Sunday, December 7, 2008

Why so glum?

We were told by our unreliable weather people that we wouldn't be getting quite so much rain today. Judging by the cows and other farm animals drifting by in the currant, they were WRONG.

Chopper is not amused. He was rather glum as he looks forward to runs on the wooded trails, not dog-paddles across flooded areas.



Because it is a soggy Sunday, I may have spent more than a little bit of time on the interweb looking up little known factoids to entertain you, the masses Reader Brenda with.


As I was perusing the pet section of Craigslist (WARNING! WARNING! STAY AWAY FROM THE PET SECTION OF CRAIGSLIST!!) I was muttering under my breath about the abysmal regard people seem to have for spelling. I am no perfectionist, not even close, but the mistakes seen here often make it difficult to even understand what they are trying to communicate. Take the title of this ad:

"Dog pasted away"

Was it a horrible Elmer's glue accident?


Could the dog have been a closet scrap-booker?




I read the whole ad, and to be honest, I'm still not sure what happened here, if the dog passed away, or wasted away. But, regardless, I went away.


Next, I found this ad:




"guini pig with cage and fairy costume - $10 "



I didn't even care about the misspelling at this point, or the fact that I abhor rodents of every size and shape.

I was intrigued with the idea of someone wrestling a costume onto their Guinea pig. Seriously...I am making little choking, hacking noises right now. But here is the rest of the ad:




"Give the gift of a rodent this christmas! She looks adorable in her fairy costume! She comes with her cage, extra food, ect. If you want, you can even have her fold-up play pen. I'm moving and she can't come. She has shiny black hair. She's a year and a half old. She's a good girl and will let you hold her, especially if you feed her a carrot stick. NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 23RD, which works great if you want to give her as a Christmas present. We want her with us for our Christmas celebration, which is on the 22nd. "




Are you screaming, too?


Give the gift of a rodent? Nothing says Christmas like beady little eyes and bubonic plague, I suppose.

I would move away, far, far away and not only not let her come, but not leave a forwarding address. OR a cell phone number. Just in case. If she wears a costume, she might be able to dial a phone.

Shiny, black hair on a PERSON is nice. On a rodent? Not so much. In fact, pretty creepy.


They want her with them for their Christmas celebration? Are they doing a Nativity play? With their Guinea pig in her fairy costume? Are they afraid her new "forever family" won't let her be a part of their Christmas festivities or sit on Santa's lap for the picture?


Unfortunately, this ad did not come with a photo, but because I care about you, I did a search and came up with a couple Guinea pig pictures. Not in fairy costumes, though. But still, enjoyable.


I'm a giver. Merry Christmas.





FYI...There is a Guinea Pig Festival in Peru where they spend all year making cute costumes for their pet Guinea pigs(Look at that poor little girl in the picture above. Grandma is forcing her, saying "Give Pedro a kiss, dear.")

The townspeople dote on their pets, hoping for a prize in the festival....pampering them...fattening them up...

...because then they are apparently tasty little buggers, too. Seriously. They eat them.

Anyway, I need to go tell Rod my idea for our next adventure-vacay.

Oh...and you're welcome. :-)

10 comments:

E said...

This post is going to cost you...you'll have to pay my therapy bills since this post brough back HORRIBLE memories of the 5 months in Oklahoma living with rodents! :)

Hey, we joined a community group with our church. God is doing great things, Diane! I miss ya!

E said...

I wish I lost weight...I think I've actually gained it! Thanks for making my night though! :)

Angela said...

Ha! I love that they threw in the fact that they have Christmas 3 days before everyone else! Pa-retty hilarious! Going into hysterics as I think about the fairy costume. Also, there's a picture of a Happy Khampa in your "please pray for me" box.
Accessories not included.

A Christian Mom said...

Poor Chopper, looks pitiful! Bless his heart!

The rest of your post, totally cracked me up!

"Was it a horrible Elmer's glue accident?"

Hahahahaha!

And the Guinea Pig... oh my! Crazy people!

Queen B said...

Now I am immediately going to Craigslist to the Pet section.

Thanks for that.

Liz said...

I am laughing out loud. You're hilarious!

Why would they need their guinea pig for their Christmas celebration? To each their own, I guess.

Amy Plumb said...

That is unreal, and the picture of the dino-guinea pig has me laughing so hard but it's NOT funny that's the sad part. Are people really this crazy??? Dressing up a guinea pig.

Searching Craig's List can be scary for sure!

2nd Cup of Coffee said...

I am rolling. ROLLING. With laughter. And puh-leeze. Who in their right minds would put a costume ON A SMALL ANIMAL? Even if it is a guinea pig-sized dog?!

Dena said...

If it makes Chopper any happier we are in the middle of an ice/snow storm here, and I'd definitely prefer the rain!

You're post cracked me up. Oh my gosh...clothes on a guinea pig? Several years ago my son had a guinea pig for about a month. I can't even imagine trying to dress it...or wanting to.

Keri said...

This post had me laughing! Thanks for the smile :)