Pets

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

When London Zoo first opened, you got in for free if you brought a cat or dog to feed to the lions.

I remember that. Used to be a way of disposing of losers from Crufts.

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

My female budgie, Jacqueline, has died today of liver disease aged 4. During the last few days she was active, but suddenly, yesterday, her health began to fail and she died today. I'm quite saddened for her mate, Trevor, who is very distraught and nervous, he thinks that she is going to return to the cage. This is the second time that Trevor has lost a mate.

[Joey Russ 7,228]

I'm sorry for your loss

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

5 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

I'm sorry for your loss

Thank you

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

21 minutes ago, The Ashes Urn said:

My female budgie, Jacqueline, has died today of liver disease aged 4. During the last few days she was active, but suddenly, yesterday, her health began to fail and she died today. I'm quite saddened for her mate, Trevor, who is very distraught and nervous, he thinks that she is going to return to the cage. This is the second time that Trevor has lost a mate.

Budgies are great pets. When I was at Uni my GF (now my wife) used to write to me. Her budgie sat on the end of her pen and pecked the edge of the paper so ended up with patterned letters.

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

21 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Budgies are great pets. When I was at Uni my GF (now my wife) used to write to me. Her budgie sat on the end of her pen and pecked the edge of the paper so ended up with patterned letters.

Indeed, they are great pets.

[Youwanticewiththat 611]

Poor you & poor Trevor. Here's to brighter days. 

 

 

 

 

 

(He's not lacing their cuttlebones with anything 'tho is he?)

[Toast 16,142]

Condolences to you and to Trevor.   It's hard to lose a pet.

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

Thank you all for your kind words.

[drol 11,954]

It's indeed sad to lose a pet. Sorry for your loss.

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

27 minutes ago, drol said:

It's indeed sad to lose a pet. Sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

[Death Impends 7,979]

Condolences over your loss. Poor Trevor, especially.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

Fucking hell Jacqueline and Trevor are hardly suitable names for budgies are they!!!!!!

 

 

[The Ashes Urn 1,357]

13 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

Condolences over your loss. Poor Trevor, especially.

Thank you. Trevor is singing and chirping a little now.

[msc 18,476]

My wife's grandad had a pet budgie once. It once told her aunt "you're a fucking bastard!"

 

All of her family were greatly amused. Except the aunt.

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

55 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Fucking hell Jacqueline and Trevor are hardly suitable names for budgies are they!!!!!!

 

 

Why not? I had four guinea pigs called Milhouse, Judy, Chaka Demus and Pliers. 

[Handrejka 1,904]

When I was a kid my mum let the neighbourhood kids who didn't have pets name our goldfish. I can't remember all of them but I do remember Salad and Deckchair as two of the names (of the fish not the kids). Could have been worse I suppose.

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

There's two shrimp in my kid's fish tank called Vincent and Pierre. My kid is TWENTY YEARS OLD. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

We have had two kittens in the past 12 months called Komugi and Meruem.

[Toast 16,142]

I've thought for a while that a good name for a dog would be Terabyte.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

19 hours ago, Lard Bazaar said:

Why not? I had four guinea pigs called Milhouse, Judy, Chaka Demus and Pliers. 

Yeah but you are a bell end!

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

Ok I confess that, as a young boy, I kept mice and two of them were called Tammy and Horatio.

I also had a cat called Patsy who was a boy cat and a dog called Gyp.

As a teenager I had a gerbil called Pip and, as an adult, we had a dog called Dylan as the family pet.

None, not one of them was ever going to be called  Nigel, Katrina or Cressida or Douglas or any other kind of stupid name, ever!

 

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

18 minutes ago, Toast said:

I've thought for a while that a good name for a dog would be Terabyte.

I went to do a job at the scabby bedsit flat once in downtown Basildon.

The fella who answered the door was the usual toothless, smelly article wearing large underpants and with breath that would destroy the most powerful of odour eaters.

Within the confines of that flat he kept a mongrel dog that was an utter fruit loop that wouldn't stop bounding around the room.

'Oi, Monkey Bollocks!! 'Sit down!! he screamed at it and, amazingly it calmed down.

Now THATS a name to give a dog!!

 

[msc 18,476]

When I was a kid I had two goldfish called Postman Pat and Fireman Sam.

 

When I tried to keep goldfish as an adult (they don't last, stick to rodents), I realised I probably had several hundred pets called Postman Pat and Fireman Sam and never twigged they were different goldfish, because I was a kid. And thick.

 

The dangers of letting kids name pets! I often think of a friend at school, who let their youngest sister name their hamster. Poor old Sweetheart The Hamster...

[Toast 16,142]

39 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

I also had a cat called Patsy who was a boy cat

We once had a cat called Topsy who was a boy cat.

 

42 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

and a dog called Gyp.
 

Racist.