We were debating the merits of gun ownership. He was in the military for almost eight years, so he wants to buy one. Even though I grew up on a farm with a father who hunts regularly, I don't particularly like the idea. I just don't like guns. He was making the point that guns are tools, and as such, are not inherently dangerous in and of themselves. A squirrel happened to run across the sidewalk ahead of us. George turned to me and said, "I could kill you with a squirrel." Meaning, of course, that anything could be used as a weapon, and be just as deadly as a gun. It broke through the seriousness of the moment, and we both started laughing. Somehow since then, it's turned into a frozen squirrel. Not really sure how!

UPDATE: There's a commercial for some energy drink (Vault maybe) with a bunch of guys playing paintball, and one team is getting slammed. One of the losing guys drinks this drink, then starts kicking ass. At one point, he picks up a squirrel and hurls it at an opposing team member. The camera follows the crazed squirrel's progress through mid-air until it hits the guy and takes him out. I looked over at George and said, "See, you can kill someone with a squirrel!"