The 'dillos will get you

The subject animal of today's episode of Go! Diego! Go! was an armadillo. That, in itself, isn't funny. What's funny is that it brought to mind our friend, Jon, and his paralyzing fear of armadillos. I remembered a story I had been told that I'll share with you, and keep in mind that this happens after Jon had established this fear. Jon and his wife, Emily, were camping one night, cooling in their tent somewhere in Texas, when they heard a weird scratching at the tent doorway. Jon peaked out to see what was making the noise, and was terrified to discover that an armadillo was actually outside their tent trying to get in! Perhaps it's not as funny when I tell it then when he does, because his eyes get all big and he starts talking really fast. What's also funny is that once the armadillo finally went on its way, Jon made Emily pack everything up and they immediately left the area. Armadillos aren't fast (witness the plethora of them laying on the right side of the highways when driving through the southern states), so his absolute fear of it chasing him home is just awesome.