Oh, I want to see a real one! Does the novelty wear off? We have lots of hedgehogs here and yeah they can be noisy but always cute ^-^ (Edit: and dirty, no touchy. Like raccoons, I assume)

They are here in Germany too. Around Kassel and around Berlin now.

Cute ? Yeah at times Like hearing noise in the middle of the night, looking outside and seeing two raccoons having a pool party in our pool other times they are ravaging threw our trash, leaving it all over The driveway and yard for us to clean up. Also they dig through gardens and eat what they can. We have birdseed and peanuts for the birds and squirrels, but if they’re hungry enough, they’ll crack every open and leave it all over the patios for us to clean up. Yeah, they can be cute. At times. They just dug up all my watermelon plants. So there’s that

Raccoons look cute but they are the scourge of any neighborhood. And they are mean.

They are wild animals. Need to be careful around them. They make look cute but they could be dangerous. Why do people see pictures of wild animals and see that they look cute and want one. I like tigers but I would not want to get up close to one.

Trash pandas are silly little buggers, sure, but they can be as fierce and as mean as badgers. They can also get into anything with their little grabby hands.

There are wild raccoons in Germany as a result of an accidental release by the Nazis. They're cute but destructive, and there's a reason that we call them trash pandas.

What an idiotic thing to say. As many people have pointed out, raccoons are vicious, messy, noisy, disease-ridden vermin. Do some research before posting such an ignorant comment.

They're really not fun to have around tho.

Yes, they're cute. In the same way black bears are cute. From a distance. They can get pretty big, around 30-50 lbs maybe, and they have teeth and claws which they're not afraid to use without provocation. Come to think of it, it's easier to scare away a bear.

My Mum lives in Germany, rural area, and has a whole family living in her garden. But she has a huge wild forrest area on her ground, so they have plenty of hiding spots and food options. Until now, they never trashed the garbage can. There's also fat dormice and der right in front of the house door. Magic, even for rural areas.

Vicious little critters though. I had a family of them living on my property. Cute, but I kept my distance.

I saw a raccoon across my fence in my backyard run up a tree and he/she was playing hide and seek with my dog and me . He was so cute but I was so afraid of him jumping over the fence and attacking my dog so we just left him alone and went inside.

Wait until you see a puddle of baby skunks. Adorable and ready to throw down.

They are cute, but they are called TRASH pandas for a reason. They are nasty varmints.

Their hands ... their hands . . . *shudders*

Raccoons are disgusting. They crawl around in garbage

I only saw racoons in zoo. Apparently some wild racoons live here, but they're invasive species.

Rabies ...

They can be very destructive! Cute, but destructive in the yard, and with garbage cans. They've been known to rip the lids from garbage cans, and string trash for two blocks!

And they likely carry rabies. DO NOT try to cuddle the racoons.

we dont have air con because it doesnt get hot enough that often to justify such an expense

Very good craftsmanship!!

I guess the equivalent in England would be a car boot sale?

Upvote from a Tagalongs and Thin Mints junkie.

Opp shops? That's a very regular thing in Australia

100% My sisters flatmate was feeling homesick, back in our Uni days, and it was Thanksgiving coming up. We researched, went all over town to get out of season ingredients etc. Learned to make pumpkin pie, and made a cornucopia. It was a wonderful experience in itself, sweetened by knowing it would help cheer him up

Don;t they exist elsewhere? Certainly in the UK there are public lending libraries in every town, even mobile ones (i.e.a van) in more remote areas.

we have the same regional differences...but, a lot of different geography...then again, you have red squirrels, hedgehogs, and castles...so, you're in pretty good shape

It’s such an artificial colour and taste BUT IT’S SO GOOOOOODD

Don't forget Blue Bell.

But they are still in America. Europeans can drive the equivalent distance and be in a different country, having passed through several on the way.

It's my favorite flavor from them after they discontinued Heath Bar Crunch.

The first year after I emigrated to the UK, I decorated the house 2 weeks before.....hubby was not happy! Was glad I had my decs shipped from my dad's to here. Just wish I could have shipped the life size coffin, built and decorated it myself. But hubs would have had a stroke (at that time, Halloween wasn't really a done thing over here) but the neighbourhoods kids enjoyed it.

possums are, indeed, awesome

????? didn't realise Park life, Glastonbury and Reading were in the US

Yes! My mind boggles at this! I would for sure use a bucket load of coupons to get those kind of discounts! We used to have coupons in the 90s, but nothing like the American ones I've seen (I must note, I've seen on the TV. Not heard from any actual Americans about it)

SAME WITH PASSPORTS!!!

its more candy than cereals....

It's August. My family has already done our Spirit Halloween run this year.

We have them in Australia, I used to be sent to them a lot 😂

Are you sure people don't get judged for shopping in their pajamas?

Ooooh, Trader Joe's! It's true. It's awesome!

OP never watched Wayne's World.

You can be jealous until you realize that most 16yo kids are nowhere prepared to drive in traffic.

Corn dogs are so easy. Just mix cornmeal and water (beat in an egg if you want), skewer a sausage on a stick, dip it in the batter you made (a tumbler or other tall glass is a good vessel for dipping a sausage in batter), and fry it! You can vary the recipe: The sausage you use doesn't have to be a hot dog - try a kielbasa or bratwurst. If you don't have cornmeal you can make other types of batter - like what you would use for fish and chips or schnitzel. If you aren't comfortable deep frying, you can pan fry if there's a lot of oil in the pan and it's very hot.

This one I feel. I think the variety of food from different heritages is so cool. In Germany it's a little like "only one food trend at a time"... As if we can't handle new food/taste. Like, till the maybe 2010s there where mostly Chinese restaurants beside greek and pizzerias. Then came sushi. Like two years ago Indian. In-between where Mongolian and wine others but they disappeared after the new trend wave in my observation. It's hard to find Mexican, African, Persian, Carribbean... But slowly it's becoming better. I enjoy discovering new tastes

I literally have a can of pain au chocolat dough in my fridge right now.