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[substitute]

My town is being invaded by sea lions.

"On Wednesday, the Newport Beach Harbor Commission debated the situation, which has taken on added urgency since 18 sea lions piled onto a 37-foot sailboat and sank it over Labor Day weekend."

bark bark bark bark
until you could hear them all over the park

Comments

[threepunchstuff.livejournal.com]

God is just teasing us before he dispatches the land lions.

[nosrialleon.livejournal.com]

I love how their solution is the same one that failed to make the ducks migrate from between the big and small parts of Balboa Island...

[srl.livejournal.com]

One presumes that our local solution for goose overpopulation in parks--- rent-a-collies dispatched at random times--- doesn't work so well for marine mammals.

[switchstatement.livejournal.com]

the banner ad at the top of that article is for a cosmetic surgery joint that gives out free ipods with surgery when you mention the la times. wow, california!

[switchstatement.livejournal.com]

i totally didn't mean to reply to you. i am an idiot who can't use live journal properly. sorry.

[substitute.livejournal.com]

We probably have cosmetic surgery for our collies and geese too, with or without iPods.

[potatohead.livejournal.com]

better your town than your living room...

Eight sea lions were moved by trailer from the park to a staff member's home.

Orange "Republican Bastion" County

[mcpino.livejournal.com]

W. would be proud- Faith-Based Pinniped Control:

"Things got so out of hand this summer that she finally invoked divine assistance. "We've been praying: 'God, please, I need a night of sleep,' " Schriber said.

It worked — sort of. The sea lions recently began congregating a few houses farther down the peninsula. "I told one of my neighbors about the prayers and she said, 'Thanks a lot, now they're down at my house.' "

[salome-st-john.livejournal.com]

From the article:

'The portly pinnipeds, described as "voracious and unrepentant" by the Portland Oregonian,'

In addition to really enjoying fantastic alliteration, I am amused at how apt the description is for many land-bound residents of Newps and B.I. as well.

I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today

[substitute.livejournal.com]

...and have you ever met a wild animal that was repentant? What the hell, is the Oregonian hiring wine critics as wildlife writers?

Re: I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today

[salome-st-john.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've met too domestic animals that were repentant period, wild or otherwise. "Forgive me, I know it was bad, but I really couldn't help eating the cat shit - it looks like Almond Roca for dogs."

Re: I think I was being tailgated by a Ford Voracious today

[salome-st-john.livejournal.com]

(Please insert a "many" between "too" and "domestic". Thank you.)