nyc squirrel

By anders pearson 08 Apr 2002

[setting: harish, gordie, darya and I walking to the store to get our mid-afternoon sugar fix.]

<p>harish has mastered the trick of launching a penny at high speeds by snapping his fingers and is demonstrating it to the rest of us. we walk by a grassy area and see one of the campus&#8217; many grey squirrels bouncing around doing squirrel type things.</p>

<p>harish: &#8220;check it out; i&#8217;m gonna nail that squirrel.&#8221;</p>

<p>harish goes into his windup. before he can launch, the squirrel whips around to face him, plants its feet and stares directly at him with the most hardcore do-<em>not</em>-fuck-with-me look i&#8217;ve ever seen from human or rodent alike. </p>

<p>harish freezes and his arm slowly comes down. we all back off nervously, trying not to make any quick movements as the squirrel continues to stare us down.</p>