Comments on: Milagro de la Primavera

By: John Lay

John Lay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:37:49 +0000

The Deacon in Pogo was also a “Mushrat.” IMHO, the best ‘toon ever.

What do Marylanders do for Aggies? You know, everybody has their Aggies or Okies. How many Aggies does it take to eat an Armadillo? Maybe the same number of (fill in the blank) that it takes to eat a mushrat.

By: John H. Farr

John H. Farr — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:40:54 +0000

“Water dogs”! Neat… I’ve seen them here before, too. Very adaptable. Where I used to live in Maryland, the locals called them “mushrats,” no “k,” and you could even find them skinned and dressed for sale as food in a couple of VERY rural grocery stores.

I shall pass on that aspect of the critters, however.

By: tom tynan

tom tynan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:21:18 +0000

I have seen those little guys too. One local called them “water dogs”. It took me a while, then it hit me – water dogs – kinda like prarie dogs – their aquatic cousins.

By: John Lay

John Lay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:17:42 +0000

Appropos of next-to-nothing, here’s another observation about the “terrible desert” in which we live. It has cattails, and it has the semi-aquatic animal called muskrat, which likes to eat cattails. I saw one swimming in the “Little Rio Grande” (Rio Grande del Rancho) yesterday.

Both pretty odd for a desert.