Brixton Foxwatch Thread

[quimcunx]

Why don't you call them in? They were very nice. I still don't know if one of them was BigFire

I suppose it's a thought, but Firemen aren't really my type.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I suppose it's a thought, but Firemen aren't really my type.

So what IS your type?

 

[teuchter]

Why don't you call them in? They were very nice. I still don't know if one of them was BigFire

Some of them called round to check my granny's house last week while I was visiting. They were both female firemen. I don't know if my granny was disappointed about that. As well as fitting new smoke detectors they provided some other advice and replaced all of her multiple socket adaptor things with new ones. Apparently they usually throw the old ones away but on this occasion they didn't because they thought they might have some sort of historical value. I've just remembered I need to check if there is a Bakelite museum somewhere.

 

[editor]

There's several families of foxes living all around the Moorlands Estate. I see them out and about most nights.

 

[quimcunx]

So what IS your type?

Judging by the conversation I had with my father the other night, it has been amended to any man who will love me and leave me barefoot and pregnant with a boy baby to take my surname.


He only has female grandchildren and is fearful that the family name will die out. Moral laxity is now officially sanctioned by my usually Victorian dad.

 

[Tank Girl]

But is there anything left of your garden?

yeah, they do very little damage, unless you're a pigeon.

 

[Mitre10]

We used to have a fox that would come into our house if the door was open and it didn't think anyone was in the immediate vicinity, not just to nick food (although that often happened), the fucker would curl up and have a sleep sometimes.

The bastard stank as well, the odour hung around for days afte it had been in, probably sprayed or something

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Some of them called round to check my granny's house last week while I was visiting. They were both female firemen. I don't know if my granny was disappointed about that. As well as fitting new smoke detectors they provided some other advice and replaced all of her multiple socket adaptor things with new ones. Apparently they usually throw the old ones away but on this occasion they didn't because they thought they might have some sort of historical value. I've just remembered I need to check if there is a Bakelite museum somewhere.

They don't like multiple socket thingies so why did they replace them?

Female firemen?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Judging by the conversation I had with my father the other night, it has been amended to any man who will love me and leave me barefoot and pregnant with a boy baby to take my surname.


He only has female grandchildren and is fearful that the family name will die out. Moral laxity is now officially sanctioned by my usually Victorian dad.

Go for it. Now, who was it that was saying they'd shag anything that moved? Detective-Boy wasn't it

 

[quimcunx]

Go for it. Now, who was it that was saying they'd shag anything that moved? Detective-Boy wasn't it

I'm afraid Detective boy is too old for my father's purposes. Age of the father is one of the few things that can affect the child's sex. Apparently if you want a boy choose a younger man. Oh, shame...

 

[boohoo]

When they first appeared in our garden we made the mistake of thinking they were "cute". That was before they trampled on every plant in sight, dug up anything that hadn't actually sprouted yet (just to be sure of complete destruction), killed off most of the lawn by urinating/stamping on it, dragged in quantities of the neighbours' rubbish and shredded it all over the places, dug holes under various fences, stole someone's shoe from inside the house, chewed up and buried electric cables and of course made a din all night.

Did they take your jobs and marry your women too?

 

[boohoo]

I'm afraid Detective boy is too old for my father's purposes. Age of the father is one of the few things that can affect the child's sex. Apparently if you want a boy choose a younger man. Oh, shame...

is this a derail from fox spotting?

 

[quimcunx]

They were both female firemen. I don't know if my granny was disappointed about that.

Were you?

is this a derail from fox spotting?

Blame Minnie.


Back to foxes. They definitely seem to have multiplied in force the last few years and become more bolshy. When I looked out my window to see what the kerfuffle was about the other day they simply looked askance at me for interrupting them.

 

[teuchter]

yeah, they do very little damage, unless you're a pigeon.

I'm not a pigeon but that doesn't seem to stop them doing a lot of damage.

 

[boohoo]

Back to foxes. They definitely seem to have multiplied in force the last few years and become more bolshy. When I looked out my window to see what the kerfuffle was about the other day they simply looked askance at me for interrupting them.

