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.