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I love a good festival.
In Maine we have the Lobster festival, the Clam Festival, and the Oyster festival. We have a Blueberry Festival, a Whoopie Pie festival and a Chowder festival. Folk, Reggae and Blues Festivals? Yup. We’ve got those too. Hell… we even have the White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival.
For my fishing obsessed readers, the legend of White Nose Pete –
https://midcurrent.com/stories-essays/the-legend-of-white-nose-pete/
Yes, festivals are grand.
Except this one… which makes me glad I don’t live in Dorchester County Maryland.
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Weird, not to mention disturbing.
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I can honestly say I’ve never seen anyone so excited about skinning a muskrat.
And to be honest, I hope I never do.
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Damn.
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Sorry, but that is not my idea of festive.
Oily goat with fish sauce?
Nope. Not for me.
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Good grief.
Whatever happened to baton twirling?
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River's world..... 
We have a snake festival in Florida in a small town near a big university. I have never wanted to visit as things escape here, besides the inmates.
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I don’t mind snakes… but don’t want to bump into a loose python either.
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And that is a very real possibility-someone’s pet. We have a tropical garden as you know, perfect for snakes. I keep my eyes on the ground outside.
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ew
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Yup.
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Who can eat more than one Whoopie Pie? Unless there’s a Dunk the Clown Booth why would I even go to a Whoopie Pie Festival?
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I can!
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The muskrat description made me wanna vomit!
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That was my reaction as well.
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The ability to skin a Muskrat will be a handy skill set for her if a date goes South.
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I wonder if she puts that on her Tinder profile?
🤣
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I could never eat muskrat! Never though of it even. Lol. Just the description of the smell is disgusting. Now archery,…when I was a middle school principal for 8 years I coached archery. I’ll brag! We went to Nationals in Louisville, KY 3 years in a row. The girls were my best shooters, lol! I can’t remember if I told you, but I have a cup of my blueberry green tea every day. I would have never known it except for from you! See how useful your posts are? 😊
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This has to be one of your “Worst Posts Ever!” Just thought I’d let you know!
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And with my blogs…. that’s really saying something.
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🤪
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Using a bow and arrow to shoot balloons, eh? That’s one heck of a talent, but can she do it with flaming arrows? That’s my question.
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As long as she doesn’t do it with flaming muskrats…
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😳
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‘Pop all four balloons’? Is that some sort of euphamism, if so, what for?
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I’m almost afraid to ask.
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That’s not like you…
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When it comes to skinned muskrats some things are best left unexplored.
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It certainly didn’t look very pleasant…
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You should come to our local rattlesnake roundup, eat some fried rattlesnake (tastes like chicken), and watch grown men do stupid shit with deadly snakes …
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As wonderful as that sounds… not!… it’s an awfully long way to drive for a night’s entertainment.
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This must be prelude to ‘you belong Down South’ Dade City snake festival.
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LOL! Well, perhaps the fine citizens of Sweetwater Texas are culturaly similar to Dade City …
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I believe they be….
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Eewwww, totes yuck!! I’m talking about all the “Miss Backwater” contestants. I’m with you what happened to the good old days when you’d go see normal “royalty.” And now for the yuck for eating muskrat, what is wrong with these people?!?! I thought eating rattlesnake was weird, but this surpasses the weird factor that.
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I like trying new food but I draw the line at muskrat.
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Gross. And weird.
What’s a whoopie pie? Will have to google…
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Two chocolate cakes with whipped crème filling. Yummy!
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Muskrat Suzie
Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug down in Muskrat land
And they wiggle
And they giggle
And . . .
Oh my god, they’ve killed Suzie!
And Sam.
You bastards!
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Yes! Killed them and made a festival out of it.
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Nope. I’m out on this. Carry on, Dorchester.😱😨
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You and me both.
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So much for Muskrat Love. I wonder if they play that during dinner at the Festival.
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Geesh, I hope not.
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I’ll eat anything once. Muskrat would be fun to add to the list.
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You like Spsm.
I can’t say I’m surprised.
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I don’t like Spam. I love Spam.
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I stand corrected.
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