I know that's a weird heading for a post… but I'm a little antsy right now. We just got a news report that there have been two "possible" sightings of a cougar in the western suburbs of Chicago in the last week – one last Friday and one this afternoon. Aaaah!! I live in the western suburbs of Chicago! But wait – it gets worse… both sightings were in a little town called Wheaton! Aaaah!! I live in Wheaton! But wait – it gets worse… both sightings were by joggers in the vacinity of Northside Park on the north side of Wheaton!! Aaaaah!! I'm a jogger!! And I jog – three times a week – around Northside Park! The very same park where cougars are apparently popping up out of the daffodils! I ran all the way around Northside Park twice last Friday – the day of one of the "possible" cougar sightings! Aaaah!!
"Things were going so well with JellyTelly – until Phil was taken out by a cougar."
Aaaaahhh!!!
If I don't make it back from my next jog… sniff… Bill can have the new camera… sniff…
Wow! Next thing you know they’ll be showing up in restaurants in Chicago. Oh wait… that already happened…
I’ll be praying that you survive your tri-weekly jogging and that no more jungle animals start popping up in the western suburbs!
Don’t flatter yourself — cougars are only interested in younger guys. I think you’re safe. 😉
Bob the Tomato Gets Eaten by a Cougar
That would be the worst Veggie Tales episode ever.
How weird that there are cougars! And how weird that A Prairie Home Companion just did an episode about cougars this past weekend.
I suggest carrying a cucumber and a tomato (perhaps a few carrots, grapes, etc.) in your pocket, and if you come across any cougars, feed them the veggies? I hear some cougars are vegetarian and getting fresh veggies makes them wag their veggie tails…
No way, Phil — the whole thing sounds highly unlikely. Mercury hasn’t made the Cougar in years.
Two sightings? If you lived in Denver, I might be concerned. If a circus or zoo reported a lion missing in the area, I might be concerned. I’ve seen some mighty big dogs in the city, including a yellow one that, from a distance, looked like a lion. And now that it’s in the news, people are suddenly going to start reporting lions and tigers and bears all over Wheaton and other suburban cities. Don’t flatter yourself. Wheaton hasn’t been a small town for 40 or 50 years.
Come on Phil, JellyTelly will continue under the watchful eye of Buck Denvor. In fact I have it on good authority that he has had an eye on your position for quite some time.
We all need a legitimate excuse for not going out for a jog once in a while.
OH NOES!!! If u ever see the cougar, make yourself look very Large and make very loud noises such as clapping your hands, stomping, yelling, blowing raspberries! anything to scare away the cougar. and you could probably turn up your ipod too. hope that helps!
*gulp* Be careful Phil.
and you posted yesterday….
What’s the difference between a cougar and a jaguar?
I think it’s a chihuahua in cougar’s clothing. Just sayin’.
cougars eat people with names starting with “V”; jaguars prefer folks with names starting with “P”…
lol
The town should be filling with younger, tenderer, college students. So I don’t think you have to worry, Phil. 😉
(I will, however, feel horrible if students start getting taken out by cougars. 😮 )
If one of them is devouring you, there’s not much difference between a jaguar and a cougar. That’s probably the most important fact to keep in mind at this point.
Wow, Phil. Watch out for those cougars! Maybe you could yodel to it to try to get it go away. 😉
With all due respect, I don’t like these new fangled (and possibly fanged) felines. I’d rather stick with the traditional lions.
Eh, I bet it’s just a coyote.