Comments on: Can’t come to work today, I’m quilling http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/ Cute Overload :D Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:32:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hrh.squeak http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269225 hrh.squeak Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:48:43 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269225 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Theo - best possible use of college, in my opinion. I took theater and poetry workshops and psychology and Asian art, and I wanted to take entomology but it had a horrible math pre-req. Should have audited, dammit. Bugs rock!</p> </div>

Theo – best possible use of college, in my opinion. I took theater and poetry workshops and psychology and Asian art, and I wanted to take entomology but it had a horrible math pre-req. Should have audited, dammit. Bugs rock!

]]> By: Theo http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269241 Theo Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:12:08 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269241 <p>Just wanted to say...<br /> Patrice, well put, and personal extra credit for right & proper use of "deleterious." My actual college degree was Environmental Sci/Bio, and I feel all nostalgic now. (It was a B.A. though, not a B.S.; I kinda treated college like a smorgasbord.)</p> Just wanted to say…
Patrice, well put, and personal extra credit for right & proper use of “deleterious.” My actual college degree was Environmental Sci/Bio, and I feel all nostalgic now. (It was a B.A. though, not a B.S.; I kinda treated college like a smorgasbord.)

]]> By: Patrice http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269243 Patrice Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:11:15 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269243 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In California, they're illegal (unless you have a permit) partly because they're a non-native species and could have a deleterious effect on the ecosystem if let loose.</p> <p>Also, hedgies haven't been kept as pets long enough to be considered domesticated. If you get one, you really need to educate yourself about their needs and habits. The government doesn't want exotic animals like this available in pet shops for anyone to buy on a whim (although why anyone can walk into PetCo and buy a chameleon, which also has special needs, is beyond me). It's like why you can't have pet spider monkeys- the average person on the street does not know how to take good care of one and probably won't make the effort to find out. So you can get one, but you need a permit and you can't have it for a pet (has to be for education purposes, etc.).</p></div>

In California, they’re illegal (unless you have a permit) partly because they’re a non-native species and could have a deleterious effect on the ecosystem if let loose.

Also, hedgies haven’t been kept as pets long enough to be considered domesticated. If you get one, you really need to educate yourself about their needs and habits. The government doesn’t want exotic animals like this available in pet shops for anyone to buy on a whim (although why anyone can walk into PetCo and buy a chameleon, which also has special needs, is beyond me). It’s like why you can’t have pet spider monkeys- the average person on the street does not know how to take good care of one and probably won’t make the effort to find out. So you can get one, but you need a permit and you can’t have it for a pet (has to be for education purposes, etc.).

]]> By: Liese http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269257 Liese Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:14:27 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269257 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Heehee I love the hedgies. My hedgemuffin often falls asleep with his head stuck in the tube.</p> </div>

Heehee I love the hedgies. My hedgemuffin often falls asleep with his head stuck in the tube.

]]> By: Missin my kitteh http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269265 Missin my kitteh Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:08:30 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269265 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Yes! Thanks Jenne- that pic makes much more sense now, and much cuter too.</p> </div>

Yes! Thanks Jenne- that pic makes much more sense now, and much cuter too.

]]> By: Aubrey http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269274 Aubrey Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:39:55 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269274 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I should try that one.</p> <p>"Uh, boss, I can't come in to the office today. My head is stuck in a toilet paper tube."</p> <p>Mame, don't. It doesn't work.<br /> </p></div>

I should try that one.

“Uh, boss, I can’t come in to the office today. My head is stuck in a toilet paper tube.”

Mame, don’t. It doesn’t work.

]]> By: Julia http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269283 Julia Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:36:18 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269283 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Oh, and does anyone know why hedgies are illegal in the aforementioned places? </p> </div>

Oh, and does anyone know why hedgies are illegal in the aforementioned places?

]]> By: Julia http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269288 Julia Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:34:52 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269288 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>AWWWWWWWWW!!! I just read what "quilling" is and it darn near broke my heart to think of it. :( Those poor little guys, what with their sore skin and snuffley noses and whatnot. All you hedgie owners, be sure to give your baby hedges extra lovin' and treats during that sucky time. I guess bein' a hedgehog isn't all fun and games and small perfect feets.</p> </div>

AWWWWWWWWW!!! I just read what “quilling” is and it darn near broke my heart to think of it. :( Those poor little guys, what with their sore skin and snuffley noses and whatnot. All you hedgie owners, be sure to give your baby hedges extra lovin’ and treats during that sucky time. I guess bein’ a hedgehog isn’t all fun and games and small perfect feets.

]]> By: eowyn_2 http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269295 eowyn_2 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:13:04 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269295 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I'm sure glad somebody posted the link to what quilling is. I kinda figured it was something like teething, but it was good to be educated. I wonder if porcupines do something similar... fascinating!</p> <p>Oh yes, and cute. :)</p></div>

I’m sure glad somebody posted the link to what quilling is. I kinda figured it was something like teething, but it was good to be educated. I wonder if porcupines do something similar… fascinating!

Oh yes, and cute. :)

]]> By: AuntieMame http://cuteoverload.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_/#comment-269305 AuntieMame Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:02:55 +0000 http://cuteoverload.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/whats_teh_deal_#comment-269305 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>By the way, did anyone else read the caption as "Can't come to work today, I'm quitting"?</p> <p>Yeah, that would make it a little pointless, wouldn't it?</p></div>

By the way, did anyone else read the caption as “Can’t come to work today, I’m quitting”?

Yeah, that would make it a little pointless, wouldn’t it?

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