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Foxes: Reinstating fear of humans

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,710
    bcpathome said:
    That’s because these days everyone goes to university and has their common sense removed ! I know ! It happened to both my sons! 
    methinks they were at home with for longer than they were at Uni?
    Devon.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,268
    Yes quite right but both were taught to be savvy and were ok before uni kicked it out of them .They suff them full of knowledge and remove any common sense they’ve gathered or been taught 
  • If they had some to start with it usually returns after a few years in the world of work  … when I got a job with social services Ma said ‘at last they’ve got someone with some common sense’ … 🫤 … until then she’d never seemed to think I had any 😝 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 22,684

    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,268
    O my goodness little devil!!! 
  • It doesn’t say whether the ankles were still in them 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    bcpathome said:
    That’s because these days everyone goes to university and has their common sense removed ! I know ! It happened to both my sons! 
    Which is exactly what education is for:

    Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen. - A. Einstein 
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    KT53 said:
    My choice would be a water blast of some sort, whether it be from a hose or a 'Super Soaker' gun.  If people simply had the common sense not to feed them the problem would diminish greatly.
    That reminds me:

    Last week I was in the hammock again and I saw a fox come into the garden from next door.

    A full croissant in its mouth.

    Theres no way it’s stealing that from rubbish, and it was the afternoon so I don’t think it was stolen at all.  Just how middle class are you to be feeding foxes croissants?!

    I have located and armed two super soakers, one by the hammock and one by the garden door.  If he comes at me again, I’m ready. 💪
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,268
    Super soaker man !
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,543
    I wouldn't be so sure it couldn't have found a full croissant - my greyhound has turned up all sorts of surprising discarded treats.

    It's a real problem though isn't it. I don't think it's possible to reinstate the fear, to be honest and I think we will just have to control their numbers somehow. 
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