Northern California Angora Guild

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Invasion of Pepé Le Pew














According to Wikipedia:


"Pepé Le Pew is a fictional character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, first introduced in 1945. A French skunk that always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone's thoughts are of "love", Pepé is constantly seeking "l'amour" of his own. However, he has two huge turnoffs to any prospective mates: his malodorous scent, and he cannot take 'no' for an answer, blissfully convinced that the girl is flirting with him, even when she physically assaults him.

Pepé Le Pew storylines typically involve Pepé in pursuit of what appears to be a female skunk ("petite femme skunk"). But, usually, the supposed female skunk is actually a black cat (retroactively named Penelope Pussycat) who has had a white stripe painted down her back, often by accident (as by squeezing under a fence with wet white paint). Usually Penelope runs away from him anyway because of his putrid odor or because of his overly aggressive manner."


Betty says, "It seems that a family of Pepé Le Pew are in love with our cats, .... well, cats' food more precisely. In 10 days, I put cat food in the trap four times and caught four skunks. They all look very young, and quite pretty/handsome. I wonder if they are the youngsters that were venturing out on their own for the first time. Now they are all at the same general area having a reunion."



Quotes came from on-line Wikipedia, images of Pepé Le Pew were found on the net. Photo of the angry/attacking skunk was taken by Betty.




3 Comments:

  • At 8:19 PM, Blogger Vivelly said…

    Have you ever been sprayed on Betty? I imagine it can be quite risky to catch them and then put them into the car. I heard the smell is horrid...

     
  • At 10:31 PM, Blogger Northern California Angora Guild said…

    After catching so many over the years, we are down to a routine of how to handle them. Other than getting sprayed once many years ago, we can get the trap in a bin then lift the bin to our truck and release very quickly.

    Brtty

     
  • At 3:37 AM, Blogger Maureen said…

    He DOES look ready to pounce!

     

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