Comments on: Ten-Minute Raccoon Butt Shelf http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 11:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cefeida http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438025 Cefeida Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438025 Next morning? Poor little guy, hanging there all night. Of course I wasn't there so I may be talking rubbish but couldn't he have just put on some thick gloves and pushed the raccoon into the hole? Can't read the article to find out, the link doesn't go there, as people have already mentioned. Next morning? Poor little guy, hanging there all night.

Of course I wasn’t there so I may be talking rubbish but couldn’t he have just put on some thick gloves and pushed the raccoon into the hole?

Can’t read the article to find out, the link doesn’t go there, as people have already mentioned.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437770 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437770 @22: I understood it to say that he put up the shelf to help immediately, but didn't figure out what else to do about it until the next morning when he used a drill and saw to enlarge the hole. @22: I understood it to say that he put up the shelf to help immediately, but didn’t figure out what else to do about it until the next morning when he used a drill and saw to enlarge the hole.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437777 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437777 thar baars in them parts? thar baars in them parts?

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438803 Dewi Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438803 Truly one of the most Wonderful Things I've seen here in a long time. It has it all: humour, philanthropy, and a fluffy butt. Truly one of the most Wonderful Things I’ve seen here in a long time. It has it all: humour, philanthropy, and a fluffy butt.

]]> By: trr http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438567 trr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438567 Raccoon rescuers? That's one lucky raccoon. Raccoon rescuers?
That’s one lucky raccoon.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438325 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438325 I took this to mean that he put up the butt shelf immediately, and couldn't figure out how to get the raccoon unstuck until the next morning (when he drilled some holes and enlarged the hole). I took this to mean that he put up the butt shelf immediately, and couldn’t figure out how to get the raccoon unstuck until the next morning (when he drilled some holes and enlarged the hole).

]]> By: presterjohn http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438586 presterjohn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438586 btw, before you classify all raccoons as cute and fuzzy, you ought to listen to the halloween episode of "This American Life" where a woman is attacked by a rabid racoon: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1268 <i>Act One. The Hills Have Eyes. Some of the scariest stories happen when fluffy, innocent creatures turn murderously evil. This American Life producer Alex Blumberg tells one such story, about a raccoon gone bad. (11 minutes)</i> btw, before you classify all raccoons as cute and fuzzy, you ought to listen to the halloween episode of “This American Life” where a woman is attacked by a rabid racoon:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1268

Act One. The Hills Have Eyes.

Some of the scariest stories happen when fluffy, innocent creatures turn murderously evil. This American Life producer Alex Blumberg tells one such story, about a raccoon gone bad. (11 minutes)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438076 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438076 I would have shaved it's butt and painted a face on it. Peace, The Rev I would have shaved it’s butt and painted a face on it.

Peace,
The Rev

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437822 GeekMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437822 Well done, sir. With stories in the news every other week about some poor pet being abused by some sadistic owner, it's nice to see that someone went out of their way to help a generally not-so-nice animal out of a jam. Next time though, it might be a good idea to just let the SPCA handle it. Getting a rabies sequence sucks. ;-) Well done, sir.

With stories in the news every other week about some poor pet being abused by some sadistic owner, it’s nice to see that someone went out of their way to help a generally not-so-nice animal out of a jam.

Next time though, it might be a good idea to just let the SPCA handle it. Getting a rabies sequence sucks. ;-)

]]> By: deckard68 http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437854 deckard68 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437854 "So the guy saw the raccoon butt out there, but didn't get around to doing anything until the next day. Maybe the game was on?" That's *his* story, but the raccoon tells a different tale about what went on that night. “So the guy saw the raccoon butt out there, but didn’t get around to doing anything until the next day. Maybe the game was on?”

That’s *his* story, but the raccoon tells a different tale about what went on that night.

]]> By: imdatguy42 http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-439920 imdatguy42 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-439920 As someone who worked for a long time in graphic design, I can tell you that without a doubt, this photo has been altered, probably with a program called Photoshop, by Adobe. You can tell by the way the light angles off of the shelf, and the fuzziness about the fur. In the biz, we call this "'shopped" As someone who worked for a long time in graphic design, I can tell you that without a doubt, this photo has been altered, probably with a program called Photoshop, by Adobe.

You can tell by the way the light angles off of the shelf, and the fuzziness about the fur.

