Posts tagged as: Pocket Pets

And Don’t You Forget It

February 8, 2012 By 29 Comments

Orville Poindexter…


…Toilet Plunger Sitting Champion of 1963.


And he’s been there ever since. (gently picks off cobweb)


Sender-Inners Kate and Jeff have the interesting back story here: “So it’s 6 am Friday morning, and we’re sleeping off the Thanksgiving dinner, when we awake to the doggie door flapping and a squeak. This is our occasional wake-up call, unfortunately. Our foster kitty, Rook, is of that just-older-than-a-kitten age, and learning to hunt. She likes to bring in her prey so she can play with it in the comfort of home. We don’t appreciate her gifts, so we always chase them down ourselves, catch them, and release them back outside—they’re usually unharmed, besides being scared.

I get up to find the mouse, and fairly quickly realize that Rook had brought it into the bathroom. This is good. Less places to hide in there. I shoo Rook out of the bathroom and close the door, then go get a tupperware dish to catch it in. When I get back into the bathroom, I look in all the obvious hiding places, but don’t
immediately see it – until I look near the commode. There sits the mouse, not cowering behind the toilet, but up on top of the plunger handle.

I’m glad I got photographic evidence, otherwise I wouldn’t believe it.

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Beulah, Peel Me a Grape

February 5, 2012 By 18 Comments

Thank you Dahlink for all the ice

But this isn’t the kind I meant.

I don’t mean to give you the cold shoulder but

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.


Kokolinka says, “With all the black eyes, somebody might slip.”, Pyza.

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Heisman Ham Huddle

February 5, 2012 By 17 Comments

“This is a GAME OF INCHES, Men. This is NOT the practice wheel—this is the effing SUPERBOWL. Kick off is in five minutes—Now go nuts out to make it the best damn day of your life.”


Kiss your wife like it would be the last time, and GO GO GO!

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Gimme a Z! Gimme a Z! Gimme another Z!

February 5, 2012 By 41 Comments

What does it spell?! Zzz!


Looks more like the “Stupor” bowl to me, Sophia Pena-Garza.

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6 more weeks of…WHAT!?

February 2, 2012 By 49 Comments


Thanks a lot, P-Phil. 6 more weeks of winter. That’s just great.

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Flying By the Seat of Our Squirrel Pants

January 31, 2012 By 77 Comments

OMG we’re all gonna die!

Nnnnneeeeeooooowwwwwrrrrmmm!


Penny says, “Eject! Eject!” Say it in a li’l high-pitched voice, Mark S.

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All Bets Are Off

January 30, 2012 By 47 Comments

Check it out, the new kitten’s sneaking up on the dog again.

Oh, this’ll be good. Bet you fifty walnuts he gets thrashed this time.

You’re on. C’mon, kitty! Go for the tail, go for the tail!

Hey, Fido! Show that pipsqueak what your teeth are made for!


Whoa, I totally did not see that coming.

The dog just jumps up, with the kitty still latched onto its tail…

… and then — crunch! — right into the coffee table!

Well, I guess it’s a draw, then.


Once again we see the corrupting influence of wagering in sports, Milosmom.

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Tiny Dormouse Snores

January 25, 2012 By 95 Comments

The fine folks over at Boing Boing have reminded moi that the ever-snoozing and ever-prosh dormouse is hibernatin’ and therefore snoring up a storm these days. Will you please check out this redonk snoring action:

Did You Know™ that the dormouse sleep three quarters of the year in a nest? (That’s insta-dorabuhls). They weigh 15 to 30 grams, and they’re English, so you know when they talk, it’s absolutely charming.

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First still image by Terry Whitaker, Dormice photographer extraordinaire. Second photo from Smart Images UK.

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It’s Squirrel Appreciation Day!

January 21, 2012 By 120 Comments

Time once again to pay special honor to those cute critters who seem to scamper everywhere. The National Wildlife Federation suggests you share your “squirrel stories.” Perhaps a squirrel helped you with your homework. Or cosigned an auto loan. Whatever it was, tell us how squirrels affected your life.


Photographic appreciation by Tomi Tapio.

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It’s Over Between Us, Daphne

January 20, 2012 By 52 Comments

I shan’t deceive you any longer, my dearest; I’m afraid you’ve been living a lie. I’m a rat, Daphne. There, I’ve said it. I’m a rat and that’s all I’ll ever be. Oh, what a cad you must think me, leading you along this twisting, mazelike primrose path of deception.


Photo by D. Sharon Pruitt/Pink Sherbet Photography.

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