Brickbat: Kinda Squirrelly

City officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, say they are investigating whether a boat show violated local ordinances by featuring a squirrel waterskiing in an indoor pool. City laws prohibit people from having squirrels as pets and bar businesses "from using rodents in competitions, exhibitions, performance or events." Organizers say the squirrel's performance is a way to teach children about water safety.

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[Entropy Drehmaschine Void]

I know somebody who is gonna just love this ...

[SQRLSY One]

Freedom for all squirrels everywhere, dammit! Working squirrels of the world, unite! We have NOTHING to lose (except our chains), and all the world, plus water-skiing (and bikini babes) to gain! Let's go nuts!!!

[Rat on a train (non donor)]

I support my fellow rodents in their fight for their right to earn a living.

[Jerryskids]

I feel ya, man. My dad suffered something horrible at the paws of that damn cat, Tom, and yet the bastards filmed that shit and put it on the TV as if it were hilarious entertainment for the kiddies. Is it any wonder the poor guy went loony tunes and had to be locked up in the mental hospital?

[Chipper Morning Wood]

Didn't Jerry usually win? We should feel bad for poor Tom.

[R Mac]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtOmEi8n_0

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[Quo Usque Tandem]

Go fuck a squirrel.

[Rich]

City laws ... bar businesses "from using rodents in ... events."

Slam dunk, if the lawyers can prove that the squirrel was being "used".

[Chipper Morning Wood]

What if the squirrel was using?

[Conchfritters]

Organizers say the squirrel's performance is a way to teach children about water safety.

That’s just nuts.

[SIV]

"People decided years ago in the city government, and I think with the support of the population, that we weren't going to allow animals like squirrels to be taken in by people,"

Canuck civics

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Willing to bet that squirrel will be taken by the Canadian version of the DNR and either euthanized and set loose to be immediately consumed by a predator in the Great White North.

Either way that squirrel is sauteed.

[mad.casual]

The original Twiggy was from FL. Not clear if the owners/squirrel are, in any way, under Canadian jurisdiction beyond citation or deportation.

[MatthewSlyfield]

"either euthanized and set loose to be immediately consumed by a predator in the Great White North"

Something is wrong with this phrase.

[Longtobefree]

The real, unanswered question is, was the squirrel paid minimum wage?

[R Mac]

A living wage!

[Jerryskids]

Poor bastard worked for peanuts.

[MatthewSlyfield]

But he was making 15 peanuts / hr. That's a pretty good living for a squirrel.

[gah87]

Was it a red squirrel, a gray squirrel, or a black squirrel? Disparate impact analysis anyone?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Organizers say the squirrel's performance is a way to teach children about water safety.

And now it's teaching them about mindless bureaucracy. Either will drown you.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Instead, it became a lesson to children about how easy it is to run afoul of byzantine bureaucratic rules.

[Jerryskids]

They could make this a lesson in how to find loopholes in byzantine bureaucratic rules - does the law stipulate that the banned rodent in question be a live rodent? What about a rabbit in a squirrel costume? If you lop some bits off, it's only 7/8ths of a squirrel, still banned? Have a contest for the kids, prizes for each one submitting a creative work-around! The prizes will be coupons for free squirrels.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

The loser gets fined or goes to jail!

[Brandybuck]

I first read this as "Trump Follows in the Footsteps of Giant Spiders". My brain is broken!

[AlmightyJB]

Any article that starts with the words "City officials" you know is going to be Derptastic. Just stop with the nannying. JC.

[crufus]

Maybe they can build an extension to Mouseville where they send all the retired working squirrels.

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[ChowChen]

Some squirrels are a little too squirrelly:
https://dailysoak.com/index.php/2016/05/17/squirrel-busted-for-indecent-exposure-after-video-goes-viral/