by safe4kids 27 Replies latest jw friends
Dana:
I took the liberty of emailing your post to Stephen King, and he just called me on the phone in a right lather.
It seems he wants to make a movie of this, kind of like a remake of Cujo. Steven Spielberg directing, Brad Pitt starring as the gerbil, Mel Gibson as the pussy, and you can play yourself. I understand there is a brief nude scene where the gerbil sneaks up on you in the shower.
If you're interested, let me know and I'll...er...set you up.
Expatbrit
My best friend discovered her sons' gerbil behind the couch one day. The cat had eaten it and then regurgitated the body intact except the skin was missing. She told the kids it ran away. At least with basset hounds the worst thing they can do is roll in a dead animal. And then look puzzled when they get dumped immediately and unceremoniously into the bathtub. After all, we mask our scents too. I've never been able to convince them that Gucci Rush smells better than Three Day Old Blackbird.
Nina
That is SO FUNNY!!!
Back when we were going through our hamster/gerbil/guinea pig phase.....
my daughter had a hamster that would routinely get out of its cage. We would always find it, and return it to its prison. One fateful night, however, we were out of the house. Upon returning, we open the front door to see a very dead, soaking wet blob on the floor in front of the door. This soaking wet blob was my daughter's pet hamster. Well, she gets hysterical and starts crying. Meanwhile, our little dog was standing there watching all the crazy people crying over this stupid hamster. You see, the best we can figure out, the hamster got out of his cage again and probably was running around the living room. Our little dog must have been chasing him and gave the poor little hamster a heart attack! Then the dog feels so guilty that he licks the hamster trying to revive it! We didn't find any bite marks on the hamster. And, our dog was a very gentle thing. Boy, I am sure glad the rodent days are over!!!!
Mrs. Shakita
Navigator Ahhh, your poor little guy! As to reacting in fear, all the cat and I wanted to do was get away!
Shutterbug *Gasp* NOOOOOO, can you imagine a lightsabre in the hands of THIS gerbil??!!! I'd never feel safe in my own home again!
Purple glad you enjoyed it. And you hit it spot on... "bloody mangled body"...my mind was racing with "what am I gonna tell the kids??!"
Vassiline Hedgehogs? HEDGEHOGS??? What on earth...um, on second thought, I don't think I wanna know
Expat Dude, you are SICK! Hehehe...I like it! Hmmm...Brad Pitt, me, shower scene...well, I've never been into animals that way but I find myself strangely titillated, in a perverted sort of way Oh, btw...I didn't miss the slight to Mel Gibson...you know you're just angry coz he won the Revolutionary War almost singlehandedly, at least his character in The Patriot did...showed up the British wot wot?
Cruzan That is truly...er...disgusting! LOL Animals are quite gross, most of the time. But hey, someday the kids will go to college and they're darn well taking the nasty critters with 'em!
Mrs. Shakita Ahhh, that's a sad/sweet story. My daughter would have been hysterical if the cat had harmed her gerbil. As for rodents....blech! Don't get me started...I only let my daughter get one under severe emotional duress! ("But MOM, everyone else's mother lets them have gerbils!") Kids...animals...WHAT was I thinking??!
Dana
Edited because my name really isn't "Dana Dana" and to respond to Mrs. Shakita
Edited by - safe4kids on 12 December 2002 13:27:29
Edited by - safe4kids on 12 December 2002 13:28:10
Dana Dana:
you know you're just angry coz he won the Revolutionary War almost singlehandedly, at least his character in The Patriot did...showed up the British wot wot?
Not only that, but he did it all in slow motion too! What a hunk!
Expatbrit, (evil English toff)
*shaking head sadly*
Dear dear Expat, have you not yet learned that most of the time, slow is better?!
Dana Dana
have you not yet learned that most of the time, slow is better?!
A lesson fully appreciated by Floridian motorists, hey?
Expatbrit
Dana that is 2 funny!!
I just read your post to my kids as the 12 year old has been begging for a gerbil and I thought she would love to hear it!
As I read your ordeal my 16 year old exclaims to her,"I Told You Gerbils Were Evil!!
Cracked me up!!
In my life closes thing we ever had to that was we had a kitten that would regularly attack our dobermen!! He'd see the dog in the living room and crawl around the side of the wall real slow and quite...run across the couch real fast and **POUNCE**!! The dang dog would cry and howl because he didn't know what to do with the little thing!
Still I find your experiance WAY more funny and Unusual!!
Ty for sharing you gave us all a good laugh!
Expatabrick LOL Damn you, damn you to all the fires of hell, James T. Kirk! (anyone know what movie that would be from?? assuming I have the quote sorta correct). Anyway, I couldn't think of a comeback but never fear...one o' these days, Alice, one o' these days!
Utopian Awwww, I'm glad you and your kids got a chuckle...but your 16 year old is right! Gerbils ARE evil...they poop EVERYWHERE *gag* I thought your story was very funny...I can just see your doberman cowed by a little kitty! (hey guys, there's a lesson in there ) My lab tends to leave the cat alone as well, so I know where you're coming from
Dana
Edited by - safe4kids on 12 December 2002 13:54:58
From Orangefatcats point of view who on earth would keep a gerbil in the house when you have a beautiful cat like me, its like keeping a disgusting mouse, pure yuck. You know of course I will attack it, its part of my nature. There is no room for a Queen like me and rodents like them. Cats Rules, Dogs drool and rodents are stuff under my paws.
Love this adoring beautiful cat. Orangefatcat...
