Sentences with phrase «skunked at»

Here's some other big names I've heard of firsthand who have skunked at signings: Tony Hillerman, Jerry Bledsoe, Bob Inman.

What followed was another playoff skunking at the hands of the Cavaliers.

The less - good news: on Sunday, the site received its 300,000 th spam comment, which was about as welcome as a skunk at a picnic.

One of the animals was a rabid skunk at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Irving that was investigated by the ECDOH.

to call grammar «the skunk at the garden party of the language arts,» and like a skunk, most students and teachers probably wish it would just go away.

I feel like the skunk at the party here.

She was selected as a case report finalist with NAVTA in 2015 and presented on pancreatic disease in a pet skunk at an international veterinary conference (the NAVC).

As for your «precognitive» why not put your dough where your rambling pen is and join the skunk at the picnic in his latest incarnation?

Not exact matches

And somehow those meetings lead to partnering with a 25 - year veteran of the CIA's Director of Operations, a Lockheed Martin Program Director for Advanced Systems at Skunk Works, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to start a company to explore «exotic science and technologies» and turn innovative ideas into world - changing products and services.

And among the 800 at Grinnell, on that placid campus in the hollow between the Skunk and Iowa rivers, was Howard Grimes, a linebacker then, an insurance man now.

I can sadly say that there have been at least 4 times in my life where their Skunk Odor Eliminator would have come in REALLY handy... My poor dog.

By Jillian Lauren I'm sitting at the very far corner of the coffee shop this morning, because I still smell vaguely of the skunk that sprayed our dog for the fourth time in a month.

Where's the one place in Chicago where you might get a taste of the city's history and architecture, come face - to - face with a 6 - foot catfish, bump into a skunk and get a peek at a frog's doctor's appointment — all in 60 minutes?

Of the 995 samples the team looked at, 929 of them were skunk — a high - potency, hydroponically grown form of cannabis.

But like the skunk who shows up at the garden party and won't leave, Charlie Rangel's continued presence is a stark reminder that something is rotten in Congress.

They found that species that have evolved noxious sprays as a defense, such as skunks, tend to be nocturnal and subject to predation by other mammals, whereas socially vigilant species, such as mongooses, tend to be diurnal and at risk of predation by birds of prey.

That's why assistant professor Rachel McDaniel, a water resource engineer in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and professor Bruce Bleakley of the Department of Biology and Microbiology at South Dakota State University are studying the behavior of E. coli in sediment and in moving water at Skunk Creek.

At home we had a pet skunk.

Eisenberg plays Mike, a long - haired nerd who works at a convenience store, smokes a lot of skunk weed and suffers from crippling panic attacks.

At the drama's outset, Billie Jean and her sardonic, skunk - streaked business partner Gladys (a career - best Sarah Silverman) form their own championship tour when the female players are offered an eighth of the prize money that male athletes get.

Max Landis told audiences at the Dirk Gently Comic - Con panel that he is writing a movie based on the amorous cartoon skunk.

In defense and retaliation, the forest creatures attack the hunters with skunk spray, throw and catapult objects at them, as well as detonate an explosion.

Garry Shandling barely registers as displaced leader Verne the turtle, but support comes from Steve Carell (hilariously zippy as squirrel Hammy), Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara as porcupines, Wanda Sykes as a skunk, and William Shatner as a possum who's an expert at playing dead (get it?).

At least that's the conclusion he draws when he becomes reacquainted with old high - school rival Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy, in a skunk - haired coif).

Ironic, considering how I had been looking directly at a skunk — this stinker of a movie — for the 90 previous minutes.

The sole laugh I could muster at all of the sophomoric shenanigans came though an unintentional sight gag: the final shot of the film shows a skunk (another DOA recurring gag) looking directly at us.

A nondescript building behind a Wellesbourne Sainsbury supermarket contains Q Advanced Operations, a top - secret skunk works where Vulcan was born and which will produce, per CEO Andy Palmer's instruction, similarly bonkers low - volume projects at the rate of around one per year.

Fortunately, longtime speed merchant John Hennessey recognized the Caddy's noodle - armed feebleness and resolved to do something about it, creating the V700 package at his Texas skunk works.

There seems to be no shaking the stinky stalker — but when at last the man succeeds, his thoughts drift to The Skunk and whatever new mischief he's making.

Most people, at some point in their lives, have seen or heard rumors of the mad neighborhood cat or skunk that had to be destroyed because of suspected rabies.

Whether you live in the country or in the suburbs, the chances are good that at some point on one of your daily walks, your dog is going to get «skunked.»

She doesn't just go out at night — she hunts and in the last few days has caught and killed a young skunk and something that she apparently completely consumed as she came in dripping blood but we could not find the source.

Most people, at some point in their lives, have seen or heard rumors of the mad neighborhood cat or skunk that had to be destroyed because

Skunking incidents usually occur late at night when these creatures forage for food under bushes and trees or from pets» food bowls that are left outdoors.

Skunk spray is mostly annoying, although may have health effects at close range.

Fenced - in yards don't guarantee that pet and skunk encounters won't take place because dogs will bark at the striped critters they observe through fence openings and then receive a reply in the form of an oily spray of the skunk's signature scent!

Here at the Exotic Animal Hospital of Orlando we offer a variety of services in order to prevent diseases in your pet skunk.

Chemists have developed several commercial products; some of these products are more effective than others at neutralizing skunk spray.

For general nuisance wildlife problems such as a skunk or raccoon in the yard or bees nests search the Yellow Pages under Pest Control or contact DEEP Wildlife Division at 860-424-3333.

If you encounter a raccoon, skunk, bat, fox or coyote that is behaving abnormally or appears sick, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE and call us immediately at 916.725.7387

Even when bred in captivity, skunks are at risk of contracting rabies, just as a pet cat or dog would be.

More importantly, skunks that are bred for domesticity usually have their scent glands removed at about four weeks of age.

Brewster Shelter Agent Brian Long performed seven cat - in - tree rescues as well as several different types of injured wildlife from birds to foxes, a skunk caught in a soccer net, a frightened deer in a fenced in tennis court and a wayward female eider unable to leave an outfall pipe canal at a power plant in Sandwich.

Cameras at Samuel P. Taylor State Park have revealed a second mountain lion, as well as rarer species such as the spotted skunk and the river otter.

There is rideable surf everyday in the Galapagos at least chest - head high so getting skunked is a very remote possibility.

Counts of three and five uterine scars were recorded from two skunks collected at Santa Cruz Island in September.

Pairwise matrix of genetic distance (above diagonal; FST) and geographic distance (below diagonal; km) between localities where 208 spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis) were collected or livetrapped and later genotyped at 8 microsatellite loci.

Despite their isolation, spotted skunks on the Channel Islands have maintained considerable genetic diversity at microsatellite loci.

These diverse sects of the natural world combine in ways that are not natural at all — a deer's soft hair appearing as moss in one work while a skunk gallantly balances on top of a hovering botanical bouquet in another.

In a personal experience, I rescued a skunk who was trapped in a cruelty free cage at my local dumps.