Word: skunk
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Stealing that pretty little evergreen from a neighbor's backyard and setting it up as a Christmas tree in your living room is a dirty trick. But some enterprising Coloradans are striking back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine, a drop or two of skunk essence and glandular extracts from cats, ferrets or muskrats. Sprayed on evergreens, the Scrooge Christmas Tree Protector, at $6 per pt., raises a stink to warn off tree rustlers. If a "Scrooged" tree is moved into a heated house, the putrid perfume gets really intense. How long before the scent...
...homeland." Such frustrating episodes may explain why U.S. authorities occasionally resort to more subterranean alternatives to extradition. In 1987 Lebanese plane hijacker Fawaz Younis was lured out of Cyprus by U.S. agents posing as narcotics traffickers. They persuaded him to discuss a drug deal on the yacht Skunk Kilo as it plied international waters. Once aboard, the agents handcuffed Younis and promptly shipped him back to the U.S. Last month he was convicted in Washington...
...soup out of violets and scented geraniums. Those who experiment with gourmet gardening, cautions Rosalind Creasy, author of The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, should take care not to sample every blossom: lily of the valley and foxglove, for example, are poisonous. As for certain marigolds, they taste "like skunk," and some carnations "metallic." "I don't care if it's edible, if it's not palatable," she says...
...exemptions will be difficult. Hyde notes that the tradition of a double standard runs deep in Washington and Congress has never shown much enthusiasm for curbing its own privileges. Introducing legislation that reminds Congress of its hypocrisy, says Texas Congressman Steve Bartlett, "is a little like bringing a skunk to a garden party...
...Vice President? You won't see any bumper stickers bearing those words. No presidential candidate worth his matching funds would admit that his wish list has room for second place. When the subject came up at a press conference last week, Gore looked as though he had sniffed a skunk in church. Four times in 90 seconds, he declared, "I have no interest." He is, Gore insists, a national candidate for the presidency, not merely a regional entry or would-be power broker...