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Awww. :(
'You can take our lives but you'll never take our freedom!' he screamed.
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umsolopagas wrote:How does anyone become attached to a rat?

This is a serious question so NO undead theories.
I love domesticated rats!!!! I had a college roomie who had a few pet rats, and I loved those little buggers. They are SO intelligent, and very affectionate :) Trust me, they are NOTHING like their sewer counterparts ;) She used to have one who would give her kisses :D
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Kisses?! That just sounds revolting!
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Not atall, I have raised several of the affectionate lil' buggers, and it tickles immensly.
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Ugh. I've eaten rat, but I've never been kissed by a rat! I think I prefer to keep it that way. Unfortunately (or is it fortunately?), I can't remember how the rat tasted, but my mom assures me that I didn't even know it was rat until after she told us what it was! Oh, and it's not as disgusting as it sounds. In Congo there isn't much meat to be had (no cows, pig every once in a while, chickens are scrawny, and wild game meat is hard to come by) and the palm rats are these monstrous things (think cat-sized with more meat on them), so they're a good option. ;)
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tollbaby wrote:
umsolopagas wrote:How does anyone become attached to a rat?

This is a serious question so NO undead theories.
I love domesticated rats!!!! I had a college roomie who had a few pet rats, and I loved those little buggers. They are SO intelligent, and very affectionate :) Trust me, they are NOTHING like their sewer counterparts ;) She used to have one who would give her kisses :D
A few domesticated rats!! Just give the darlings a few generations (months) and you will be having super-intelligent grade A sewer rat DNA-in-waiting. For every number of responsible pet owners there is a corresponding number of irresponsible ones.

I still cannot see anything 'lovable' but thanks for answering.

Anyway, "THEY BREED LIKE VERMIN, THEY IS VERMIN" is my motto, I will desperately hold to it.
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Yes, but that's why you don't keep breeding pairs LOL

I'd love to get a few pet rats again, but my cat would devour them. :( That would defeat the purpose in having cuddly little pets.
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Haha. Sounds like a good purpose to me. Breed rats to feed the cats. :twisted:
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Pet peeve: When you organise a holiday a few months in advance, and not long before you plan to leave, the radio announces that the bloody A38 moterway twelve miles outbound is blocked due to a pile up, and its absolutely soaking out.
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tollbaby wrote:Yes, but that's why you don't keep breeding pairs LOL
Hence the sewer rat DNA-in-waiting
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Mary Russell wrote:Haha. Sounds like a good purpose to me. Breed rats to feed the cats. :twisted:
A thought crossed my mind. Where do zoos get the rats to feed their snakes and etc.?
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Perhaps they're the rejects from the science labs... Hehehe.
/me sees mutant animals in the making!
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Entitlement. I don't have to pay attention to the "no parking" sign because I am special. My child doesn't have to follow the rules because he/she is special. The sign may say merge because the lane ends but I am going to race ahead of all of the cars and cut you all off because I am special. My dog doesn't have to be on a leash either. I don't have to follow any rules or be polite because I am better than the rest of you. What happened to being polite?

Also, people who talk about themselves in the third person. My mother in law always says "your mother" to my husband. As in, your mother doesn't like green beans.
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Inexplicably fake laughs.

I used to know someone who had what I think a very unsettling laugh. Anytime he heard a joke he would go "Ho, ho,ho" - a real Santa Claus laugh. I usually used to look at him in wonder because no matter what the joke you would be sure to hear this measured "ho, ho", which I found really annoying. Are there other people who actually laugh like this?
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