Links: Happy Birthday to Mew

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16 thoughts on “Links: Happy Birthday to Mew

  1. allein ? April 25, 2018 / 8:34 am

    Mombat taxi.

  2. debg April 25, 2018 / 9:22 am

    I’d pay extra to ride one of those!

  3. Smartypants April 25, 2018 / 10:08 am

    Tree kangaroo video – oof, I’m glad I’m not a marsupial! That looks SO uncomfortable.

  4. Kar April 25, 2018 / 1:52 pm

    Both my parents want another cat but keep worrying about outliving it. I keep telling them that I’ll take it.

    Need to show them this.

  5. Duckie ? April 25, 2018 / 5:07 pm

    This is off topic, but I’d like to mention it here.
    Some people are so rude! For instance, I was at our City Hall, looking at the flowers. Someone wandered up and asked why I was peering in all the tulips, and I told her I was looking for field mice. She gave me a very dirty look, and walked away. Then, when I got home, the phone rang. I answered it, and the man at the other end told me he was with the Canada Revenue Services. So I, trying to be encouraging and conversational, said, “What a coincidence! So am I!” And he said a bad word and hung up on me!
    Could someone please tell me why these people are this way?

    • Not That Mike The Other Mike April 25, 2018 / 5:10 pm

      Regarding the second incident, I suspect the caller was NOT from Canada Revenue, but was instead a scammer who wasn’t expecting you to respond as you did.

      • Ricky's Mom April 25, 2018 / 5:12 pm

        Yes, indeedy. My first thought, too.

        First woman probably thought you were putting her on. Not that it excuses her.

        WE love you, Duckie!

      • Duckie ? April 25, 2018 / 9:01 pm

        I know. That’s why I did it.
        They can give it, but they su-u-u-u-ure can’t take it.
        Last guy who called told me I owed back taxes from when I was six. I held the phone in the toilet bowl and flushed. Guy before, I put the phone by the speakers and played Weird Al Yankovic until he hung up. Second tax guy today got the Hallelujah Chorus sung like Donald Duck.

        • Kar April 25, 2018 / 10:04 pm

          Every now and then i consider one of those canned horns for whenever someone calls and claims to be a Windows software engineer.

          Maybe I’ll just settle for a tin whistle.

        • Murray C April 28, 2018 / 9:48 pm

          We had a neighbor who got a dirty phone call and her tactic was to keep shouting into he phone “Speak up I can’t hear you – WHAT???” etc ’til he gave up.

    • allein ? April 25, 2018 / 5:10 pm

      As long as you weren’t bopping any field mice on the head, I don’t know what her problem was…

  6. Lucy's Mom April 25, 2018 / 6:46 pm

    About a year ago I got a call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, saying that I owed back taxes and I was about to be indicted for tax evasion (with a $10,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison) if I didn’t pay up immediately. I played along for about 20 minutes, pretending to be really upset and scared. Just when they must’ve thought I was going to hand over my credit card info, I told them I’d take my chances and let the IRS come after me. It totally made my day! 🙂

    • dubravkamcvmd April 25, 2018 / 8:34 pm

      That does sound like fun!

    • Murray C April 28, 2018 / 9:50 pm

      Excellent – that’s what I was thinking, just let them come and get me – it’ll all get straightened out then.

  7. 6puppers April 25, 2018 / 8:40 pm

    Have had that happen to me as well. Didn’t bother wasting my time with the low-life scammer.

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