Woman mistakes skunk for a cat, gets sprayed

[Roon]

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman who thought she was petting a neighbor's cat got a smelly surprise when it turned out to be a skunk. Not only did the skunk spray the woman before dawn Monday, but it ran into her Mount Carmel home.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080915/D937BKB81.html

[Sanity Claws]

1. Was his name Pepe LePew?

I feel sorry for the woman. I wonder if she's near-sighted. Perhaps she should get her eyes examined.

[Roon]

2. Skunks are CUTE!!

The only problem is they are so stinky.

[edbermac]

3. Not her eyes, but her nose should get checked.

Skunks come around my yard in the summertime and I can smell them 100 feet away.

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Skunks make great pets when descented and are soooo cute.....

[edbermac]

5. How is a skunk de-scented?

:shrug:

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Presumably by surgically removing the scent glands at a very young age.