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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Oct 07 - 09:59 PM No. This one lives under my shed and prowls the neighborhood looking for dogs to stink up. He has caught quite a few but up until now Seamus has left him alone. The cats are quite content to share the yard with it...so far. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Sorcha Date: 07 Oct 07 - 08:39 PM White skunks are often found in the domesticated variety. So are chocolate, lavender, champagne, reverse classic, silver backs.....and more. Are you sure this wasn't a PET skunk? LOLOLOL! PS...they do get de scented soon after birth and really are quite sweet pets. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Mickey191 Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:59 PM Peace wrote: "I have one question and I hope it's not too forward." That's never stopped you before. So- you take your kazoo for a Check-up yearly. Rather odd methinks. Looked up kazoo in the dictionary: A musical instrument in which a paper membrane is vibrated by the performer's voice. Jeeze, sounds damn sexy. Think I'll get me one. As for the douche-I tried to find a mention of it on MythBusters-could not find word one. (It may be a problem with my WEBTV-lots of sites require a different browser.) All I can tell you is that the douche was used by my friend on my dog---IT WORKED! It makes sense to me-(see 10:04pm 10/06/07) and it is not hazardous to the dog. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:51 PM Thank you. I chose it myself you know! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: John MacKenzie Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:49 PM Ah yes, the world famous emerald mauve, nice colour Peace. Suit you for Paddy's Day ¦¬] G. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:42 PM Did you have this shade of mauve in mind? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Becca72 Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:40 PM I hear Seamus likes mauve. *eg* |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:34 PM I put an inquiry on another thread--Oral Roberts' thread--asking if anyone knows if that dog house the Bakkers had built for their pooch is available on e-Bay or something. If we can pick it up at a penny on the dollar, it would only cost $120. Of course, we could paint it a colour Seamus would like. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 07 Oct 07 - 05:31 PM Classic Kendall that.... absolutely classic!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Becca72 Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:38 PM LOL...that's true, Peace.. and it also won't be my house he stinks up. :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:37 PM Don't worry about that, Becca. Whatever it is will smell him coming . . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Becca72 Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:30 PM Note to self: when staying with Seamus while Kendall, Jacqui and Sins are at the Getaway always DOUBLE CHECK what's outside the door before letting him out. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:22 PM Kendall, they want to stick things up Seamus' arse. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: kendall Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:19 PM Beautiful. Fucking beautiful... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: katlaughing Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:00 PM Balsamic is best for boiling but dyes dog red. I would think that would really compliment his already golden tresses...a sort of red highlights kind of thing some dogs would dye for...:-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: jacqui.c Date: 07 Oct 07 - 03:50 PM We just got back from a wonderful weekend away and what do we find? I suggested that Seamus should stay with Mary until the stink wears off - she wasn't at all keen on that idea. Luckily we love the boy enough to put up with the remaining smell (I hope) but I reckon it will be time for the puppy parlour to try and dissipate it a bit more. Otherwise he might just be living in the garage for a couple of weeks. Note to self - talk to Seamus seriously about the inadvisability of trying to make friends with strange animals, especially the ones that dig in under Auntie Mary's house. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 03:25 PM OK. I have one question and I hope it's not too forward. What would be the point of giving Seamus a douche? I mean, I go for a prostate exam every year and get a rubber-gloved finger up the kazoo and it's not for me. I don't see that Seamus would like it either. I mean, us guys gotta stick together on some things. It just doesn't make sense. "Hey you got sprayed by a skunk, so please come over here so's I can stick this thing up yer ar . . . ." It doesn't make any sense at all. Could someone please explain? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Janie Date: 07 Oct 07 - 03:17 PM Glad you said it, Peace. I was afraid of the present I might get if I brought that up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 02:54 PM Hate to tell you this, Sinsull, but your olfactory lobes are shot. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Becca72 Date: 07 Oct 07 - 02:54 PM If there's just a little odor left I'd try burning some vanilla candles. Vanilla is supposed to be good at absorbing odors (though I think it would have to be a pretty damned BIG candle to handle a lot of skunk) |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Oct 07 - 02:51 PM Alas! I turned off the fans and closed the windows. The odor is not completely gone. It's a good thing I love this dog or he's be cat food. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 01:44 PM Other than the human race, the nastiest creatures on this planet are from the order Vespidae. I hear you on that one, Irene. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Irene M Date: 07 Oct 07 - 01:34 PM Well done. Hope poor old dog starts to feel less put-upon soon. Did you read Bill Bryson's book Notes From A Big Country? He relates sitting on his screened New Hampshire porch one evening and watching while, to his horror, a skunk squeezed through a gap in the screen and helped itself to the cat's food, then left again. Of course, loke most creatures, left alone it doesn't feel the need to attack. Try telling people that about wasps? Mind you, the buggers bite, rather than sting. Why they think the back of my hand is likely to make good wood pulp, I do not know. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: John MacKenzie Date: 07 Oct 07 - 01:24 PM Arrivederci Aroma ♫♫ |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 07 Oct 07 - 01:18 PM While we have thunk about the shunk, And done our best to goad her, Sinsull put her mind to work and Got rid of the odor. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Alice Date: 07 Oct 07 - 12:48 PM Congrats on getting something to work, Sinsull. