for those who need a giggle at my expense!

[mrsflibble]

yesterday i was looking at my guineapig's back ends. ok, no i am not wierd. Philips looked completely different from chocolate's and we were both concerned that he might be ill or malformed or something.






turns out he's just really well hung for a guineapig lol!!!


we paid £20 to find this out. oh well, both pigs got a look over 'cos we had to take chocolate too to keep philip calm in the basket and so they've both had a clean bill of health. 2 for 1 deal hahaha!

it's been years since i've been in a vet's. i wasn't awared that they call you according to your pet's name so when "philip Oliver" was called it took me a while to realise it was our turn!!!

[Silver Ether]

What did you actually say to the vet poor little pigs getting the btms looked at ... did he blush

[The Riff-Raff Element]

I have to ask: why is he called Philip? Is it after that noble individual HRH the Duke of Edinburugh?

[linzibean]

You think someone calling out phillip oliver is bad, try being called Bowie! It took me a couple of shouts by the receptionist to realise she meant me

Glad you're guineas are OK, at least you're a caring enough owner to have them checked out just in case :) Plenty of people, sadly, wouldn't bother!

[StripyPixieSocks]

Try Squeaky... and for that matter Jellybean

LOL @ well hung Guineapig!

[JulieSherris]

Haha! I'm giggling at the thought of a well hung guinea......

Apart from hubby (and the subject has been discussed periodically!) all of our male house dwellers (cats & dogs) have always been neutered......

So, you can imagine the granddaughters shock whilst tickling the puppies tummy..... she's fascinated by benji's 'tentacles' and he's quite getting used to her tugging on them now - good job she can't get in the bathroom when granddad's in the shower!

[Ellendra]

Maybe you should hire him out as a stud.

[Rosendula]

Haha! I'm giggling at the thought of a well hung guinea......

Apart from hubby (and the subject has been discussed periodically!) all of our male house dwellers (cats & dogs) have always been neutered......

So, you can imagine the granddaughters shock whilst tickling the puppies tummy..... she's fascinated by benji's 'tentacles' and he's quite getting used to her tugging on them now - good job she can't get in the bathroom when granddad's in the shower!

Oh, Julie, you do make me laugh!

Our cat's called Angelica. When we first got her we were convinced she had dual personalities, and we called her Angel or Jelly according to which personality she was 'in'. Now we also have Katie (erm, she's human!). She calls the cat Jelly-cat, a kind of cross between Angelica and Cat. She saw another cat today and said, 'It's a Jelly'. Hmmm. This might take a bit of work. I'm glad now that Richard wouldn't let me call her 'Mouse' (the cat, that is. Not Katie)

[JulieSherris]

Rosey, then she'd be a jelly-mousse, wouldn't she?

Oh, you said Mouse......

Ellendra - I DO hope you meant the guinea pig on your last comment & not granddad.......

MrsF - you've sparked a thread which actually covers one of my more serious obsessions.... hubby always says I'm obsessed with tentacles - not sure why..... you know, it wasn't until last year when we had bulls in the field next door, that I realise they only have 1... well, they probly have 2, but only one little bag for them - quite cute!

Body size issues: We should all be glad that other mammals don't have the same ratio of tentacle to body as male rats.... my goodness, now they really ARE hung well!

I'll shut up now - in case you lot start to realise how dark my mind can get....

[Clara]

it's been years since i've been in a vet's. i wasn't awared that they call you according to your pet's name so when "philip Oliver" was called it took me a while to realise it was our turn!!!

You mean they don't have their own surnames

Our dogs: Bella Ciao, Jesse Fox, George Custard (a noble lineage of custards), Tatty Bear and Louislouislouis Custard-Bear

The cats: Jerry Mau, Margo Mau, Tig Mini, Kitty Mini-Mau and Lil ginge Mini-Mau

I just like to make the vet write these things down in their passports, but then again it is how I usually address them too!

[Thomzo]

Tee Hee
My cats have second names too but I never thought to make them official.

Jemima Puddle (cos she's always sitting out in the rain getting soaking wet)
Jade Pumpkin (cos she's orange and getting sort of round).

Zoe

[eccentric_emma]

My mums cat is called Satan. So you can imagine the hilarity in the vets waiting room when that one gets called out! even funnier though is that my mum is a lay minister..........and she is well known in the area. so standing at the front door calling the cat in is a rather amusing!!

regarding 'tentacles' when i was young i was at howletts and my dad was rather embarrassed when i asked rather loudly why one of the elephants had 5 legs! (no, i wasn't talking about the trunk....). i didnt get to see much of the elephants after that!

[Millymollymandy]

I've never been to a vets in any country where they call out the name of your pet - in England and in the Netherlands vets' surgeries were always really busy and we had to wait ages but it would always just be whoever was next in the queue (first come first served), no appointment necessary. Where I currently live we get given an appointment time and if you go during the week there is usually hardly anyone else there. The vet just opens the door, raises eyebrows (which means who is next) and in you go!

Anyway just as well cos the dog we had when I was a kid was called Kinky! I wonder how much confusion there is in a full waiting room when the vet calls out Rover, Tommy, Tiddles or Ginger.

[lsm1066]

One of our cats is call Naimles (pronounced nameless - named after a dragon in a fantasy novel that was a bit of a hoarder, even by dragon standards). Naimles is what you might call a "research cat". Everything he brings in at least starts off alive. Frogs, birds, worms, rodents and on one occasion, he managed to get a fully grown live magpie through the catflap! That was interesting to meet in the kitchen at 6am. Although it was possibly beaten by the dessicated frog I found in my boot one morning. Poor thing had hopped in there to get away from him.

Nameless Morgan anyone?

Lynne

ps. I also have a friend who had a cat with a fairly obscene name that the vet refused to call out in full. He was just known as Drippy

[invisiblepiper]

They say that if you combine your first pet's name with your mum's maiden surname - you get your B movie star name. Makes me Darcy Dongwell!!!!!!!!!!!!