I was thinking of this squirrely guy I know while standing in our front yard the other day feeding two homeless cats, and it got me thinking: why have squirrels gotten such a bad rap?In other words, whoever came up with the idea of calling a squirrely person just that, squirrely? Why not a hippo? Or a chipmunk. Rats are already taken. We all know our fair share of dirty no-good, two-legged rats. Cockroaches are also used up – “You’re nothing but a no-good roach.” Leeches? Also taken: “You’re nothing but a leech who leeches off of your parents.”In the ...