The Animals Outnumber the People...This is Madness...We're Doomed
When is the number of animals you have, too many animals? I've always felt, as I know others have, that the number of animals in your house should never outnumber the number of people. In our house, the number of people is two. The number of animals was two up until a few days ago when that doubled to FOUR.
No matter how you slice it, a giant clumsy greyhound, a big boned kitty (who has been referred to as a badger, but she's ours and we love her), and two fish equal 4 animals. Katharine and I, at least until cloning humans is legal, equal 2 people. How'd that happen? Didn't we have a rule? We did have a rule, but fish are small and incredibly relaxing to watch. We got Betta fish which are supposedly the easiest fish in the world to take care of. I always feel bad for them because you can't put them in with other fish, but I've seen what happens when you don't follow that rule. I've broken that rule and it's not pretty...I blame the guy at the pet store that said you could put them in with goldfish. He was wrong. Anyway...that was years ago...moving on.
We got two fish, one for Katharine to take care of and one for me. She named hers Uglie with an "IE" because truthfully, he is. I think that's why she picked him. Mine is sleek with dark colors. I named him Darth Betta...because it's a cool name for a fish. I think Uglie is jealous because his name is Uglie. No seriously, I don't think he cares. I think he's just happy to get out of that tiny cup they keep them in at the store.
I'm still on a quest to provide my Betta fish with some company...maybe a snail. I think it'll be OK because snails have shells. They should be safe, right?
No matter how you slice it, a giant clumsy greyhound, a big boned kitty (who has been referred to as a badger, but she's ours and we love her), and two fish equal 4 animals. Katharine and I, at least until cloning humans is legal, equal 2 people. How'd that happen? Didn't we have a rule? We did have a rule, but fish are small and incredibly relaxing to watch. We got Betta fish which are supposedly the easiest fish in the world to take care of. I always feel bad for them because you can't put them in with other fish, but I've seen what happens when you don't follow that rule. I've broken that rule and it's not pretty...I blame the guy at the pet store that said you could put them in with goldfish. He was wrong. Anyway...that was years ago...moving on.
We got two fish, one for Katharine to take care of and one for me. She named hers Uglie with an "IE" because truthfully, he is. I think that's why she picked him. Mine is sleek with dark colors. I named him Darth Betta...because it's a cool name for a fish. I think Uglie is jealous because his name is Uglie. No seriously, I don't think he cares. I think he's just happy to get out of that tiny cup they keep them in at the store.
I'm still on a quest to provide my Betta fish with some company...maybe a snail. I think it'll be OK because snails have shells. They should be safe, right?
posted by Jeff - WeinerToons at 12:40 AM
5 Comments:
I like "Darth Betta!" That's a cool name!
-Kristen
I thought Bettas even fought each other in the same bowl--no?
*Many* years ago a group I was with pooled their money and bought the most exotic fish we could find and put them in a tank that one of the guys kept at his house. It was quite a large tank and very entertaining.
You're right and that's why we had to get 2 bowls. The Betta, also known as the "Siamese Fighting Fish" does just that when you put them in a bowl with any other fish. They say you can put a certain type of aquatic frog in with them so we'll see.
Wow...this site is at least as informative as Wikipedia!
You know how to outnumber the animals with humans, don't you? Babies! Muahahahahahahaha!
Somebody here is EVIL. You probably have your little pinky finger next to the corner of your mouth as well. Heh...babies are scary.
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