This is NOT a cute kitty

So, here's a little something.  Even though you may live in town, you can still round up fun things for the little munchkins to do.  Wait til after dark......have something to drink (oh yeah, if you're looking here for grampa advice, you probably already did this).  Wait for a porcupine to climb up on your porch to eat the flowers.  Resist the temptation to shoot and BBQ the little bastard.  Now tell the kids to come look at the kitty.......stop them before they get too close, unless you want to spend the night in the ER waiting for the tired staff to pick out the quills.  No, they won't give grampas the pain medicine, unless you had to hold the little sweeties on the way.   Now, if you've successfully stopped the kids in time, send them back into the house to watch from the window.  Get yourself the proverbial 10 foot pole (anything will work, broom, rake, spare PVC pipe) and gently prod the prick off your porch.  Unless they are rabid, or cornered, they won't get aggressive.  You also can't get them to move too fast.  After all, how many natural predators do they have?   Prod the portly portable cactus into the dark toward the neighbors yard.  Do not call animal control, after all, there may be another drunken grandparent waiting to impress their little darlings too.  Go back inside.  Proclaim incredible thirst.  Go to bed.  Remember to check the porch if you wake up to go outside before morning.