The unusual pets thread

[Nick]

My friend Tony has a pet elephant. I will see if I can find a pic.

Apart from TG's mad cats what other wildlife do we harbour?

[Snoopy]

None ~ since the boys left school.

[Nick]

You will have to explain that now. Not even a gerbil?

[Snoopy]

No ~ all those things they used to bring home in their hair.


Tho' they do have a goldfish.


And in the Spring they will have a dozen Quail in an aviary

[Nick]

Yes, but are you allowed to eat your pets? 

I wonder aboutthe history of goldfish ownership. Who first thought that up then? 

Someone with a surfeit of goldfish one suspects

[Snoopy]

Well I don't fancy goldfish but the quail will certainly end up in the pot ~ once their egg laying days are over.

[Nick]

But if you had a pet cat, and that laid eggs (just supposing) would you eat cat eggs?

[Miss Demeanour]

I don't really do pets yet.

Maybe when I am an old (er) miserable old cow I may consider getting myself one to talk to - but at the moment I cannot see the benefits.
They cost a lot.
They make a mess.
You can't just bugger off on holiday without thinking whose going to look after the terrapin etc.
When they die you have to go through a grieving process
They slobber / dribble all over the soft furnishings
Chew up / piss on your things
Vet bills are extortionate / pet insurance not much better
The sight of dead things being bought into the house does not appeal in the slightest (mice/ birds etc)


Why would you sign up for this  

[Snoopy]

But if you had a pet cat, and that laid eggs (just supposing) would you eat cat eggs?

No ~ but I wouldn't take much persuading to eat the pussy.

[Nick]

I don't really do pets yet.

Maybe when I am an old (er) miserable old cow I may consider getting myself one to talk to - but at the moment I cannot see the benefits.
They cost a lot.
They make a mess.
You can't just bugger off on holiday without thinking whose going to look after the terrapin etc.
When they die you have to go through a grieving process
They slobber / dribble all over the soft furnishings
Chew up / piss on your things
Vet bills are extortionate / pet insurance not much better
The sight of dead things being bought into the house does not appeal in the slightest (mice/ birds etc)


Why would you sign up for this  

You have a terrapin?

[Nick]

But if you had a pet cat, and that laid eggs (just supposing) would you eat cat eggs?

No ~ but I wouldn't take much persuading to eat the pussy.

So what's wrong with cat eggs?

[Miss Demeanour]

No

I was using it as an example. I haven't got any pets nor ever had.

Everyone else in my family is mad about their mutts / cats / fishes etc. But not me  

[Nick]

You should get yerself an elephant. Guaranteed to break the ice at parties. In fact guaranteed to break almost anything. I wonder how Tony manages 

[Snoopy]

But if you had a pet cat, and that laid eggs (just supposing) would you eat cat eggs?

No ~ but I wouldn't take much persuading to eat the pussy.

So what's wrong with cat eggs?

Cats don't lay eggs but if they did the constituent parts of what makes up an egg depends largely on the diet of the mother. Thus cats eggs would be, to borrow a phrase from Wenchy, "Icky".

[Barman]

I don't really do pets yet.

Maybe when I am an old (er) miserable old cow I may consider getting myself one to talk to - but at the moment I cannot see the benefits.
They cost a lot.
They make a mess.
You can't just bugger off on holiday without thinking whose going to look after the terrapin etc.
When they die you have to go through a grieving process
They slobber / dribble all over the soft furnishings
Chew up / piss on your things
Vet bills are extortionate / pet insurance not much better
The sight of dead things being bought into the house does not appeal in the slightest (mice/ birds etc)


Why would you sign up for this  

I have no idea...