
Welcome Future Minions.
Today I address a most pressing topic: homeland security. We need not fear plots from the middle east, or an invasion of our future chinese masters. Even as I type, the seeds of revolution grow. In my bedroom ceiling. Every night I hear a symphony of scrabbling and scraping. No doubt they are being led by a
genetically-altered white mouse.
Having lived in the midwest for a better part of my life, I am familiar with The Grey Squirrel--a truly monstrous rodent. Quick, agile, doggedly persistent, and slightly larger than a housecat, these are the squirrels that inhabit the college campuses of our country's interior, terrorizing those foolish enough to sit on a bench in the quad for lunch until the attack comes and the hapless victim throws his sandwich and runs in the opposite direction, much in the way women in self-defense classes are taught to throw their purses to escape from a mugger.
But I digress.
You need not fear, Future Minons, for I will now share with you tips to curry favor from the buttony-cute fuzzy deathballs that will rule us.
Carry a lot of in-shell peanuts, pretzel sticks, or oblong crackers, like Keebler Townhouse or Club crackers. The extra length of the snack will keep the little buggers from snapping off digits when you make this offering, preventing you from having horrible nicknames, like Joey Four-Fingers, or Half-Fingered Hillary.
As mentioned before, you can throw these snacks over their heads and then run, thereby escaping the roving gangs of juvenile squirrels looking for trouble and fun at your expense.
Open your eyes really wide and show your front teeth to emulate their look. Drink a lot of coffee, too, for that hyperactive twitchy effect.
Use a small digital recorder to record a message of peace, like "I don't want trouble...I don't taste like peanuts..." or "I welcome your domination...my friend tastes like peanuts..." When approached by the squirrels, play this recording at double-speed.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY SQUIRREL-PROOF BIRD FEEDERS. There won't be any birds left to feed, anyway.
Using these tips, I think you can get along nicely in our future of squirreled domination. Who knows--maybe our future rodent rulers will have the good sense to pull our troops out of Iraq.