Mar 17 2007
Meet Spot and Rusty
Between HMTKSteve writing about his cat Figaro and Michael Kwan writing about Roy The Bunny, Ms. Q decided to talk about her 2 pals, Spot and Rusty.
You should be familiar with Spot. His photo is in my About box.
Rusty made an appearance in my post about how handy I am.
Spot and Rusty are the perfect pets for me: they don’t have fur and only require an occasional dusting.
My last stone was Fluffy. He was a wild piece of serpentine I had to set free.
Spot and Rusty are domesticated. I mean, look at them: gray, bland, they are practically concrete.
Unfortunately they don’t play well together. Spot stays in my kitchen and Rusty guards a stack of notes on my desk.
Spot is like a Chihuahua - small and kinda nasty. Rusty is like a Chow - territorial and protective of his alpha. That alpha would be me.
You’re wondering at the photo of Spot and Rusty playing. If you look closely, you’ll see that they are actually doped up. They are barely moving.
I had to sprinkle talc on them.
Talc is a metamorphic mineral and it causes rocks to relax and be happy. I have no idea why but it works.
Aren’t they adorable?
I don’t know what is worse…
Being referred to as the “cat lady” or the “rock lady” ?
Haha, nice post.
Now those are the kinds of pets I would be fine with around my house. I will run this idea by my four girls that collectively currently want 2 horses, a dog, a pig, and a pygmy goat.
DigitalRich
I had a pet rock once..I was quite attached to him..one day, I took him out on a hill to just hang out and before I knew it, he just rolled away. *sigh At least he gathered no moss though.
Get it?
“And the winner of the award for worst joke of 2007 is….BryM!”
HMTKSteve: “cat lady” is probably worse as people have heard about ladies with a gazillion cats but with “rock lady” I could call it a collection. A hobby.
Michael: glad you enjoyed it!
DigitalRich: I am pretty sure the pet rock or even a nice pet stone won’t fly (except in your direction) with regard to your daughters.
BryM: that…is pretty bad.
Are you sure Spot is not a girl rock?
HMTKSteve: rocks don’t have genders. I describe this in My Pet Rock. I use “he” out of convenience. If Spot seems like a girl rock to you…whatever works!
I can speculate on why you think Spot is a girl but think I’ll research something else….
I have a cat named Earl. Earl the Dead Cat, that is. My parents gave him to me when I was in college. We all have quirky senses of humor.
Earl is perfect for me. He stays where I put him. He doesn’t need feeding. He doesn’t shred anything if I don’t pay attention to him, or come home late. It’s perfect. He even came with a death certificate.
Of course, it’s not a real dead cat, just a stuffed toy dead cat. Complete with X’s for eyes, like in the cartoons.
ack: Earl the Dead Cat. Huh. Since he came complete with death certificate I gather that’s his given name? I think if someone gave me a dead (toy) cat, I’d want to be able to fill in the blanks myself.
If I can’t think of a name, all my pets end up being named Fluffy.
Yup. pre-named. Still funny (at least to me).
The naming bit reminds me of the time I gave my mother a little bear with a San Jose Earthquakes t-shirt on it. I decided his name was “Eddie”, same as my fave member of the now-moved-off-to-Huston-and-won-the-championship-after-leaving-us-twising-in-the-wind Earthquakes. (me bitter? why would you ever think that?)
I just can’t see a goldfish named “Fluffy” though. Makes me wonder if MsQ ever had goldfish. (mine - Alex & Steve)
ack: I thought Earl might be pre-named and that seems funny to me, too.
Yes, Ms. Q has had a goldfish. I had one that lived for 8 years in a large vase I had purchased just for the purpose. I put in a small pump and everything. I never really named him. Nothing stuck. I kind of thought of him as “The 99 cent special” as that’s what I paid for him at some department store. He was a Comet goldfish.
He required little care and died conveniently just before I was to move so I didn’t have to worry about transporting him.
This post has strange coincidental likeness to my post about Wrinkles… thanks for your kind words.
Do you really rub talc on them there rocks - I mean pets? They do look a little stoned!!!! If “Spot” is nasty, what’s he doin` in the kitchen? Let them outside today. They will love you for it.
Speedy
Speedy! I’m sorry about Wrinkles - unlike your post, this post was definitely tongue-in-cheek!
Spot is nasty because “he” is small and sensitive so he does that over-compensation thing. Not many rocks are worn away so easily - which is why he has that hole (which I never point out to him).
He’s been inside too long. He won’t be able to make it out in the wild. He likes being in the kitchen - he can see the sink and watch me wash the dishes (I have a dishwasher but rarely use it). He was found near the beach so he likes being near water.