Brain power request

[stephbg]

Flist et al, would you be so kind as to offer a theory as to why I should wake from a snooze this afternoon with the words "Russian squirrel factory" burning in my brain like some kind of divine revelation?

I am lacking even contextual information that would indicate if the factory in question was owned by Russian squirrels, or simply manufactured them. Or any other semantic permutation for that matter. A Chinese squirrel factory churning out cheap knockoff Russian squirrels?

Help!

Comments

Re: An explaination

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Nut-bearing forests are interesting places.

That might also explain this:

Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=96850

Re: An explaination

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

Actually, that was fall-out from two other KGB projects.

The first was to develop gene-modified squirrels that would attack and feed upon the rubber components of tanks and aircraft. The plan was to release them near NATO bases in the West.

The second was the annual KGB acorn gathering for their coffee supplies.

The second grew out of all proportion after their funding was cut, and they had to further economise by baking their own acorn-flour biscuits to go with the erzatz coffee, resulting in serious nut-supply depletion in Russian forests.

The first, well, the mutation was not too stable, and rubber is pretty similar to flesh...