Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/12/18/hard-boozing-raccoons-mistaken.html
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Turns out they appear to be drunk on crab apples," police said in their official statement to the community.
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Follow the link to the Tribune article to see a pic of one of the drunk raccoons. Freaking adorable.
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Old news. @pesco reported on it over a month ago.
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Easier said than done “Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries.”. So many companies don’t bother to comply with our great European firewall.
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Don’t google drunk raccoons
It’s a human cesspit. .
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I’m here wondering if that little possum got into that box through that hole in the back and then every body part excluding its feet and nose grew from stuffing whatever those cookie gadgets are into its face.
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That is very much an “Oh, I can feel the hang-over coming on…” look.
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Or maybe they were right the first time: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj78I7ZuqrfAhWHxIMKHVdbAeoQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fwest-virginia%2Facross-wv%2Fdrunk-west-virginia-raccoons-likely-sick-distemper-police&psig=AOvVaw36vqVWVbvFGL60kHZHDyBd&ust=1545259590564518
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It is good to know that there is a Bloom County fan in the WV police.
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It’s pretty much just one company (which owns the Chicago Tribune and LA Times), and there’s no European firewall, just a Tronc firewall, which protects them from the EU’s freedom-hating effort to safeguard users’ privacy. It’s a mystery why Tronc feels so threatened by this extremely mild new regulation, when every other media company on Earth seems to think that they can comply with it by just doubling down on those stupid cookie popups that were originally created in response to an unrelated EU privacy initiative from a decade ago.
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cocaine moth news: http://mentalfloss.com/article/64444/scientists-arent-releasing-colombian-cocaine-moths-just-yet
I’m a condo dweller, I was leaving my home one day and noticed a raccoon in the middle of the driveway that led to the street. I stopped and looked at it and it was still alive, moving it’s head back and forth and there was foam coming from it’s mouth. It certainly looked like it was on the cusp of death. I called animal control and they wouldn’t do anything about it, so I just took a snow shovel and scooped it up and threw it in the dumpster. I think it had distemper and it fell from the tree that overhangs the driveway. Anyhow, it certainly could have been a drunk raccoon too. If it were to sober up I’m sure it would have found a way out of the dumpster.
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That’s the face of a critter who’s going to have dark circles around the eyes tomorrow for sure.
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Hard boozing boingboing editors mistakenly thought to be rabid!
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They don’t just block the EU, they block the whole of Europe including non EU states like Norway, Switzerland and Iceland.
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At the risk of Godwining,
Nope. Viral story is only half the story.
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