By Al Schumann on Monday July 5, 2010 04:35 PM
Tom Tomorrow's cartoon explains it.
It's an apt choice. From Wikipedia,
Groundhogs raised in captivity can be socialized relatively easily; however, their aggressive nature can pose problems. Doug Schwartz, a zookeeper and groundhog trainer at the Staten Island Zoo, has been quoted as saying "They’re known for their aggression, so you’re starting from a hard place. [Their] natural impulse is to kill ’em all and let God sort ’em out. You have to work to produce the sweet and cuddly."
Indeed.
Comments (7)
That cartoon is a thing of beauty. I may start crying.
Posted by ms_xeno | July 5, 2010 7:23 PM
Posted on July 5, 2010 19:23
The woodchuck looks a bit like Matt Yglesias. I wonder if that's intentional.
Posted by Al Schumann | July 5, 2010 7:55 PM
Posted on July 5, 2010 19:55
How many schmucks must a woodchuck suck to be a good schmuck-sucking fuck?
Read the comments section on that cartoon to find out.
Posted by Sean | July 5, 2010 8:33 PM
Posted on July 5, 2010 20:33
Sean, you've done me a big favor. Your excellent limerick has driven the hoary standard version out my head.
Posted by Al Schumann | July 6, 2010 9:24 AM
Posted on July 6, 2010 09:24
Al:
Your application (snort) is approved -- but the confirmation email goes to the address you supplied. If that's not a real address, mail me and I'll set you up.
lambert_strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com
Posted by lambert strether | July 6, 2010 11:41 AM
Posted on July 6, 2010 11:41
Thanks. Lambert. It is a real addy, and I've already dived in to a gardening thread.
Posted by Al Schumann | July 6, 2010 12:40 PM
Posted on July 6, 2010 12:40
the woodchuck seems delightfully impish to me
nice to have something to rage at that
enjoys your fury
these smugster liberals
seem to enjoy only the implications "about them "
embedded beneath their brand choices
of course a completely nihilistic soul
doesn't wear brand black
she tears even at her own soul
with an uncontrolable loathing
ps the sensible liberal comments at TT
come in enough different flavors
and express so many contradictory memes
to suggest virtual tumor tissue at work
Posted by op | July 6, 2010 12:49 PM
Posted on July 6, 2010 12:49