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| Tristan Miller |
Greetings.
I was walking Frettchen in the city the other day when she decided to
scurry under a parked car and then flatten herself against the pavement.
"No, sweetie, you can't be a pancake under the car," I told her as I
tugged on the leash. I then marvelled at how utterly ridiculous such a
statement would sound in any situation but that. :)
Can anyone else think of things they've said to their fuzzies which are
perfectly appropriate for the situation at hand but sound laughably
nonsensical out of context, especially to a non-ferret owner?
Regards,
Tristan
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| Bill Leary |
"Tristan Miller" <psychonaut@nothingisreal.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone else think of things they've said to their fuzzies which are
> perfectly appropriate for the situation at hand but sound laughably
> nonsensical out of context, especially to a non-ferret owner?
The name of our first ferret was "Road Kill." Often shortened to "Road" or
"RK," but if he'd annoyed us we'd sometimes say "The Road Kill." I recall
one time getting looks when I told one of the kids to "Get The Road Kill out
of there" when he'd tangled himself up on something.
- Bill
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First thing that comes to my mind is 'was the pavement possibly hot on his
little feet? I was going to take my fuzzies out for a walk the other day,
because it was beautiful outside. Got them all fixed up in their leashes
and harnesses and started out the front door. When I got to the pavement, I
reached down and put my hand on the pavement to check the temperature, as I
always do before beginning a walk in warm weather - and lo and behold, even
tho the temperature was nice outside, the pavement was really too warm for
their tender little feet.
Don't mean to rain on your parade.......just a suggestion. Maybe he was
trying to get his feet into the shade. Always check the pavement
temperature before putting them down in the spring or summer...........
jumpingmouse, kylie & gilbert (with sissy feet :-)
"Tristan Miller" <psychonaut@nothingisreal.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings.
>
> I was walking Frettchen in the city the other day when she decided to
> scurry under a parked car and then flatten herself against the pavement.
> "No, sweetie, you can't be a pancake under the car," I told her as I
> tugged on the leash. I then marvelled at how utterly ridiculous such a
> statement would sound in any situation but that. :)
>
> Can anyone else think of things they've said to their fuzzies which are
> perfectly appropriate for the situation at hand but sound laughably
> nonsensical out of context, especially to a non-ferret owner?
>
> Regards,
> Tristan
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| Bill Leary |
<jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> First thing that comes to my mind is 'was the pavement possibly hot on his
> little feet?
I don't know if that applied in this case, but that IS a good thing to watch
out for.
In our situation (country area) ours can pretty much always choose from the
pavement, the dirt shoulder and the grass/shrubs a bit further over so they
can pick their comfort zone. And, of course, they're not shy about saying
they want UP NOW (by starting to climb a leg and looking me in the eye).
We don't often go walking in areas where there's no choice but pavement.
Thanks for the reminder.
- Bill
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| Tristan Miller |
Greetings.
In article <ElJwc.3792$uX2.77@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
jumpingmouse02@earthlink.net wrote:
> Maybe he was
> trying to get his feet into the shade. Always check the pavement
> temperature before putting them down in the spring or summer...........
I don't think that was a problem in this particular instance, but thanks
for the tip! That would never have occurred to me otherwise. Fortunately
I live next to a forest, so we always have the option of walking on the
leaf-carpeted forest floor instead of the hot city pavement.
Regards,
Tristan
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