Actually, I had the same initial reaction, until I saw the purple ribbon. Then I had the strangest thought it was some kind of church thing.

Then I entertained myself with "what if it's not taxidermy, and the Google Streetview car just happened to go past at the moment a badger had climed up on that stool?"

>"Oh, that's just grumpy old M. Blaireau. Don't mind him, poor dear,
>his mind went in the refugee camps. He thinks he's defending the
>village. Don't worry, we don't let him have any ammunition for his
>rifle."

Hah!

"Sooner or later his son Brock will come by and take him home."

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.