[spdustin]

I'm going to have to ask: is "scales like a squirrel carrying watermelons" your own material, or is that a saying invented somewhere else? The imagery is just so apt, the etymology of the phrase is suddenly piquing my curiosity.

EDIT: I wasn't joking around, people. Don't you find the etymology of such colorful phrasing to be interesting?

[oliwarner]

I believe it's original. I can see the garden between my monitors and could see a squirrel at the time. They weren't carrying a watermelon at the time but I was just trying to think of something they could just about manage one of.