El Presidente Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 On Spitbucket Elie who is apparently a master of Helminthology (worms) was discussing worms, weather and soil conditioning. I actually didn't read the article...... but obtained the gist from the heading It took me back to my sons worm farm and thoughts to the most useless pets you have had in your house? Anyway, here was my post. I am sure many of the dads on here can relate !LOL! However I have an 11 year old son who has a glass "Worm City" in his bedroom. He has had it for 3 years after the tragic collapse of the glass "Ant City" after some dad/ son ruff and tumble mucking around. 30,000 ants let loose in a bedroom is not a pretty sight.....particularly to mothers. Still, I had to hand it to my son when he tried to catch them....one by one. Took some convincing but I managed to get him to believe to think outside of the box and pretend the Vaccum Cleaner was a harmless anteater. Wife thrilled. Where was I?...yes...worms. As pets worms have no redeeming features. We must have bought "Public Servant" worms by accident as the "great city" appears to still be in the planning stage after 3 years. By this stage I thought that they would have evolved at least to the stage of a rudimentary transport system.....zilch...nada...half a dozen holes and a lot of worms just hanging around. Still it is better than his Hermit Crab City. There is something about Nocturnal pets which doesn't get the heart pumping. I mean...they were dead for 2 months and we couldn't tell the difference.
Maron76 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 For me it would have to be a snapping turtle that I brought in from the edge of the lake. My God did he grow fast! And mean as all hell too!
CaptainQuintero Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I remember building a Duplo (Like Lego for simple children!) home when I was in Infant school for a woodlouse, turned out it was a hussy woodlouse as 2 days after she moved it a dozen babies appeared. I think I washed the whole lot of them down the sink as far as I can remember.
El Presidente Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 My sea monkeys never came when called........ Ahhhh Sea Monkeys. My 7th birhtday present! So excited! Their home ready! I was 7 and two weeks when the cold world of marketing dawned on me
El Presidente Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 I think I washed the whole lot of them down the sink as far as I can remember. They may have met my Sea Monkeys!
CaptainQuintero Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 They may have met my Sea Monkeys! That hussy would have done terrible things to those poor monkies!
KB24 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 A beautiful black cocker spaniel with white paws and a white nose. We had our first child and the very first time my son reached his hand out to pet her and she snapped at him, that ***** was packed up and taken right to the pound! Not to mention her refusal to ever piss anywhere but the carpet. I figured if she actually bit my son, I would literally beat her to death and I didn't want to have to do that.
shrink Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 There is something about Nocturnal pets which doesn't get the heart pumping. I mean...they were dead for 2 months and we couldn't tell the difference. When I was in my 20's, I had a girlfriend that was something of a "nocturnal pet". She was very good at playing dead.
El Presidente Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 When I was in my 20's, I had a girlfriend that was something of a "nocturnal pet". She was very good at playing dead.
cigcars Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 A beautiful black cocker spaniel with white paws and a white nose. We had our first child and the very first time my son reached his hand out to pet her and she snapped at him, that ***** was packed up and taken right to the pound! Not to mention her refusal to ever piss anywhere but the carpet. I figured if she actually bit my son, I would literally beat her to death and I didn't want to have to do that. Just in mentioning on that, female dogs are always a lot more jealous than male dogs. It is hard to get either another pet (or your beloved child) in the family without the female whackjob of a possessive itch with a "b" acting out. I feel for her, I know she felt frightened and confused ending up in a cage to "go away" but ya had to do what you had to do
hsmunoz Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I had a couple of caimans for a while, they bit the shite out of me every chance they got. never could teach them any tricks. Then one day they inexplicably perished..
cigcars Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I had a couple of caimans for a while, they bit the shite out of me every chance they got. never could teach them any tricks. Then one day they inexplicably perished.. Hope you got a couple of good belts and shoes out of them when they "died"! Would have probably made good stew broth too!
Vortigan Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 The cat that's in my house right now who's recently decided that the top of my cooker is a good place to take a piss every night!!!!
gigabyte056 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 The cat that's in my house right now who's recently decided that the top of my cooker is a good place to take a piss every night!!!! Turn on the cooker, that'l teach him
Tyemv Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 My Chia pet! Haha. That's a good one. Except the chia pet that grows herb.
Kangaroo495 Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 Stray kitten which I took home. Did nothing but rip the living shite out of everyone. Complete embodiment of evil. Would jump on your ears while you were sleeping, chew on your fingers. Would climb on top of an open door, wait for you to walk through and spring on your head. I think I slept about 4 hours in 2 months... Poor thing was so bat-sh*t crazy that one day he just jumped out the window (6th floor). Was badly injured and had to put him down. Though, despite his utter uselessness, it was sad to see him go.
headstand Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 Most useless pet: co-worker's cats! I hear so many sappy stories and get so many pics sent to my email that they might as well be mine - except I don't get the satisfaction of punting them across the room. Arg!
PigFish Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 When I was in my 20's, I had a girlfriend that was something of a "nocturnal pet". She was very good at playing dead. ... sit here! Tell me all about how you felt when she played dead!!! -LOL -
cgarner Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 I will be getting about 40 quail tomorrow. If they turn out to be too much of a pain I will have 40 BBQ quail.
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