Playing Possum

[Stan_Halen]

This is a 0:30 commercial, too good to not share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[bobbybovine]

I have this irresistible urge to go buy some insurance all of a sudden!

[DLChuckles]

this reminds me of The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now I want to watch it again. GREAT movie.

[Stan_Halen]

I have this irresistible urge to go buy some insurance all of a sudden!

I have an irresistable urge to scare some kids! (mwahahahaha)

[Emma]

ha ha ha HA HA... thanks Stan...

It reminded me at first of the infamous parrot sketch ...

We have a major problem with possums here and I have become a merciless exterminator. My kids used to make these elaborate traps to try and catch them too and sometimes, magically, they found a dead possum in their traps in the morning. My daughter was SO MAD when she finally figured out that it was my kill trap catching them and not her elaborate walk-the-plank-fall-into-a-bucket-of-water-and-drown trap.

[Stan_Halen]

[booming announcer voice] "Thousands of Possums live in constant trembling fear." [people in the street proclaim] "It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's the Emma-nator!"

[Emma]

te he... I've been living in the country a while now...
Took a bit to bring out the exterminator in me... first year here I took my roosters to the vets to get them 'put down.'.. They are probably STILL talking about it!!! (and laughing!)
If I don't kill the possums, I get no fruit whatsoever from the orchard, they are stunningly destructive (heh heh, but not as destructive as me..... wicked maniacal cackle!)

[Jeronimo Mora]

These insurance commercials get better and better all the time.

[bobbybovine]

These insurance commercials get better and better all the time.

They're the only ones with enough money to hire good writers!

[Jeronimo Mora]

They're the only ones with enough money to hire good writers!

Ha!.....................

[m.jerrick]

This is a 0:30 commercial, too good to not share. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

VERY funny. Love it.

[SandraK]

There's a whole series of these Geico ads and they are hilarious. Check out the Rescue Panther one.

[jimsies]

ha ha ha HA HA... thanks Stan...

It reminded me at first of the infamous parrot sketch ...

We have a major problem with possums here and I have become a merciless exterminator. My kids used to make these elaborate traps to try and catch them too and sometimes, magically, they found a dead possum in their traps in the morning. My daughter was SO MAD when she finally figured out that it was my kill trap catching them and not her elaborate walk-the-plank-fall-into-a-bucket-of-water-and-drown trap.

It is illegal to trap and subsequently destroy possums here in Australia . They are a protected native animal. I too have had possums eating the chook {edit: chickens for our US friends!} feed as well as every bit of fruit they can find off our trees.

Law here says you can trap them if they're in your roof, but can only transport them 50 metres away after 'fixing' the hole! Reckon it'll come back at that distance Oh, and you need a permit. Bugger!!

[Emma]

It is illegal to trap and subsequently destroy possums here in Australia

When we came over for a holiday in the Queensland rain forest area, we stayed in a nature reserve place that had all these tame possums crawling over the roof windows decks etc.. and at night it felt like we were under siege as they tried to get inside... Funny how different our perspectives can be... rather than squealing at how cute and adorable they were, it felt sort of sinister...

I just looked up online, and in 2009 they estimated there were 30million possums in NZ, but now, 3 years later, they are estimating 70 million - 20 possums per person!!!!!!! Because I live in the countryside, I'm guessing I score a few bonus possums for all the city dwellers. They are a real menace, stripping trees, carrying diseases, raiding bird's nests etc.. but the worst of all for me, is that distinctive noise in the night.... when one manages to climb to the top of our steep iron roof, clamber clamber with its scritchy scratchy claws and manages to hang on for a while at the steep tippy top and then suddenly..... WEEEEEEE!rollity pollity rollity thump... as it loses grip and rolls most of the way down, to bounce onto the deck below and the dopey dog joins in and... arrrrghh... Farewell sweet sleep....
(gnashes non-pacifist teeth)....

[Bigduggieface]

The little bugger was merely pining for the fjords.

[Emma]

The little bugger was merely pining for the fjords.

By a strange mental segway... I suddenly remembered a quite mad alternative lifestyle woman I met once, perhaps it was on a permaculture course? Can't remember... anyway, we were discussing possum deaths (as you do ) and she gave me some very detailed descriptions for removing the male bits of possums, drying them out... (damn, I seem to have forgotten the details other than her staring eyes and dark-haired lip) and using the dried ground up bits to make a very effective deterrent spray...

[Bigduggieface]

A deterrent against what? Reality?

[Emma]

O gawd...


I am still laughing...

Am guessing that a generic 'Deterrent Spray' could be useful for all kinds of situations!

[Stan_Halen]

she gave me some very detailed descriptions for removing the male bits of possums, drying them out ... and using the dried ground up bits to make a very effective deterrent spray...

Heck, just string 'em up around the property, like a headhunter's shrunken-head trophies, and it'll scare the crap out of 'em ... they'll run for the hills!

[jjb]

As of late, Auto Insurance companies are pretty good at doing funny ads (like this and the Progressive Insurance Company's "Flo" ads). It's amazing that each one of them can save you money over the other's prices. I figured that if I switch insurance companies enough, with all those "save 15%" deals, the last one I sign with will give me auto insurance and have to pay ME!!