How I got Mauled by a Squirrel
One of my student summer jobs was in an office, just across the road from which was a park; I'd go to that park to have my lunch.

There was a number of sqirrels that lived there - unsurprisingly - and one in particular I recognised by his slightly injured-looking tail. He seemed to be around my preferred bench every day. I would, on occasion, throw him a bit of crust or a crisp or something.

Now, squirrels lose some of their timidity during the summer, because last year's food has pretty much gone, and this year's isn't ripe yet. So, over the course of a week or two, I was able to get this squirrel to come quite close. He wasn't quite friendly, but he wasn't running away.

"Wouldn't it be nice," I thought, "if I could feed him from my hand..." And so, one day, I held out a bit of crust for him but didn't let go. He edged closer... closer... tentatively... closer... and eventually plucked up the courage to bite...

Except what he bit was not a piece of sandwich. It was my finger.

And that is how I got mauled by a squirrel.

At this point, you may be wondering why this is related to the QotW. Well, there's two reasons. First, the job that I was doing at the time was on a helpdesk. Second, "squirrel" and "SQL" are a bit similar.

Click "I like this" if you're wondering why noone ends a post with "Click 'I like this' if..." any more.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:30, 3 replies)

I like it
Because you were so silly. Your finger undoubtedly looked most delicious.
(Dog Bum Cute, wiggly, has scary anal glands, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 17:13, closed)

Squirrels
I experienced the same problem, only I was feeding the squirrel a large piece of dried strawberry from some cereal. It was on the verge of taking it, just turning its head for position, when it looked into my eye and quite clearly thought 'This is Not Right', and with some confusion, bit me. Never toy with a squirrel.
(Treacle Cock, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 20:16, closed)

Squirrel was also
an old PCMCIA-SCSI adapter for the Amiga. There's the IT angle *grins*
( Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:07, closed)