Uninvited Guests

14 Mar 18
06:30 hrs

     For those of you, Dear Readers, who have been following this diatribe for any length of time you know full and well that the ethos of Wayward Inn is to be welcoming to all walks of life. We have even stated that the Wayward Inn is a safe haven for those in need and assistance, along with guidance will be rendered. That being said there are some who are not welcome at the Wayward Inn.  Vladimir Putin along with the Tangerine Tyrant and most politicians for that matter, members of the press, door-to-door purveyors of religious ideals, raptors (the NBA team the flying ones are cool), fleas, giant centipedes, a wolverine that is high on angel dust, Klansmen, goats and vermin.

     Last autumn my Better Half and I were sitting out back, hoping the Albertans next door would curb their kids, when she spotted a creature racing across the top of our back fence.

     "Look! A mouse!"

     Our two cats were certainly interested but one quick glance told me that this was not a mouse but a rat. After checking around the raised planter I found a hole where it or they had been coming under the fence. I waited until two days ago to set the trap and baited it with the world's best vermin bait...peanut butter. Sure enough, yesterday I was rewarded with a foot long rat that was promptly bagged and Tossed into the trash. I had thought of tossing it into the Albertans yard but they now have a new four legged canine noise maker and I would not want to harm it. I reset the trap but neglected to bait the trap fully. This morning the trap was sprung with no carcass so I re-baited it and reset it. Time will tell.

     Speaking of unwanted vermin, Britain is punting out nearly two dozen undeclared intelligence agents as a reprisal to the poisoning of a Russian double agent who was working for the Brits. For the Russians, the use of poison to eliminate opponents on foreign soil is the preferred method above all others. The Bits have begun to investigate another twenty some odd other mysterious deaths of foreign nationals that had been previously ruled as accidental.

     Another unwanted individual would be Rep. Saccone (R) from Pennsylvania. In a special election the undeclared winner is (a) Lamb. Mind you there are still a couple of absentee in ballots to be counted but even if you divide them equally (the) Lamb wins. If nothing else this is a huge loss to the Tangerine Tyrant's base. A year after he had handily taken the state in the general election with promises of restarting the coal industry, among other things, the electorate is quite obviously displeased. More to follow.

     For those of you who reside in the Valley  I am sure that you are aware that the Snow Chickens will be arriving in a couple of weeks for their annual training session.  With their arrival there will be the annual return of the  noise complaints from those who consider the air demonstration team to be unwanted guests. Well Kidlettes, the air base and it's noise generating visitors were here long before you were and if you live near an air field you can expect to have aircraft noise just as you can expect to be enjoying the scent of nature if you live near a farm.