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Congrats on your send rhunt! Awesome!

A monkey sat down next to a stream and observed a fish. He quickly jumped in the water, grabbed the fish and placed him on the shore. An old owl who saw this asked the monkey, "Why did you do that?"

"So that he wouldn't drown!", replied the monkey.

You can't fool me with your Wise(ass) Sage-like stories. I'm going to avoid woodrat nests anyway, and they'll be the beter for it. BTW, how were the ribs?

Roentgen Ray wrote: I'm going to avoid woodrat nests anyway, and they'll be the beter for it.

Good luck! I guess you don't climb many trad or routes with ledges or huecos huh? If you really want to avoid wood rat nests then you should probably stay home. Did I mention that they are all over the place? Oh yeah, the ribs were soooo good.

Wood Rat Soup (Good Cure for SARS) by Chef Lo Ping Wang



Ingredients:
Must have large wood rat. Very important. Little rat not do. Make sure you get a live one or crafty vendor will try to sell you small dog if you not careful. I always kill my own. Even have special hammer handed down from revered ancestors. Skin rat and cut off tail. Save tail. I know it seems wasteful but you must take out innards and throw away over left shoulder. Very lucky. You will need about 10 qian salt, 5 qian black pepper, a lock of hair of the sick person, cut fine, Lotus root, Bok Choy, Daikon, and 3 or 4 of the American made Smith Brothers' Cough Drops if you can get them (cherry flavor is best).

Preparation:
You will need at least 20 sheng of water to cook this so make sure it does not stink already. Put rat carcass in pot. Cut up rat tail into small pieces and add to pot. Bring to boil adding spices and let cook for 2 hours. Go and do laundry or till field. Next add vegetables and let cook for another 30 minutes. Serve to patient every time he throw up.

From TP to Money
Beavers build their dam out of money

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Terriers were bred to kill rats.

Anyone own a terrier? Bring him to the Red sometime, set him loose in the woods near a crag for a day or two. He will fulfill the purpose of his life and therefore be happier than he has ever been before; you won't have to feed him for a couple days; and climbers around there won't find as many rats' nests in the future so people won't be worried about climbing there.

Everybody wins: the climbers, the dog owner, and especially the dog.

Hey y’all, this is Rizzo. I’m a Red River Gorge Wood Rat.

This thread has me and my buds in stitches. You climbers don’t know nothin’ about us. So, I decided to set the record straight.

First off, some of the disgusting items y’all say we eat is downright offensive. So, what does our diet consist of? I’ve attached a photo of me and my breakfast of champions.

And, you want to know how we get up to those ledges? Just keep working out the moves... you know, hips in, heels down on slabs, breathe, etc. And, those Ron Kauk videos help a lot. Also, all of you rope-bound woosies take note -- we Wood Rats are all free soloers. See attached pix of me sticking the last move on a V10 boulder problem. BTW thanks to all the lady climbers out there for discarding those nifty little crash pads.

So, why are our numbers dwindling? Darned if I know. Maybe its el Nino or global warming, or maybe its somethin’ they’re puttin’ in Ale 8.

As for you J-Rock... You Dirtbag...That was my cousin, Cletus, that you devoured at Mark’s last weekend! Let’s see how funny you think it is when I chew through your webbing, when you’re way up here bolting sometime. Be afraid, boy. Be very afraid.

And that old guy who’s our new landlord at Muir... He was up here snooping around our nests the other day. I mean, geesh... can one of you please give that poor old fart some lessons in climbing technique?

Well, gotta nestle down now and take a snooze. And we’d appreciate it if y’all would kinda keep down the whinnin’ while you’re flailin’ around up here, okay?

Rizzo

That was awesome

Thanks Rizzo!

Hey one questin Mr. Rizzo? If we are quiet and try our best not to wake you, can we climb through your crib on Green Horn?