Re: [Paddlewise] Drunken Racoons

>One of the power boaters we talked to had camped out on the island with 
>friends and
>they had prepared a vodka watermellon.  He said it was too strong they 
>could hardly
>eat any of it so they left most of it on the picnic table.  They awoke that 
>night to
>the sound of an army of drunken racoons crashing about the camp.  The next 
>night no
>problem.  Apparently the beasts were still nursing a hangover the next 
>night.

I shared a house in Ontario many years back. The local racoons had learned 
to work the latches of our "varmint proof" garbage cans with all the skill 
of the cartoon safe-crackers their masks make them resemble.
One night, inspired by home-brew, we smeared the outsides of the garbage 
cans with Five-alarm chili. Never saw the bandits again. Two theorys:
1. They had exploded Hindenberg-like from gas build-up.
2. Bouyed by their diet, they drifted off to the far skys, where they are 
now the pets and/or prey for Inuit crotch-drigible propelled hunters.

Philip Torrens
N49°16' W123°06'

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