Memphis Wide World of Animals - Part 2

A few weeks ago, I posted about the armadillo insurgency into West Tennessee. The critters are getting pretty ballsy to swim the Mississippi and end up in someone's pool.

But perhaps no varmit is as ballsy or as ferocious as the mongoose.

Now, I know what you're thinking. Surely that thing isn't running around wild in Memphis? Well, actually, the mongoose has been spotted at a few Gaggle gatherings. And I'm not sure what draws the carnivore to the Gaggle, but this is my theory.

Given our love of theme parties, we look for opportunities to exploit something...anything. The next birthday is the Artist's on 7-11. And how fun would a Kwik-E Mart party be? We could drink 94-ounce Big Gulps. Eat nachos and hotdogs roasted on the rolling hotdog-cooker.Wear nametags. And play games we played in our native Pakistan.

Like "Duck, Duck, Mongoose." You know the game where everbody sits in a circle. And "It" walks around the circle tapping everyone between the eyes hard enough to leave a red dot and saying "Duh-ck. Duh-ck." Until someone is lucky enough to be deemed "MONGOOSE!" And Mongoose chases It around the circle, shouting "lalalalalalalalalalala" until someone claims the mongoose's spot.

Little did we realize this game is also played to summon the killer mongoose out of the brush.