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Chat => General => Topic started by: loulou on September 27, 2008, 06:14:19 pm

Title: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: loulou on September 27, 2008, 06:14:19 pm
Standing in Sainsburys checkout queue this afternoon and listening to the conversation going on behind me between two women.

Woman no 1:  "Have you seen the price of dogmeat in here?  I'm glad I don't have my dog anymore".
Woman no 2:  "I thought you still had your dog. where is it?"
Woman no 1:  "Dead, never mind he was 11 and when i look at the price of the dogmeat in here i think just as well cos i would never cope on my pension."
Woman no 2:  "So you won't be getting another then?"
Woman no 1:  "No, I have my rat now."
Woman no 2:  "Cat , awwwwwww that's sweet, is it just a kitten?"
Woman no 1:  "No i said rat. I keep it in a cage in my bedroom, what a wonderful pet he is. There's not a more loyal and faithful pet you can get. When I go out he sits on the window sill watching for me to come back."
Woman no 2:  "Doesn't he smell?"
Woman no 1:  "No and he has never bit me. On a night he sits on my knee to watch tv and i give him biscuits."

Thankfully at this point in the conversation it was my turn to get checked out so i suffered no more.
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: bounty hunter on September 28, 2008, 08:56:14 am
I think rats are kinda cute.  I'd keep one.  If my girlfriend had one, (whoever the next miss Bounty is), I could say "get your rat out" without being slapped!
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: oldspice on September 28, 2008, 09:48:41 am
Well, I would not exactly go out and trap a wild rat, but domestic rats do make fantastic pets. They are very clean, very intelligent and very affectionate.
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: loulou on September 28, 2008, 01:53:26 pm
Bounty how often do you say "get your rat out" to a girl and not get a  puzzled look?
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: bounty hunter on September 28, 2008, 02:43:00 pm
Do you know what it means?   It could be a Nottingham expression.
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: goldencup on September 28, 2008, 03:20:45 pm
I think we can guess...
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: loulou on September 28, 2008, 03:40:42 pm
Does it mean get your cash out?
Title: Re: Do rats make great pets?
Post by: bounty hunter on September 28, 2008, 07:11:09 pm
Erm, no.   Think of large buck-tooth animals that cut down trees.