The li'l hamster is named "Todd." And, if you ask me, he is in that cage with a big ol' bowl of Shredded Wheat. If some nice reader had not informed me that this animal was a hampster, I would have had no idea. In fact, it looks like a mouse to me. And I do not even acknowledge there is a difference between gerbils and hamsters. They are the same animal. If he had been a gerbil, his name would still have been "Todd." My inability to tell the difference between these two most popular rodent pets used to infuriate my friend Sarah, who in college had a hamster. (That hamster's name was something like "Snowball," or something equally dull and banal, not a smart and cool name like "Todd.") And I don't know what the heck my problem was but I could NOT remember if it was a gerbil or a hamster (I had a similar problem with my other friend Sarah who had a trundle bed - I thought it was called a "treecle bed," whatever that is) and I drove her so nuts that finally after months of telling me it was a hamster she said to me "Listen, it's a HAMPSTER! There's an "AM" in the word. Just like in MAYMEE."
5 comments:
Lame, i do believe all pics should be accompanies by a thorough name description.
your NEW name should be Aunt Teasemee
I know, I am nothing but a tease dear Matthew, but eventually I please! Better late than never!
Treacle is a noun that means "cloying sentiment." Perhaps your own treacly persona was impeding your ability to come up with the correct word. Also, people who willingly keep rodents in their living space cannot be taken seriously.
Are you sure "Todd" isn't dead. He looks like he has keeled-over. YOu killed "Todd" just liek you forgot to name him on time, you must have put his shredded wheat in his cage too late and he starved.
Oh yes, "treacle," not "treecle". I think I heard that word in Alice in Wonderland, in reference to some children who lived in a well or something. And yes dear Mr. Finlay, poor "Todd" does look like he ate too many Shredded Wheats and fell asleep.
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