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Do you or have you ever had a pet rat?

If the answer is yes, then come hither and cavort with others of your ilk. Yes, your vision is fine! Refused Party Program is introducing a social forum for Rat Owners! It's crazy but it JUST MIGHT WORK!!!

I shall begin:

My name is Hayrr and I had a pet rat when I was younger and he was called Norman The Destroyer. He died in an unfortunate accident with a vacuum cleaner. To this day I still visit petshops just to let the rats scratch my face.

Do you or have you ever had a pet rat?

If the answer is yes, then come hither and cavort with others of your ilk. Yes, your vision is fine! Refused Party Program is introducing a social forum for Rat Owners! It's crazy but it JUST MIGHT WORK!!!

I shall begin:

My name is Hayrr and I had a pet rat when I was younger and he was called Norman The Destroyer. He died in an unfortunate accident with a vacuum cleaner. To this day I still visit petshops just to let the rats scratch my face.

You are a strange person. But I salute you. :confused:

Only other rat-owners will understand.

I have owned many rats over the years. My most recent was "Winky". I called her that because she'd obviously been in a fight at some point and lost an eye.

She died a couple of weeks ago after 2 years of loving loyalty.

I will get another when the opportunity affords itself. I don't buy them from pet stores. I prefer to let the find me and adopt me.

My sister has a rat. I give him treats from time to time. He's cute. ^_^

*pats Keruvalia on the back*

The brotherhood mourns with you.

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Got a rat too, she's named Cookie (At first I wanted to call her Blitzkrieg, but that name didn't fit since she's quite shy). Anyway she's a tough little girl and beats my girlfriends rat, who's double her age, quite often.

Got a rat too, she's named Cookie (At first I wanted to call her Blitzkrieg, but that name didn't fit since she's quite shy). Anyway she's a tough little girl and beats my girlfriends rat, who's double her age, quite often.

Blitzkreig could have been an ironic name?

Norman The Destroyer wasn't ironic. He would destroy my hands when i tried to hold him and if I was wearing gloves he'd go for my face. I loved that fucker.

Riot Squad Platoon: best name EVER

Riot Squad Platoon: best name EVER


OR IS IT??!?!?!

Rats make great pets. They are smart, clean, and don’t take up a lot of space. Between my brother and me we had about 8 rats as kids. The rats used to ride on my dogs backs (very humiliating for the dog I think). We had lots of guinea pigs too but they are dumb as stuffed socks. The rats used to chase the pigs around and play tricks on them all the time.

OR IS IT??!?!?!
Don't you know The Young Ones?

Don't you know The Young Ones?

Wouldn't that have been a hampster named SPG (Special Patrol Group)?

Wouldn't that have been a hampster named SPG (Special Patrol Group)?
I'm positive it is Riot Squad Platoon

EDIT: Ok it's SPG (fact-index.com says so), how did I get RSP? :confused:

I'm positive it is Riot Squad Platoon

EDIT: Ok it's SPG (fact-index.com says so), how did I get RSP? :confused:


Heh ... who knows ... the memory can be a funny thing sometimes.

Heh ... who knows ... the memory can be a funny thing sometimes.
Great... now I'll be wondering all day how I got to RSP

I had one named Splinter, but he died while I was off at school.

I had one named Splinter, but he died while I was off at school.

The brotherhood mourns the memory of Splinter and his Ninja Turtles.

Rats make great pets. They are smart, clean, and don’t take up a lot of space. Between my brother and me we had about 8 rats as kids. The rats used to ride on my dogs backs (very humiliating for the dog I think). We had lots of guinea pigs too but they are dumb as stuffed socks. The rats used to chase the pigs around and play tricks on them all the time.

Odd that, my guinea pig is very intelligent.
I think it's down to breeding and upbringing.

I think it's down to breeding and upbringing.

Mmm. I think Norman's anger stemmed from a traumatic childhood. Or possibly because I named him Norman.

Mmm. I think Norman's anger stemmed from a traumatic childhood. Or possibly because I named him Norman.

Well history has remembered the Normans as rather violent and bloodthirsty.
Maybe he'd been reading the wrong books.

Well history has remembered the Normans as rather violent and bloodthirsty.
Maybe he'd been reading the wrong books.

Or indeed, the right ones. You could be right. I don't why I called him Norman The Destroyer. Must have been clairvoyance.

Or indeed, the right ones. You could be right. I don't why I called him Norman The Destroyer. Must have been clairvoyance.

Sometimes names just seem to fit.
Like we have a dog named Mallory after Mallory Park racing circuit and he loves to charge around and indeed does sometimes do laps around the lower floor.

Do gerbils count? ;)

Do gerbils count? ;)

Get out of my hut.

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My best friend had a rat called Meeko. He used to perch on our shoulders and watch the world go by. He died of a tumour of some kind. :(
Rats are waaay better pets than birds, fish etc.

My best friend had a rat called Meeko. He used to perch on our shoulders and watch the world go by. He died of a tumour of some kind. :(
Rats are waaay better pets than birds, fish etc.

Do you believe in polyandry?

Rats taste great on a skewer. With a few vegetables. Now thats good eatin'!

:)

Haha are you saying that her rat had two "husbands"? (We're girls by the way, me and the rat-girl)

But I get the message. *leaves in a huff* :p

Haha are you saying that her rat had two "husbands"? (We're girls by the way, me and the rat-girl)

But I get the message. *leaves in a huff* :p

No, that's not what I meant at all. I was agreeing that rats are greater than all other pet animals.

Rats taste great on a skewer. With a few vegetables. Now thats good eatin'!

:)

:mad:

How would you like it if I skewered you?!?!?!?

:mad:

How would you like it if I skewered you?!?!?!?

I would feel strangely relaxed... and start being a sadist... :D

No, that's not what I meant at all. I was agreeing that rats are greater than all other pet animals.
Oh, cool. :) Although yeah, I think dogs are pretty well up there too, as long as they're smart. Dumb dogs suck.

Oh, cool. :) Although yeah, I think dogs are pretty well up there too, as long as they're smart. Dumb dogs suck.

But would a smart dog scratch your face to show you affection? I think not.

:mad:

How would you like it if I skewered you?!?!?!?

Bad image. :/

Bad image. :/

The question is, what would I be skewered with?

...wait, don't answer that...

The question is, what would I be skewered with?

...wait, don't answer that...

A giant skewer, of course.

Ok, Ok. So I actually only ate Rat once... but it did taste quite good.

Ok, Ok. So I actually only ate Rat once... but it did taste quite good.

:mad:

Why were you eating it and did you at least make it Halal first?

:mad:

Why were you eating it and did you at least make it Halal first?

This one had died of natural causes... we were simply eating it to return it to the cycle of life.

This one had died of natural causes... we were simply eating it to return it to the cycle of life.

So afterwards you buried your excrement? Because you know some of it will be not be assimilated into chemicals for your body.

So afterwards you buried your excrement?

no... we flushed it with all the other turds.

no... we flushed it with all the other turds.

The circle is not complete! :mad:

The circle is not complete! :mad:

meh. animals are there to be eaten. if there was no law against it, I would have eaten my family by now...

Let us stay on topic.

Ok then. well, my brother had 2 pet rats, they used to climb all over my neck and sniff my ears... they died after they accidently ate polystyrine.

You fed them the polystyrine, didn't you?

You fed them the polystyrine, didn't you?

No-my brother decided it would be a good idea to transport his rats to his friends house in a polystyrine box, and the rats decided to eat it.

they died a few days later. My brother was quite upset, but all I had to say was "Told ya so."

Their names were Bill and Ben.