What's mildly irritating you today?

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

You could trap them and sell them. A small sideline business, perhaps?

I Emailed the same picture to a mate. He offered to lend me a mouse trap.

Actually, I'm not going to be too harsh on the creatures. For years they were persecuted before they were afforded legal protection and the only time most people ever saw one was when it had been killed on the road.

It was rare indeed to ever see one alive, let alone have them visit your garden. Farmers aren't too keen on them as they can carry Bovine TB and experimental licensed culls have been carried out in areas where the disease is a significant problem. The outcome of the culls has been far from conclusive and feelings run high on both sides of the debate.

I'm prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[glatt]

I like your garden. Maybe not the badger mess, but the rest is nice. Fairly large too by UK standards, isn't it?

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

I like your garden. Maybe not the badger mess, but the rest is nice. Fairly large too by UK standards, isn't it?

Yes, it's not a bad size, all things considered.
The bungalow is set back from the road which is an advantage but the plot is a little on the narrow side.
The back garden slopes quite markedly and then plunges steeply to a stream. Dad was a keen gardener and I suspect that I am a disappointment to him in that respect as well as several others, but I manage to keep it reasonably tidy.
Let's be honest, I'm never going to trouble the judges at the next Royal Horticultural Society Show.

[glatt]

You have a stream? That's cool. It will come in handy during the zombie apocalypse.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Let's be honest, I'm never going to trouble the judges at the next Royal Horticultural Society Show.

Well, not with an attitude like that, you won't.

[Nirvana]

Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Actually, I'm not going to be too harsh on the creatures. For years they were persecuted before they were afforded legal protection and the only time most people ever saw one was when it had been killed on the road.

But of course, that drunk driver who ran over your children was only drunk because he's been bullied as a child which let to a series of broken marriages and losing lottery tickets. So you can't be too hard on him.

Prepared to give them(him) the benefit of the doubt?
Sir, that's how empires are lost!