In the biz, we call this “‘shopped”

]]> By: Ray Maruwa http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437619 Ray Maruwa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437619 Ooh! I claim this as a band name. Ooh! I claim this as a band name.

]]> By: Duffong http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437877 Duffong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437877 ^^^ eeeew! raccoon butt secks! ^^^ eeeew! raccoon butt secks!

]]> By: hohum http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437623 hohum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437623 THIS is truly a Wonderful Thing. THIS is truly a Wonderful Thing.

]]> By: the_boy http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437628 the_boy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437628 Are there t-shirts yet? Are there t-shirts yet?

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-439934 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-439934 P!ICTBTP Drink! (And please tell me that was posted with an awareness of the meme you are so stupendously paralleling.. otherwise: Ouch!) P!ICTBTP
Drink!

(And please tell me that was posted with an awareness of the meme you are so stupendously paralleling.. otherwise: Ouch!)

]]> By: morcheeba http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437636 morcheeba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437636 Looks kinda like the nose of a camel. Are you sure it's a raccoon butt? Looks kinda like the nose of a camel. Are you sure it’s a raccoon butt?

]]> By: Lauren O http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437892 Lauren O Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437892 <i>@10: Y'know, sometimes it's okay to unclench your butt and laugh for a change.</i> He can't unclench his butt or he'll fall out of the tree! We gotta build him a butt shelf! @10: Y’know, sometimes it’s okay to unclench your butt and laugh for a change.

He can’t unclench his butt or he’ll fall out of the tree! We gotta build him a butt shelf!

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437638 timquinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437638 Looks like a Paul Doty project from Popular Science. Looks like a Paul Doty project from Popular Science.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437640 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437640 very Winnie the 'Coon. very Winnie the ‘Coon.

]]> By: slain by an elf http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437647 slain by an elf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437647 This is anti-Darwininian. This fat-ass would have starved a little bit and then squeezed out. Give him time to think about changing his life-style. This is anti-Darwininian. This fat-ass would have starved a little bit and then squeezed out. Give him time to think about changing his life-style.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437649 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437649 How do you get to the actual article, from which the text is quoted? How do you get to the actual article, from which the text is quoted?

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438162 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438162 Good thing he didn't make it a turtle shelf. Good thing he didn’t make it a turtle shelf.

]]> By: pecoto http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437651 pecoto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437651 HAHAHAHAH ....I love the silliness of nature. You should patent the Raccoon butt-shelf. Maybe they would package it with some oxy-clean and some shamwows... HAHAHAHAH ….I love the silliness of nature. You should patent the Raccoon butt-shelf. Maybe they would package it with some oxy-clean and some shamwows…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437653 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437653 So the tree gets to suffer for the raccoon's stupidity? I would have been more impressed with a non-invasive method of attachment. Even a strap with a tension adjuster would have been sufficient, which I would hope someone who's savvy enough to use drill bits and a ladder has. So the tree gets to suffer for the raccoon’s stupidity? I would have been more impressed with a non-invasive method of attachment. Even a strap with a tension adjuster would have been sufficient, which I would hope someone who’s savvy enough to use drill bits and a ladder has.

]]> By: De Anza http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437909 De Anza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437909 Oh.My. I have been laughing for a half hour....hysterical.. Just thinking about some guy watching out his living room window, scratching his head...to come up with that...hahahaha...and then making it.... I can't even read it over the phone to someone without cracking up.... Oh.My.

I have been laughing for a half hour….hysterical..

Just thinking about some guy watching out his living room window, scratching his head…to come up with that…hahahaha…and then making it….

I can’t even read it over the phone to someone without cracking up….

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437654 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437654 fantastic fantastic

]]> By: greyc http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-438425 greyc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-438425 omg that is fucking hilarious... omg that is fucking hilarious…

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437664 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437664 That's both funny and endearing. What a nice guy (and crafty!). That’s both funny and endearing. What a nice guy (and crafty!).

]]> By: merreborn http://boingboing.net/2009/03/12/tenminute-raccoon-bu.html#comment-437667 merreborn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-437667 "Ten-Minute Raccoon Butt Shelf" I'm fairly confident that phrase had never been uttered before this incident. “Ten-Minute Raccoon Butt Shelf”

I’m fairly confident that phrase had never been uttered before this incident.

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