Tuesdays I intern at a detox clinic in Dorcester, and Boston. There's a group of us and since parking in Boston is a bear we carpool. We meet at 7:30 in the morning. On this particular Tuesday I was running late. I called my friend's and asked them to wait. They said "no problem we'll wait."When I got there, and said "Are we ready to go?""Not just yet, we have to go see about a skunk.""A what?"
"There's a skunk in the back parking lot with a cup stuck on its face. It's running around in circles. We have to help it."Now I love animals, but mind you we were on our way to a clinic to deal with patients, so I was fairly perplexed how we were gonna pull this one off (no pun intended). We drove to the back lot and sure enough the poor little guy looked like something out of a Benny Hill clip running around in circles. We knew if we didn't help him he'd either be run over by a car, or starve to death. My friend Dave gets out of the car with a plastic bag, towel, and a snow scraper.
I have no idea what he was planning but he tip toed behind it slowly. Looking like he wasn't sure what to do next, I yelled "throw the towel over him". He did just that. The skunk froze in place. My friend knelt down, grabbed him by the neck, and pulled the yoplait container off his face, which was apparently jammed on pretty good.
Free of his predicament our stinky friend zipped away as fast as he could. Dave tossed the towel in a plastic bag, threw it in his trunk, and hopped in the car. It smelled like skunk, but not so bad as to suggest Dave had gotten sprayed. Realizing his mistake he grabbed the towel out of the trunk, and threw it to the edge of the parking lot. We were on time for clinic, and generally free of stink. This week Dave is my personal hero. It took a lot of guts, and stupidity to do what he did, but inevitably he saved a small animal.
Way to go Dave! That definitely took bravery. Not only can skunks spray nauseating stankness, they can also bite!
You did a good deed Dave, skunks everywhere shall show you signs of appreciation by raising their tails when you pass.
FYI: Our family dog growing up got sprayed by a skunk a couple of times, its really, really smelly. Supposedly tomato soup helps, but our dog just kept eating the soup!
Lol was the post title a south park towlie reference.
Actually it's a "Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Reference" South Park was referencing the book when they created the character. It's a great read, really funny.
Today was towel day - a tribute to Douglas Adams. :-)