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Oct 07 - 12:02 PM A white skunk lived under the porch of my last apartment. One night I opened the door to call in Freddie and down the street comes lumbering a huge white cat. I of course go "Here kitty kitty" and it ran towards me. Then I realized it was a skunk. Almost tame. I shut the door in time and felt bad that I had teased it into thinking a meal was being offered. Night 1 peroxide/baking soda/ dish washing liquid scrub plus rinse outdoors with the hose. Boiling apples and cinnamon to kill smell indoors. Windows open/fans on. Note to self - Oust does not remove odors from the air. It paints them a nauseatingly sweet vanilla. Day 2 Outside in the sun on his bed feeling sorry for himself and going back to the spot where he rolled looking for more. Day 2 PM Vinegar Bath and rinse. Dry in the sun Day 2 PPM Another vinegar scrub. Left it on to dry. Windows open/fan on. Boiling vinegar to neutralize smell. Balsamic is best for boiling but dyes dog red. Day 3 House smells clean or at least skunk free. Dog smells of vinegar with a faint undertone of skunk. Windows open/fans off. End of drama until he returns to Jacqui and Kendall. Somehow this will be all my fault. Many thanks to Tami and Peace for sympathy and advice. Many thanks to all for varied suggestions. The rest of you - those who suggested acid, razor cuts, dye jobs, etc - I hate you all. AND have added you to my gift list! SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: John MacKenzie Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:50 AM Did he kick up a stink about it? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Irene M Date: 07 Oct 07 - 04:03 AM To drag this thread back from colour-blindness to the original posting........White skunks do crop up from time to time. The only live (as opposed to roadill) one I have seen was nearly all white (and hanging round a dumpster in Revere, MA). Said friends in Hyannis were pestered by a visiting white skunk, which they said was quite a startling sight at night, through the patio doors. In the end they got pest control to remove it. A few weeks later a neighbour of theirs was complaining that the white skunk that he had been feeding (!) had mysteriously disappeared. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 07 Oct 07 - 03:33 AM Who the hell thought of drinking coffee made from cat poop? Jeri - here it came out as dusky rose. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 06 Oct 07 - 11:10 PM I gotta agree with Janie, Jeri. It's more of a, a, ahhh--I forget the word: torti or a turke BINGO very much like this. (I'm guessing that thing that looks like a triffid could represent the coffee bean.) But that idea of putting mint on civet shit coffee is sheer genius. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Janie Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:23 PM I dunno, Jeri. On my screen, it looks closer to mauve. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Jeri Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:16 PM If a civet cat managed to swim to Maine or stow away and debark there or something, grab him and feed him fresh coffee berries. You'll make a mint on civet shit coffee! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Jeri Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:09 PM The Mythbusters found that douche and beer were ineffective, commercial de-skunker was effective but the hydrogen peroxide mix worked better. I wonder where the poor stinky beastie is sleeping tonight. This should come to you (per Wiki again) as puce. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Rapparee Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:08 PM A douche?? You want poor Seamus to die of embarassment? Why not leave him as he is, turn him over to Kendall, and let him deal with it? Maybe hose the dog down a mite before loading him into Kendall's car.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: GUEST,dianavan Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:07 PM Maybe it was a civet cat, they really stink! http://www.authenticmaya.com/images/Bassariscus_astutus.jpg They are also suspected of carrying and spreading SARS. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: bobad Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:07 PM Mickey see the earlier post by Jeri with the link to Mythbusters re. douche. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Mickey191 Date: 06 Oct 07 - 10:04 PM An after thought. When the product is being tested before putting on the market-- wouldn't they test it out on the _most_ vile & putrid of aromas?? Then after they have done that and it's passed the nose test, they put it out for Peggy Sue to use with complete assurance that she is fresh as a daisy. Seamus might even get a comercial out of this! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Mickey191 Date: 06 Oct 07 - 09:58 PM Hasn't anyone ever heard of the Massengill Douche for this problem? It works!! No shaving poor Seamus-no cheap perfumes. No bleaching his coat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 06 Oct 07 - 09:47 PM After you shave the dog, . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Rapparee Date: 06 Oct 07 - 09:43 PM Well, I've been doing some research. The most likely odor culprit is butyl mercaptan (n-butylmercaptan). The antagonists for this include acetone, acids, and strong oxydizers. So...you can get acetone at the paint store. Buy at least a gallon of acetone, and while you're there pick up a gallon of muriatic acid. The next ingredient is the hardest: liquid oxygen. Bring 'em all home, mix well, and bath dog in mixture. Or just get some liquid oxygen and some red fuming nitric acid.... If you can't get liquid oxygen, use liquid air. You might possibly find downsides to handling this stuff.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 06 Oct 07 - 08:26 PM Well. THAT explains it. The dog stinks! I'd suggest a warm bath. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Rapparee Date: 06 Oct 07 - 08:25 PM According to that site, "puce" rhymes wth "prepuce." I still say to shave Seamus bald. You can tell Kendall he got into the electric razor and the deed was done before you could stop him. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Janie Date: 06 Oct 07 - 08:21 PM Just thought you'd like to know.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 06 Oct 07 - 07:41 PM Sorry. I was away. I see the thread has been hijacked by people talking about dogs and skunks. Huh! |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: John MacKenzie Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:51 PM So skunks aren't afraid of headless Jesus' then? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Alice Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:35 PM Like I said, take him to a professional pet groomer. Even then, some residual smell will just have to grow out, but they have the ability to get most of the smell out of the dog. |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Jeri Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:34 PM The Wikipedia entry on this 'brownish-purple' color is quite enlightening: Puce is a colour generally considered to be brownish-purple. A few sources define "puce" simply as "dark brown".[1]Lovely, idn't it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: John MacKenzie Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:29 PM Is that a Wikipedia rhyming site Peace? G |
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Subject: RE: BS: It wasn't a skunk... From: Peace Date: 06 Oct 07 - 06:23 PM It doesn't. Just look! Check on this site. Type 'puce' in there and see if seduce comes up. Strangest thing . . . . |
