makes sense to me, I think, I
just
> don't think about it much. Anyhow, back to moving an entire prairie dog
> town. How is it done, you may ask? Simple. There are huge vacuum
devices
> they put over the holes and they literally suck the cute little things
right
> up out of the ground. Well, it's better than shooting them or poisoning
the
> poor things. So, Boulder paid, God only knows how much, to have 600 acres
> of prairie dogs moved further out of town. So far, so good, but don't get
> ahead of me on this story. They, meaning Boulder, now has another problem
> with prairie dogs. The first 600 acre town I already talked about? Well,
> it doubles about every two years. I believe the town is up to 2400 acres
> now and Boulder cannot figure out what to do since they once again are
> encroaching on the housing community of the city. You know, the city with
> the real people in it not the prairie dog city/town. No, they do not know
> what they are going to do this time. No, no, they don't want to kill
them,
> for crying out loud. Hells bells, that would probably cost as much now as
> the big vacuuming thing they did awhile back. As I said, however, the
town
> doubles about every two years, they figure, and Boulder is growing, too.
> Mucho big problem because the two communities are about to meat once
again.
> Want a pet?
>
> Phil.
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