The Feb. 22 photo on The N&O's local section front of a water-skiing squirrel (the critter was entertaining patrons at a big boat show at the State Fairgrounds) elicited a letter from a Chapel Hill reader complaining that this was an example of animal abuse. We ran the letter on March 1. Well, that inspired Randy Wilson of Raleigh to craft a response that tickled some funny bones here in the Opinion Shop. So even though one of my colleagues — that would be the publisher — allowed as how he thought Wilson must have too much time on his hands, we figured we'd share his little essay here on the blog. (What's next — a light-hearted defense of the Wake school board?)