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Posted by mkuller (R) on May 16, 2007 at 10:33:35

In Reply to: The most unusual pet you ever had? posted by Eldragon on May 16, 2007 at 08:52:00:

...not a slam to the idiot George Bush - I really had one.

I was about 13 and lived near a wooded area in Texas bordered by a large ranch. Cattle and a couple of herds of goats grazed on the property. A buddy and I used to climb the 10 ft fence and roam around putting firecrackers in cow pies and fun stuff like that.

We found a couple of baby goats, abandoned by the mother - one dead and the other barely alive. We took the sick goat to my house and fed it some milk using my baby sister's bottle - eventually nursing it back to health.

We named it Lizzy and she used to play with our German Shepherd in our large back yard. If you made a fist she would playfully try to butt it with her little horn buds.

Eventually my father gave her away because she would eat the plants he was trying to grow in his garden. One of my many childhood traumas.

• Blossom - LWR 20:25:25 05/16/07 (6)
  In Reply to: I had a pet goat once... posted by mkuller on May 16, 2007 at 10:33:35:

  was my goat's name. I have had a bunch of weird pets beside the usual cats and dogs. Lizards, rattlesnakes, ducks, a weasel from Peru, spiders, a tortoise, fish, a wife.
  
  

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  • "a weasel from Peru"? The pet wife? )MT( - J. S. Bach 10:16:16 05/17/07 (4)
    In Reply to: Blossom posted by LWR on May 16, 2007 at 20:25:25:

    
    Dave
    Later Gator,
    Crank up your talking machine, grab a jar of your favorite "kick-back", sit down, relax, and let the good times roll.

    
    
    

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    • Said - LWR 19:33:03 05/17/07 (3)
      In Reply to: "a weasel from Peru"? The pet wife? )MT( posted by J. S. Bach on May 17, 2007 at 10:16:16:

      weasel escaped from it's cage and for years ate the local chickens.....Wilma was her name, a beautiful creature.
      The first wife was a weasel too, I did not see that at first!!
      
      

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      • wasn't the trail of dead chickens a clue???????? nt - dave c 15:54:33 05/18/07 (2)
        In Reply to: Said posted by LWR on May 17, 2007 at 19:33:03:

        bleep
        
        

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        • A big clue - LWR 20:39:23 05/18/07 (1)
          In Reply to: wasn't the trail of dead chickens a clue???????? nt posted by dave c on May 18, 2007 at 15:54:33:

          but there were no trackers in the town of La Honda. Besides, Wilma (her Christian name) was stealthy as can be imagined....she loved eggs. Even after she escaped (within 24 hours) from the 12 foot by 12 foot by 25 foot pen with chicken wire wrapped around all 6 sides....twice mind you, she hung nearby. All I had to do to have her join us on the deck was crack a hard boiled egg.
          She single handedly prevented chickens from overrunning our little town.
          
          

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          • YOUR WIFE??? "She single handedly prevented chickens from overrunning our little town. " - dave c 21:23:41 05/18/07 (0)
            In Reply to: A big clue posted by LWR on May 18, 2007 at 20:39:23:

            You kept her in a pen?
            
            

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  • A pet wife eh?........ - three_sox 22:52:52 05/16/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Blossom posted by LWR on May 16, 2007 at 20:25:25:

    .....When I was a young tacker I had the odd pet nubile lass…… but never a pet wife.

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