Muzzle-pow-sche

by Meg on November 13, 2006

What could be better than a tiny muzzle pow-sche?

The only thing better is a tiny pocket paw-or-

The fact the muzzle pow-sche is sniffling at 500 MPPM

Muzzle_powsche

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1 Fish Eye no Miko 11.13.06 at 6:20 am

Teeny… tiny… paw….
[head explodes]

2 Dara 11.13.06 at 6:25 am

Faster than the naked eye!

3 Robert M. 11.13.06 at 6:30 am

Not sure… is this the first gerbil on CO? (No wait, there was the animated sniffles…)

4 Kaye 11.13.06 at 6:33 am

PHOTOSHOPPED! The red eye, that is. ;P

5 pookiepuff 11.13.06 at 6:42 am

Aww! What a cute little friend to carry around all day! ^.^

6 HRH 11.13.06 at 6:47 am

whooooo-hooooooo …

a real live pocket-protector …

hide your valuables under the tocks & the teeth’ll do the rest

7 albatross 11.13.06 at 6:52 am

eepity eep, my children! eepity. freakin. eep.

8 luvah 11.13.06 at 7:02 am

Hooray for Gerbils!

9 Positive Jube 11.13.06 at 7:05 am

Ehn…just…hooking my arm over..so I can.. see over the top…

10 SenseiKrystal 11.13.06 at 7:54 am

Awww, this makes me miss my gerbils.

11 Aubrey 11.13.06 at 7:56 am

There once was a gerbil who’d seek
A place in a pocket to peek
Having discovered
A suitable cover
He hoped that the rent would be cheap

12 acelightning 11.13.06 at 8:18 am

Is that a gerbil in your pocket, or… ???

13 little miao 11.13.06 at 8:22 am

awww, cute little toesies!

14 Loris 11.13.06 at 10:58 am

The khaki styling is making me think “Survival Gerbil”. Possibly Swiss Army Gerbil? I bet he’s awesome at opening tins of ham.

15 musicchick2 11.13.06 at 11:42 am

Ah..ha! This boy is so wee!
Yet with his little eyes he doth see
his whole kingdom from his perch aerie
“I am so happy” he shouts with great glee!!

*mouse/gerbil-like puff of cuteness: Ehn! Ehn! Move those fingers! I can’t see!*

*MC2 scans the room worriedly, bracing herself for the fulmination to commence* :-/

16 Renee 11.13.06 at 12:05 pm

It’s so cute!!!!
First thing Monday mornings are hard to come up with something more original

17 Rosie 11.13.06 at 12:08 pm

They didn’t allow small animals in the building, and nobody can leave the cute muzzlepuff behind! So they hid him in a pocket. just don’t get him twiching his nose in there too fast, it’ll look…strange to say the least.

18 pyrit 11.13.06 at 1:18 pm

“Gerbil Without a Pause.”

19 Atom Girl 11.13.06 at 1:32 pm

I was doing fine until I saw that tiny paw…now I am done for. Gah!

20 redhed 11.13.06 at 1:52 pm

I do beleive that’s a dwarf hammie. They’re are perfectly pocket sized.

21 jaypo 11.13.06 at 1:56 pm

Gerbilicious bebeh! He’s all like, “Why did you call me out here…?!”

22 ShelleyTambo 11.13.06 at 2:14 pm

Nope, redhed, def a gerbil! Yay! I’ve been waiting for the gerbs. This guy looks just like mine did.

23 Kate 11.13.06 at 2:19 pm

A gerbil exceedingly small,
Was sad not to travel at all.
But he crept in a pocket,
And thought “Hey, don’t knock it…
At least I will get to the mall.”

24 Lauri 11.13.06 at 2:31 pm

ROFL, Kate! I love it!

25 pyrit 11.13.06 at 2:33 pm

“With a gerbil yell, she cried earworm, earworm, earworm.”

26 NebraskaErin 11.13.06 at 2:37 pm

Why won’t my hammie behave like this nice pocket gerbil? My hammie, bless her, is the J.Lo of rodents.

27 A thinker 11.13.06 at 2:41 pm

*whifflewhiffle*

This is a literal Pocket Pet.

28 A thinker 11.13.06 at 2:42 pm

…or Kate, alternately as a last line:

“It’s faster than having to crawl.”

29 Theo 11.13.06 at 3:05 pm

…”Close that flap or I’ll bite your left [ker-censored!]“

30 Laurie C 11.13.06 at 3:06 pm

Kate, brilliant!

