Comments on: Scouts stone rabid beaver http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hymenopterid http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1510253 hymenopterid Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1510253 I once knew a man from Vancouver who took an evasive maneuver When an aquatic rodent climbed up his raiment And went straight for his carrot and tuber I once knew a man from Vancouver
who took an evasive maneuver
When an aquatic rodent
climbed up his raiment
And went straight for his carrot and tuber

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509532 CH Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509532 I would assume they turned the dead beaver over for testing. Rabies testing is done by testing the brain tissue, so it cannot be done on a live animal. I would assume they turned the dead beaver over for testing. Rabies testing is done by testing the brain tissue, so it cannot be done on a live animal.

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509506 chris coreline Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509506 Im really not sure weather or not i should be outraged because of some tenuous animal cruelty loyalty. Thanks for the early morning ethical dilemma David D: Im really not sure weather or not i should be outraged because of some tenuous animal cruelty loyalty.
Thanks for the early morning ethical dilemma David
D:

]]> By: chris coreline http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509503 chris coreline Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509503  surely a scout would know the difference.  surely a scout would know the difference.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509429 penguinchris Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509429 I tried thinking of a joke about The Beaver (Cleaver) getting packed in a suitcase, but my mind took it to Eddie Haskell packing The Beaver to bring to the Jamboree where Haskell's fellow scouts (who I presume are similarly slimy assholes) proceed to <i>pack</i> The Beaver, if you know what I mean. Heh, "slimy assholes".  I tried thinking of a joke about The Beaver (Cleaver) getting packed in a suitcase, but my mind took it to Eddie Haskell packing The Beaver to bring to the Jamboree where Haskell’s fellow scouts (who I presume are similarly slimy assholes) proceed to pack The Beaver, if you know what I mean. Heh, “slimy assholes”. 

]]> By: jhoosier http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509335 jhoosier Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509335  Who's been making unkind comments about the boys?  Is this some preemptive complaint?  Who’s been making unkind comments about the boys?  Is this some preemptive complaint?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509075 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509075 Please stop linking to your blog in comments. You can link it to your profile. Please stop linking to your blog in comments. You can link it to your profile.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509030 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509030 Dam, you fine! Dam, you fine!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1509011 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1509011 I thought that scouts were supposed to be prepared.  Didn't anyone pack a beaver cleaver? I thought that scouts were supposed to be prepared.  Didn’t anyone pack a beaver cleaver?

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508959 Cowicide Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508959 I've been warning people for years that beavers are serious foes to humanity.  I've been threatened twice by beavers and that's enough for me. I’ve been warning people for years that beavers are serious foes to humanity.  I’ve been threatened twice by beavers and that’s enough for me.

]]> By: jbond http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508863 jbond Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508863 Was it afraid of water? Was it afraid of water?

]]> By: GlyphGryph http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508845 GlyphGryph Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508845 Since the only way to "know" is, in fact, to subject it to various tests, they couldn't have known at the time. What they knew was that it was /behaving/ as if it was rabid - there could, conceivably, have been other causes, but not terribly likely, I'd think. Since the only way to “know” is, in fact, to subject it to various tests, they couldn’t have known at the time. What they knew was that it was /behaving/ as if it was rabid – there could, conceivably, have been other causes, but not terribly likely, I’d think.

]]> By: Lurking_Grue http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508821 Lurking_Grue Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508821 NICE BEAVER! NICE BEAVER!

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508746 Boundegar Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508746 Thus the scouts upheld the commandment of Neuteronomy 14:10: "If a beaver biteth thy master, it is an abomination.  Thou shalt kill it with stones, sayeth the LORD." Thus the scouts upheld the commandment of Neuteronomy 14:10: “If a beaver biteth thy master, it is an abomination.  Thou shalt kill it with stones, sayeth the LORD.”

]]> By: Nicole Isaac http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508706 Nicole Isaac Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508706 <!-- http://nerdyromantic.com -->Dabnabit! It was Daggett Doofus Beaver method acting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLhXPjeIPaU Dabnabit! It was Daggett Doofus Beaver method acting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLhXPjeIPaU

]]> By: yadayada http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508703 yadayada Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508703  If you close the annoying popup you'll be redirected to the main site. There you can do a search for 'beaver boy scout' (which is kind of an interesting concept, now that I think about it) and, eventually, you'll find the article. If you want to hear how bad rabid animals can be, listen to <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/319/and-the-call-was-coming-from-the-basement" rel="nofollow">this episode</a> of <i>This American Life</i>.  If you close the annoying popup you’ll be redirected to the main site. There you can do a search for ‘beaver boy scout’ (which is kind of an interesting concept, now that I think about it) and, eventually, you’ll find the article.

If you want to hear how bad rabid animals can be, listen to this episode of This American Life.

]]> By: TrollyMcTrollington http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508690 TrollyMcTrollington Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508690  Look at the bones!  Look at the bones!

]]> By: Ronald Pottol http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508678 Ronald Pottol Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508678 This sounds like the boy scouts I remember! This sounds like the boy scouts I remember!

]]> By: Colin Curry http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508636 Colin Curry Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508636 Beavers can be pretty aggressive, like any wild animal if it feels cornered or threatened. There is a story about a beaver in BC going for some guy's crotch. Beavers can be pretty aggressive, like any wild animal if it feels cornered or threatened. There is a story about a beaver in BC going for some guy’s crotch.

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508638 AwesomeRobot Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508638 Don't forget the kids' parents.  Don’t forget the kids’ parents. 

]]> By: Colin Curry http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508626 Colin Curry Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508626 Beavers. A greater risk than sharks AND cows? http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/science-technology/natural-science/general-9/beaver-attack.html Beavers. A greater risk than sharks AND cows?

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/science-technology/natural-science/general-9/beaver-attack.html

]]> By: Mike http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508620 Mike Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508620  I wouldn't know a rabid beaver if it bit me in the ass.  Ohh...  I wouldn’t know a rabid beaver if it bit me in the ass.  Ohh…

]]> By: Mike http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508616 Mike Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508616 Here in Colorado there's been problems with rabid skunks.     No one is saying how to tell if a skunk is rabid... Here in Colorado there’s been problems with rabid skunks.     No one is saying how to tell if a skunk is rabid…

]]> By: efergus3 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508576 efergus3 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508576 Hey, everyone - shots all around! Hey, everyone – shots all around!

]]> By: Thad Boyd http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508574 Thad Boyd Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508574 I thought the Scouts were ONLY okay with boys who were sexually attracted to beavers. I thought the Scouts were ONLY okay with boys who were sexually attracted to beavers.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508569 Diogenes Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508569  Only if it's a Muslim beaver.  Only if it’s a Muslim beaver.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508566 Diogenes Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508566  He might have said "rabbit".  He might have said “rabbit”.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508558 Dean Putney Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508558 https://www.dropbox.com/s/vutqlanmnsu5fex/pogoeyeroll.gif?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/vutqlanmnsu5fex/pogoeyeroll.gif?dl=1

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508536 Christopher Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508536 I thought about adding "insert your own joke here", but decided that inserting anything into an aggressive beaver might be a bad idea. I thought about adding “insert your own joke here”, but decided that inserting anything into an aggressive beaver might be a bad idea.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/scouts-stone-rabid-beaver.html#comment-1508538 Ramone Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176561#comment-1508538 So this proves once and for all that scouts will do anything to avoid a beaver. So this proves once and for all that scouts will do anything to avoid a beaver.

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