The Squirrel Wars from the New York Times (it's a big long, but quite a lark).
America doesn't need to drag Britain into a war in Iraq to royally piss them off. It just needs to wildly praise a little creature that we all know and (mostly) adore: the gray squirrel.
Why read this article? Here's an excerpt (that took place in the British House of Lords):
"[Lord Redesdale] continued: “One of the problems in the public perception is that gray squirrels are the only squirrels they see. They see them in parks and gardens, and they are sociable and friendly animals. Yesterday, I walked through St. James’s Park and watched tourists feeding gray squirrels crisps by hand. In Regent’s Park, a gray squirrel came up to my son and me and actually climbed up my leg to look in my pocket.”
America doesn't need to drag Britain into a war in Iraq to royally piss them off. It just needs to wildly praise a little creature that we all know and (mostly) adore: the gray squirrel.
Why read this article? Here's an excerpt (that took place in the British House of Lords):
"[Lord Redesdale] continued: “One of the problems in the public perception is that gray squirrels are the only squirrels they see. They see them in parks and gardens, and they are sociable and friendly animals. Yesterday, I walked through St. James’s Park and watched tourists feeding gray squirrels crisps by hand. In Regent’s Park, a gray squirrel came up to my son and me and actually climbed up my leg to look in my pocket.”
Lord Hoyle soon cut off Redesdale: “My Lords, perhaps they are friendlier in Regent’s Park than they are in St. James’s Park. One that ran up my leg bit me.”"
Any memories, Naman? :)
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