31 Redzilla 11.13.06 at 3:19 pm

LOL, Kate.

This pic helped me figure out what all those extra pockets were for on my husband’s cammo uniform. The Marines are crawling with pocket pets!!!!

32 ShelleyTambo 11.13.06 at 3:37 pm

Hmm…was the distinction between “muzzlepuff” and “muzzlepouch” ever confirmed and made part of the official CO lexicon? ‘Cuz gerbils don’t have the cheek pouches that hammies have, but they do have the puff.

33 Lauri 11.13.06 at 3:48 pm

Hahaha, I don’t know, Shelley, but in my Personal opinion, puffs are for the dainty furries, and pouches are for the big doggy-type beef drapes!

I am happy in my own little world. :)

34 Laurie C 11.13.06 at 3:54 pm

ShelleyT, it’s in the official Glossary now.

35 Theo 11.13.06 at 4:04 pm

Yeah. SOMEbody keeps mungeing around with a couple of the entries, though. Not sayin no names.

http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Muzzlepuffs
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Baroo

36 pyrit 11.13.06 at 4:19 pm

Theo – while you’re on the line and the subject of the Glossary has been mentioned, I have a sort of request if you have a minute.

37 Theo 11.13.06 at 4:23 pm

Pyrit — j00 hv teh mailz.

38 ShelleyTambo 11.13.06 at 4:23 pm

Duh, I did read that glossary entry recently. Sigh. It’s a dreary Monday morning–that’s my only excuse. So “muzzle pow-sche” isn’t the best CO-speak for a gerbil’s jowly region. (Not trying to be anal, but, as a gerbil owner, people conflating hamsters and gerbils always got to me. I’m also being more anal than usual because last week my shelter published–SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC–an article that referred to a cat’s “cleft pallet.” Uff da.)

39 zelda 11.13.06 at 4:52 pm

GERBILS RULE!
Oooh, he reminds me of my gerbil babies. Half Pint, Daddy Long Legs, Charlotte, Moonbeam, and Starshine. OMG, I loved them.

40 pyrit 11.13.06 at 4:54 pm

Theo – Joo are teh marvelous. I’ll take that as a go ahead.
Possible wonky link?
I was merrily perusing the Glossary recently, and what a fine Glossary it is. Wait, I don’t want to mention it here for other Peeps to see. Hang on. I’m thinking.

41 Courtney 11.13.06 at 5:04 pm

Yay, a gerbil!!!

I loved letting mine try new foods. It would set their whiskers a wigglin’. (Of course, the next time I offered the same goodie, they’d snarf it up, remembering that it was good to eat.)

42 Theo 11.13.06 at 5:29 pm

Pyrit — I meant, you have email, at the “p@cjs.com” address that I have for you.

43 pyrit 11.13.06 at 5:40 pm

Theo – p@cjs.com? Eeeeennnnhhh. How?
A minute ago I sent you email at cuteoverload@frostdesign. Maybe Meg will fwd. it to you? Sorry for this confusion.

44 Theo 11.13.06 at 6:07 pm

Pyrit — hover your mouse pointer over your name in one of your comments here, then look in the lower-left corner of your browser window for the “mailto:” line. That’s what I used; it’s whatever you have typed into the email field of the Cute Overload comment form.

I don’t have access to cuteoverload@frostdesign.net — that’s Meg (whenever she’s got time). You *could* try messaging me through my Vox, though, if you’re a Voxen yourself…

45 Theo 11.13.06 at 6:18 pm

Theo – The p@cjs.com, it’s pffft, sorry.
Meg does seem pretty busy.
Vox. Hmmm, but then you might find out I’m not *really* a pirate. I’ll check it out. Thanks.

46 Theo 11.13.06 at 6:20 pm

Um… Pyrit? You might want to check your name, now.
http://teho.vox.com/

47 Claire 11.13.06 at 8:44 pm

A gerblie on CO! I think this calls for a celebration! Yogurt drops all around! *Showers my gerbils with treats*

48 coaddict 11.14.06 at 2:01 am

GERBIL!! i miss my gerbils! they used to enjoy burrowing in shirt sleeves. it’s been far too long since one has appeared on CO! more! more!

49 Subhangi 11.14.06 at 3:07 am

OMG GERBIE!!!

Where’s NTMTOM? We needs Animations!

50 Theo 11.14.06 at 3:41 am

Subhangi — if you want something done right…

51 luckycliff 11.14.06 at 6:02 am

uh, MPPM? do we have a new unit of measure to put in the glossary? that’s what I am wondering..

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