maybe it was just an odd skunk, but we had a pet one for awhile when i was a kid, stepbrother went to retrieve him outa the neighbors yard and grabbed him by the tail and hoisted him up off the ground, he was used to us, but maybe it was the neighbor lady screaming that got the skunk riled up. Anyhoo he didn't seem to give a chit his feet were off the ground, he doused my stepbrother but good! lmao

we had some working coon hounds, but my old man had strange notions about what makes a pet, had 3-4 raccoons, a chinchilla, that skunk, a bat and a litter of coyote pups we raised.

he's on marriage number 4 or 5 (i've lost count) and not too many exotic critters around the last few years, typical stuff, some dogs, a few chickens, few calves and for awhile a buncha minature burros

had a magnetic sign on his truck that said "half azz farm"


I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.