Favorite Animal

[Boudicca]

Thoth, it's all good.
EGBERT?!!!!!It's not bad enough he looks like that, ya gotta give him a name like that?
Yes, I read the bottom of your page.

[Thor]

I know.  My dream as a young girl was to own one.  Two weeks after I actually got one, I gave up.  Of course, I was married with a baby and another on the way, so all that horse shit made me sick, literally.  Hubby helped out some, but he did have a job and we had to stable the horse elsewhere.

I had horses from the time I was 10 until I was 17 and left for the Navy. I liked them. But, like I said, they are expensive to feed and vet bills aren't cheap and lots of grooming a stall cleaning. Then there's loading up bales of hay and stacking them in the barn for winter. I could throw a 40 lb bale 8-10 ft in the air when I was 17 (was stacking them in the barn) and then tote 200 lbs of feed at one time.

[Wineslob]

Dogs do take more work and patience.  Cats are mellow guys and gals.  And they never stink.

Lolz, you need to tell that to our cat Diva. She is rather old............

Her nickname is "Scrubs".

[Godot showed up]

I subtracted my vote,* and went for cats. I truly love both dogs and cats; but, because cats were my first pets as a child and teenager and for no other reason, really, they have a little special place in my heart all their own labeled "cats," whereas dogs and cats have to share the other, main space.















*Look, Eggy, I didn't have one of you as a kid, ok? You're still top cephalapod in my book

[chitownchica]

Here are my two:

Macy


Bailey


I love dogs just as much as cats. I'm too lazy to have one in an apartment with no yard.

[Boudicca]

I subtracted my vote,* and went for cats. I truly love both dogs and cats; but, because cats were my first pets as a child and teenager and for no other reason, really, they have a little special place in my heart all their own labeled "cats," whereas dogs and cats have to share the other, main space.















*Look, Eggy, I didn't have one of you as a kid, ok? You're still top cephalapod in my book

Does your wife know you have a relationship with a giant squid?
Cue vesta with a naval story.  LOL.

[Boudicca]

Here are my two:

Macy


Bailey


I love dogs just as much as cats. I'm too lazy to have one in an apartment with no yard.

What gorgeous babies!  Macy looks quite a bit like my Jenny.

[Boudicca]

In a totally self aggrandizing move, I am hereby bestowing free HI5's, and ONLY HI5's, on all those who participate in this thread.  You want more freebies, ya gonna have to look elsewhere.

[Boudicca]

Lolz, you need to tell that to our cat Diva. She is rather old............

Her nickname is "Scrubs".

Hmm, well, I stand by my statement, in general.  Cats do tend to smell better, but of course as they age...or are ill.
Diva said to get back to work cleaning her up.

[Boudicca]

Trust the dog on this one.

You can always trust a dog and never trust a cat.  That's why I luv mah kittehs, they are wicked evil.

[Boudicca]

Hmmm, let me think...What eats pandas?

I don't think any domestic animal does that.  Why do you have a beef with pandas anyway? :???:They can't help being born Chinese.

[Boudicca]

Time to get an Iron horse.

As to the poll, I opt for Dogs. Indifferent about the rest of the critters.

I'm sending mah kittehs to your house tonight.  See how "indifferent" you are then, sir!

[Godot showed up]

Oh! Something about the look Macy-face is giving us really tugs at my heart.


Wanna hear a little odd coincidence, Boud? An uncle of mine had a cat named Macy, once.




















Boud, about Mrs. Godot--ever hear of menage-a-mullusc?

[Boudicca]

I can't choose between dogs and cats.  I love them both.   

I know, I do as well.  OTOH, cats cost less money cuz they never need a groomer and they potty train themselves.  My daughter's grown mini doxen still pees on her carpet on an almost daily basis.  Of course, being in an apartment, she doesn't always take her outdoors, BUT, any time that menace on four legs shows up at my house she takes a dump on my carpets, RIGHT AFTER being brought back inside.  Maybe doxens are just overly stupid dogs, cuz I have never encountered another breed like this, refusing to be potty trained.  Wasted dog obedience classes, that's for sure.
OK, so I love the little mutt.  She's cute, gregarious, loving, but she is going to cost my daughter the money to replace the carpet when she moves out.

[Boudicca]

I am an unabashed bird guy, mostly parrots. We have two at home - a Congo African grey, and a Solomon Islands eclectus - both female.

There is no question that parrots are highly intelligent and social, curious about their environment and how to interact with it.

Mrs E calls me a "bird whisperer" because I understand them and what they're after - especially when they're being a PITA.

Mrs E cannot handle the eclectus safely - the bird is bonded to me and does not tolerate "other women" very well.   But both birds readily go to me and look to me for that human interaction they're after. Mrs E? Not so much, though the grey tolerates her pretty well.

We also have two dogs, and they are special in their own way - but I'm an unabashed bird guy.

Poor starving bird.  No wonder she supervises dinner prep every night.  You've got her eating your instrument.

[Boudicca]

I love my cats. Dogs................other peoples but not in this household. They are far too much work.

Yes, but of course when you have them, you love them dearly.  Pretty much like children.

[Boudicca]

No cows, pigs, chickens, etc?

I didn't even think of farm animals.   OTOH, no one is selecting the gerbil category.  Guess I need to track down Richard Gere and have him register here.
And yeah, I know it's supposed to be an urban legend.  It's funny anyway.

[Boudicca]

Oh! Something about the look Macy-face is giving us really tugs at my heart.


Wanna hear a little odd coincidence, Boud? An uncle of mine had a cat named Macy, once.




















Boud, about Mrs. Godot--ever hear of menage-a-mullusc?

You are beginning to worry me, Mr. Thoth.  Is mullusc another word for trois?  Don't be getting your freak on in French now, ya hear.   OK, before the mods move this to mind numbing stupidity or the shortbus I promise to stop.

[Thor]

It appears that this thread just MIGHT end up on the Short Bus........

[Boudicca]

It appears that this thread just MIGHT end up on the Short Bus........

Especially if Godot can't keep his molluscs to himself.

[Eupher]

In a totally self aggrandizing move, I am hereby bestowing free HI5's, and ONLY HI5's, on all those who participate in this thread.  You want more freebies, ya gonna have to look elsewhere.

Paging Mr. Bitchslap! Paaaaging Mr. Bitchslap!

(happiness is really only a bitchslap away........)

[Boudicca]

Paging Mr. Bitchslap! Paaaaging Mr. Bitchslap!

(happiness is really only a bitchslap away........)

What the heck?  You only had 28 bitch slaps?  I did as you requested and made it one more.
Do bitchslaps get erased when you hit the 1K mark?

[Ptarmigan]

I wonder if Ptarmy will vote for wabbits?

I hate rabbits and why would I vote for them filthy beasts. Are you implying that I like rabbits in the closet?

[Eupher]

What the heck?  You only had 28 bitch slaps?  I did as you requested and made it one more.
Do bitchslaps get erased when you hit the 1K mark?

Only when the admins determine that the bitchslap levels are excessive.

We were having too much fun with the bitchslap thing, so one of the admins decided to rain on my freakin' parade. 

[IassaFTots]

Only when the admins determine that the bitchslap levels are excessive.

We were having too much fun with the bitchslap thing, so one of the admins decided to rain on my freakin' parade. 

Now I have more BS's than you!