"Squirrels—Nature’s little speed bumps” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Squirrels get run over frequently by cars.
“Squirrels - Nature’s little speed bumps” was posted on the newsgroup rec.motorcycles on September 16, 2002.
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It’s officially squirrel season.
Knuckles Muldoon
9/16/02
Squirrels - Nature’s little speed bumps.
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Vital Signs
By Jeffrey Dobkin
Danielle Adams Publishing
2006
Pg. ?:
Squirrels ~ Nature’s little speed bumps
5 April 2006, Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL), “Stuck in traffic? Bumper stickers can lighten load” by Mike Tighe, Boynton Beach sec., pg. 6, col. 3:
Squirrels: Nature’s little speed bumps.
22 September 2006, Washington (DC) Post, “Remedies for When You’re Feeling Squirrelly,” pg. B3:
I prefer to think of squirrels as nature’s little speed bumps.
-- Deborah Davidson, Oakton
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Seen on a T-shirt
Sharon
10/13/06
“Seen on a T-shirt” continued....
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Squirrels: Nature’s little speed bumps.
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montesinos
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squirrels: nature’s little speed bumps
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Siim Teller
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Squirrels - nature’s little speed bumps.
10:11 AM - 10 Sep 2008
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Paul Peterson
@sandscribbler
T-shirt: “Squirrels: nature’s little speed bumps.”
4:10 PM - 14 Nov 2008
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Dave Walton
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Replying to @DDFalpha
Lol.... squirrels=nature’s little speed bumps.
11:10 AM - 23 Mar 2018
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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