OT:This will bring a smile to your face

[Guest guest]

You don't even need to respond to this, with every thing else that

we have had to deal I just lost it when I started to read this and

I'm sure you will too.

KC

EPA backs off toxic squirrel advisory

RINGWOOD, N.J., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. environmental officials have

withdrawn a warning that squirrels in an area of New Jersey were

toxic, an announcement that had thrown hunters for a loop.

Never mind what we said earlier, the Environmental Protection Agency

said this week, it's OK to shoot and eat squirrels from the Ringwood

area, The New York Post reported Thursday. At fist it appeared the

critters were toxic because of a nearby Superfund site, but samples

from the tested squirrels were botched, the agency said.

However, state Department of Health officials were reviewing the

latest EPA advisory and will decide whether they'll lift the wild-

animal consumption warning issued in January, said spokesman Tom

Slater.

DeGroat, a New Jersey squirrel hunter, says he may be a little

more hesitant about eating squirrel because of the mixed messages.

But he likes squirrel -- and says it doesn't taste like chicken.

" I can't say it tastes like chicken. I can't say it tastes like

turkey, " DeGroat said. " It tastes a lot like squirrel. "

[Guest guest]

hehehe, thanks for the laugh, it really does taste like squirrel.

dang, it's been tears sence I've been squirrel hubting. fried and

bbq'ed is the best.

--- In , " tigerpaw2c " <tigerpaw2c@...>

wrote:

>

> You don't even need to respond to this, with every thing else that

> we have had to deal I just lost it when I started to read this and

> I'm sure you will too.

>

> KC

>

> EPA backs off toxic squirrel advisory

>

> RINGWOOD, N.J., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. environmental officials have

> withdrawn a warning that squirrels in an area of New Jersey were

> toxic, an announcement that had thrown hunters for a loop.

>

> Never mind what we said earlier, the Environmental Protection

Agency

> said this week, it's OK to shoot and eat squirrels from the

Ringwood

> area, The New York Post reported Thursday. At fist it appeared the

> critters were toxic because of a nearby Superfund site, but samples

> from the tested squirrels were botched, the agency said.

>

> However, state Department of Health officials were reviewing the

> latest EPA advisory and will decide whether they'll lift the wild-

> animal consumption warning issued in January, said spokesman Tom

> Slater.

>

> DeGroat, a New Jersey squirrel hunter, says he may be a

little

> more hesitant about eating squirrel because of the mixed messages.

> But he likes squirrel -- and says it doesn't taste like chicken.

>

> " I can't say it tastes like chicken. I can't say it tastes like

> turkey, " DeGroat said. " It tastes a lot like squirrel. "

>