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If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through
the pet syndrome including toilet-flush burials
for dead goldfish, the story below will
have you laughing out LOUD!
Overview: I had to take my son's
hamster to the vet.
Here's what happened: Just after dinner one
night, my son came up to tell me there was
something wrong" with one of the two hamsters
he holds prisoner in his room.
He's just lying there looking sick," he told me.
I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?"
I put my best hamster-healer statement on my
face and followed him into his bedroom. One of
the little rodents was indeed lying on his back, looking
stressed. I immediately knew what to do.
"Honey," I called, "come look at the hamster!"
"Oh, my gosh," my wife diagnosed after a minute.
"She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded.
"But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!"
I was equally outraged. "Hey, how can that be?
I thought we said we didn't
want them to reproduce," I accused my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post
a sign in their cage,?" she inquired.
(I actually think she said this sarcastically!)
>>"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!"
I reminded her,
(in my most loving, calm, sweet voice,
while gritting my teeth together).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, ya know,"
she informed me. (Again with the sarcasm, ya think?)
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see
what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to
make the best of it.
"Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience,"
I announced. "We're about to witness
the miracle of birth."
"OH, Gross!", they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just Great!; what are we
going to do with a litter of tiny little hamster babies?"
my wife wanted to know. (I really do think she was
being snotty here, too. don't you?)
We peered at the patient. After much struggling,
what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly,
vanishing a scant second later. "We don't
appear to be making much progress," I noted.
"It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do something, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly, I reached in and
grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving
it a gingerly tug. It disappeared. I tried several more
times with the same results.
"Should I call 911?" my eldest daughter wanted
to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the
trauma." (You see a pattern here with
the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly. We
drove to the vet with my son holding the cage
in his lap. Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think hamsters do Lamaze,"
his mother noted to him.
(Women can be so cruel to their own young.
I mean what she does to me is one thing, but
this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The vet took Ernie back to the examining room
and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a c-section?"
I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to
you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.
"Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
Oh, perfectly," the vet assured us.
"This hamster is not in labor. In
fact, that isn't EVER going to happen...
Ernie is a boy."
"What!?"
"You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally,
as they come into
maturity, like most male species, they um....
er.... masturbate. Just the way he did,
lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife.
"Well, you know what I'm saying, Mr. Cameron."
We were silent, absorbing this.
"So Ernie's just...just...Excited?", my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence.
Then my viscous, cruel wife started to giggle.
And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing,
but not believing that the woman I
married would commit the upcoming
affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face.
"It's just...that...I'm picturing you pulling on its...
its...teeny little..." she gasped for more
air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned.
We thanked the Veterinarian and hurriedly
bundled the hamsters and our son
back into the car. He was glad everything
was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what
you've done, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed
collapsing with laughter.
the pet syndrome including toilet-flush burials
for dead goldfish, the story below will
have you laughing out LOUD!
Overview: I had to take my son's
hamster to the vet.
Here's what happened: Just after dinner one
night, my son came up to tell me there was
something wrong" with one of the two hamsters
he holds prisoner in his room.
He's just lying there looking sick," he told me.
I'm serious, Dad. Can you help?"
I put my best hamster-healer statement on my
face and followed him into his bedroom. One of
the little rodents was indeed lying on his back, looking
stressed. I immediately knew what to do.
"Honey," I called, "come look at the hamster!"
"Oh, my gosh," my wife diagnosed after a minute.
"She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded.
"But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!"
I was equally outraged. "Hey, how can that be?
I thought we said we didn't
want them to reproduce," I accused my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post
a sign in their cage,?" she inquired.
(I actually think she said this sarcastically!)
>>"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!"
I reminded her,
(in my most loving, calm, sweet voice,
while gritting my teeth together).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, ya know,"
she informed me. (Again with the sarcasm, ya think?)
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see
what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to
make the best of it.
"Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience,"
I announced. "We're about to witness
the miracle of birth."
"OH, Gross!", they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just Great!; what are we
going to do with a litter of tiny little hamster babies?"
my wife wanted to know. (I really do think she was
being snotty here, too. don't you?)
We peered at the patient. After much struggling,
what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly,
vanishing a scant second later. "We don't
appear to be making much progress," I noted.
"It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do something, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly, I reached in and
grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving
it a gingerly tug. It disappeared. I tried several more
times with the same results.
"Should I call 911?" my eldest daughter wanted
to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the
trauma." (You see a pattern here with
the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly. We
drove to the vet with my son holding the cage
in his lap. Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think hamsters do Lamaze,"
his mother noted to him.
(Women can be so cruel to their own young.
I mean what she does to me is one thing, but
this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The vet took Ernie back to the examining room
and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a c-section?"
I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to
you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.
"Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
Oh, perfectly," the vet assured us.
"This hamster is not in labor. In
fact, that isn't EVER going to happen...
Ernie is a boy."
"What!?"
"You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally,
as they come into
maturity, like most male species, they um....
er.... masturbate. Just the way he did,
lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife.
"Well, you know what I'm saying, Mr. Cameron."
We were silent, absorbing this.
"So Ernie's just...just...Excited?", my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence.
Then my viscous, cruel wife started to giggle.
And giggle. And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing,
but not believing that the woman I
married would commit the upcoming
affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face.
"It's just...that...I'm picturing you pulling on its...
its...teeny little..." she gasped for more
air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned.
We thanked the Veterinarian and hurriedly
bundled the hamsters and our son
back into the car. He was glad everything
was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what
you've done, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea," my wife agreed
collapsing with laughter.