Are they responsible for the increase in knife crime amongst young people?

 

[teuchter]

They don't like multiple socket thingies so why did they replace them?

I think it's 1950's multiple socket thingies they don't like. They replaced them with those bar type ones.

Female firemen?

They are way ahead of the game on equal opps stuff in the north of Scotland, you know.

 

[teuchter]

Did they take your jobs and marry your women too?

I'm sure they would, given half the chance.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm afraid Detective boy is too old for my father's purposes. Age of the father is one of the few things that can affect the child's sex. Apparently if you want a boy choose a younger man. Oh, shame...

I think Rogue Lettuce is one of the young 'uns here

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I think it's 1950's multiple socket thingies they don't like. They replaced them with those bar type ones.



They are way ahead of the game on equal opps stuff in the north of Scotland, you know.

Yeah, they don't mind the bar ones, but they didn't give me any free ones

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

blame Minnie

I NEVER derail threads

 

[teuchter]

Yeah, they don't mind the bar ones, but they didn't give me any free ones

I would take it personally, if I were you. You probably offended them somehow. I'd guess they've fitted fake smoke alarms too.

Are you sure they were real firemen? Did they arrive in a fire engine?

 

[dodgepot]

we've got a family of foxes...
they're east dulwich foxes though.

But is there anything left of your garden?

yeah, they do very little damage, unless you're a pigeon.

I'm not a pigeon but that doesn't seem to stop them doing a lot of damage.

the point in bold in the first quote will probably explain why our foxes don't do any damage unlike your brixton foxes.

 

[teuchter]

Well, this is the Brixton foxwatch thread. Go away and talk about your fancy East Dulwich foxes on your own thread.

 

[London_Calling]

Just want to mention there's one who lives at Beckenham Station called Boris who feeds from the hand, usually discarded fried chicken - not from everyone's hand, mainly the minicab controller man and in the early hours.

Bet Brixton foxes don't do that ner.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I would take it personally, if I were you. You probably offended them somehow. I'd guess they've fitted fake smoke alarms too.

Are you sure they were real firemen? Did they arrive in a fire engine?

I figure they were already impressed with the three bar ones I already had.



Oh, they were definitely real. They weren't even knackered after climbing four flights of stairs

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, this is the Brixton foxwatch thread. Go away and talk about your fancy East Dulwich foxes on your own thread.

poor Dodge

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Just want to mention there's one who lives at Beckenham Station called Boris who feeds from the hand, usually discarded fried chicken - not from everyone's hand, mainly the minicab controller man and in the early hours.

Bet Brixton foxes don't do that ner.

We teach our foxes to scavenge out of the bins instead so the rats can't have a good feed

 

[Not a Vet]

The first time I heard a fox outside, just a couple of years ago, I actually thought it might be someone torturing a baby and considered calling the police.

I know someone who mistook the cries of a fox for a baby abandoned in the Park which led to a full scale police search including our old friend the helicopter.

 

[quimcunx]

I know someone who mistook the cries of a fox for a baby abandoned in the Park which led to a full scale police search including our old friend the helicopter.

This pleases me, and not just because I feel less alone, but it bonds this thread and the helicopter one..

 

[trabuquera]

Just want to mention there's one who lives at Beckenham Station called Boris who feeds from the hand, usually discarded fried chicken - not from everyone's hand, mainly the minicab controller man and in the early hours.

Bet Brixton foxes don't do that ner.

Brixton foxes don't need to be hand-fed like wusses, there's more than enough discarded fried chicken on every pavement for them to fend for themselves.

Agreed there are certainly more around than there used to be and they are far bolder. Completely blase about human presence - the ones often found in my back garden (once as many as 3 sunning themselves on the lawn) will only saunter off lazily even if you shout & throw things, otherwise they'll simply turn their heads and say (in a fox-signal way) "you looking at me? yeah? yeah? got a problem bruv?" and then ignore you.