THE PERFECT GIFT
...is something other than this.
(Thanks to Bob Holt)
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December 23, 2004
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OMG! FIRST!!!!! (That's a first for me!)
Posted by: alanboss | December 23, 2004 at 08:28 PM
"Awash in Rats" WBAGNFARB
Posted by: bbescuela | December 23, 2004 at 08:29 PM
Now that that is out of the way....
"Not a creature was stiring
except for the rats
That were hung in the stockings
by the chimney with care...."
Merry Christmas Judi, Dave (where ever you are), and all of my fellow bloglitts!
Posted by: alanboss | December 23, 2004 at 08:34 PM
Jeff Y,
I'd be more interested in checking that the local rat trap/ratsack suppliers had plenty of stock.
Posted by: Al Literate | December 23, 2004 at 09:05 PM
i have two white rats that I adopted from my psych department. They were just gonna put them to sleep....poor little rats. They are so cute!! I would want a rat for christmas....does that make me weird?
Posted by: lil one | December 23, 2004 at 09:30 PM
i think they mean big disgusting garbage eating rats! ewww. feh. i know of one cat who would dispatch them, yuck.
Posted by: queensbee | December 24, 2004 at 03:07 AM
Lil' One, it doesn't make you weird. I've raised about 4 rats. They make great pets. They are clean, quiet, and don't require expensive food.
Of course, when you come home from work and your 7 year old daughter is cradling a dead rat in her arms bawling her eyes out, it is rather odd.
Merry Ho Ho's to everyone one!
Posted by: Charlotte | December 24, 2004 at 04:26 AM
Yuk!Yuk!Yuk!
Posted by: Eleanor | December 24, 2004 at 06:02 AM
you have to be a 'DuPont' and fill out a 114 question form to get a rat? what's next ,preparation courses : So You've Decided To Develop Intestinal Parasites : Do's and Don'ts
Posted by: insomniac | December 24, 2004 at 06:45 AM
The scene at my house would go something like this:
"Honey, why is my Christmas stocking, carefully hung by the chimney with care, wiggling? Wait. Quiet. Why is my stocking squeaking?
"Let me stick my hand in and see what's causing...
"AAAAAaaarrrgh! I'll kill you, you son of..."
Posted by: Trystan Shout | December 24, 2004 at 06:49 AM
Charlotte: Reminds me of an article I read in the paper about a family that went on vacation and left their pets in the care of a neighbor. When they returned, the dog and cat were fine...but the guinea pig had met with an accident and was deceased. Somewhat flustered, the neighbor had (and I am not making this up) put him in a baggie in the freezer. Simply put, the guinea pig was a bit, er, bloody -- and the mom knew her daughter would take one look at the bloody frozen pet and freak out. So she slid him out of the bag and ran him under some warm water to clean him off ...this also thawed him a bit so she could, uh, pose him to look more natural...then (this is the great part) she dried him off with the blow-dryer and fluffed him all up so they could have an 'open casket [shoebox]' funeral.
Children and pets make us do strange things.
Posted by: c t tutt | December 24, 2004 at 07:22 AM
hey alanboss !!!
Congrats!
Happy Holiday Season
" ... losing a rat is the hardest thing in the world ... "
Don't you just wonder sometimes, about some peoples' sense of priority ???
Posted by: Uncle Omar | December 24, 2004 at 12:18 PM
That's what rats do,'' said chief rat caretaker and apologist Sabrina Simmons. "They're just being rats.''
Want that for my next job.
"Rat Apologist".
Posted by: jamester | December 27, 2004 at 10:24 AM