Opening paragraph of the week goes to the Herald Express (but of course!) for this pearl of wisdom: ‘If squirrels were cats, one little furry Paignton grey squirrel would be down to eight lives after being rescued from an extractor fan by firefighters.’
Hmm, where to start? Well, Stan from Torbay does a pretty good job with his comment on thisissouthdevon: ‘If squirrels were cats then there would not be any squirrels and the headline would read “Cat extracted from fan after 999 call” ‘.
The terminally soppy will be pleased to know the fluffy squirrel escaped unharmed – much like in one of those old Tufty Club adverts. (His chum, Willy Weasel, wasn’t so lucky. He got twatted by an ice cream van.)
Watch commander Steve Anderson said: “The squirrel leapt on my face and on to the glass conservatory below and on to the ground. Then he was off.”
Straight into Ed Chester’s Otterton Mill cooking pot no doubt. Yum!
Come and enjoy Devon – book a hotel and get away!
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