The weather.

[Gareth Kirwan]

>> Apparently if we eat enough of the grey American ones - that should
>> allow our native red ones to have a fighting chance.
>
>I once ate the front left leg of a grey squirrel, and I found that was 
>quite enough to give a red one a good chance in a fight. If 
>you eat more 
>than that, it's less exciting to watch.

Going for the front was sporting of you.
I'd imagine that eating the back leg would be much more of a hindrance.
The poor blighter wouldn't be able to balance on his back leg, and hence
wouldn't
be able to get into a proper box stance!

G