Thursday, May 24, 2012

Badgers

Neighbor: Did you see the cute little family living under your shed?

Me: Family of what?

Neighbor: Badgers.

Me: BADGERS! I. Have. A. Dog. Badgers are mean.

Neighbor: Well, maybe not badgers but ground hogs.

Me (in my head): Son of a....

Later that night...

Me: Hun, we have a family of something living under the shed.

BF: Family of what?

Me: Neighbor saw them this morning, they're badgers or something.

BF: BADGERS!

Me: Maybe ground hogs.

BF: There's a big difference between ground hogs and badgers.

Me: Well, whatever they are you'd better fix it (read: get rid of) before the Littlest Kid gets home.

BF: Christ.  That's all I need.  If he sees them he'll be feeding them carrots.

Me: Do badgers eat carrots?

BF: We DO NOT have badgers!

Me: Either way.  I'll pick up some extras carrots.

BF: Son of a ....

3 comments:

Joshua said...

Try honey. :oP

Cora said...

Whatever they are, get them out, out, OUT before L.K. shows up! He'll name them all within five minutes, just watch.

Masshole Mommy said...

Whatever they are - they need to GO. If they are really there that is.