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1. DP
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   From today's Seattle Times:

   Associated Press

   HOQUIAM, Wash. — Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into a Hoquiam apartment and assaulted a man.

   The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker said, "It's not a weasel, it's a marten," then punched him in the nose and fled.

   The attacker was apparently looking for his girlfriend and had gone to her former boyfriend's apartment Monday night where the victim was a guest.

   [Local radio station] KXRO reports he left the carcass behind.

   Police later found the suspect arguing with his girlfriend at another location and arrested the 33-year-old Hoquiam man after a fight.

   He said he had found the marten dead near Hoquiam, but police don't know why he carried it with him.

   A marten is a member of the weasel family.

   —If anyone has something more unusual than this to report, please speak now or forever hold your weasel.

   Er . . . marten.

   Weasel/marten — what's the difference anyway? Honey badger don't give a sh*t!

   

   Posted 11 months ago #         

2. JanS
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   oh, David...how can I thank you for this. My week has been made, for sure :D

   Posted 11 months ago #         

3. metrognome
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   I sincerely hope it wasn't Doc Marten.

   I assume he was arrested for assault with a dead weasel.

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4. JoB
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   it only gets better

   Posted 11 months ago #         

5. EmmyJane
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   I just flipped from facebook to here and went to
   "like" your post. Ha! Thanks for the laugh.

   Posted 11 months ago #         

6. MB
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   Thank you, thank you, for my Thursday "wsb laugh."

   Posted 11 months ago #         

7. The Velvet Bulldog
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   DWI--Dead Weasel Incident.

   Posted 11 months ago #         

8. Andy
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   I've punched people for not recognizing the distinction before, too. I totally get this guy.

   Posted 11 months ago #         

9. Ken
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   I had to think back to the last person I punched out (as in out cold). It was a Hare Krishna at Logan airport in 1979. I expected to be arrested but the cop who was watching turned his back and looked out the window. After a couple of minutes making sure he was still breathing, I went home.

   I did not own a weasel at the time.

   Posted 11 months ago #         

10. metrognome
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    well, according to today's Seattle Times, the sheriff says it was a mink, not a marten, as martens haven't been seen in that area for 50 years and they can't drive, so they couldn't have been visiting from out of town. OK, I made that last part up ... And, the confusion is understandable as minks and martens are both members of the weasel family. Some family!

    Geez, you try to give a girl a mink, and you get arrested. She must belong to PETA.

    Posted 11 months ago #         

11. austin
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    At least he didn't pee on the rug. It really ties the room together.

    Posted 11 months ago #         

12. sun-e
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    All I know is you should NEVER mess with a honey badger. As DP said, "Honey badger don't give a sh*t!" See for yourself...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg&feature=player_embedded

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