That kind of disappeared when we got a squirrel infestation in the part of our house he had just spent two years building.
Mom and I came home one day to find him outside, up a ladder, where there were two gnawed squirrel holes in the wall. He was jabbing into one hole with an unbent coat-hanger, and when the squirrel would poke it's head out the other one and growl at him (the growl!), he'd try to grab it with barbecue tongs.
Even after we made him go inside, he was muttering about how he 'almost had him' and maybe if he insulated the handle of the tongs, he could run a current through it and electrify them.
A few days later he saw the squirrel leave the roof, and he grabbed the object nearest the door and chased it up the holly tree.
The object nearest the door was my little brother's wooden toy sword.
And now you must hear of squirrels...
That kind of disappeared when we got a squirrel infestation in the part of our house he had just spent two years building.
Mom and I came home one day to find him outside, up a ladder, where there were two gnawed squirrel holes in the wall. He was jabbing into one hole with an unbent coat-hanger, and when the squirrel would poke it's head out the other one and growl at him (the growl!), he'd try to grab it with barbecue tongs.
Even after we made him go inside, he was muttering about how he 'almost had him' and maybe if he insulated the handle of the tongs, he could run a current through it and electrify them.
A few days later he saw the squirrel leave the roof, and he grabbed the object nearest the door and chased it up the holly tree.
The object nearest the door was my little brother's wooden toy sword.