Miss M drags me by the leg of my jeans to the gerbil tank near the pc. She looks up at me with wide eyes and raised brows, her little mouth pursed, heart shaped with thought.
Miss M: We don’t want to eat a gerbil do we Mummy?
Me: “Erm, no M. We don’t want to eat a gerbil.”
Miss M: “Because, it would get its feet on our mouths, and dat would be yucky.”
Me: “Well yeah, erm, that’s the MAIN reason M…”
Ok, honest opinion folks, should I be worried?
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Is this the beginnings of a foray into vegetarianism? Hmmm….ponder worthy, that.
Worried that your gerbil is wearing a man thong? Yes, be worried, very, very worried.
Kim, luckily I am a veggie, but Mr B is not. When you eat at my house, and it will happen, I promise I will not feed you gerbil, ok? Love you loads.
Lori, bless her, she thinks it’s a cunning disguise.
tee hee….worried about who….Miss M and her fighting the urge to eat a gerbil…or you and your creepy facination with posing pouches? LOL
kisses!
no, no need to worry… as long as she maintains that you SHOULDN’T eat it… you should be just fine…
mmmm….gerbils with salsa….
chased with ben & jerry’s….
and baileys.
or are gerbils more of a wine dish?
noooooo - i’m thinking of chicken.
sorry about that. it’s late.
How clever to know that gerbil feet would be yucky in our mouths! She is a smart one that Miss M. Always thinking.
It is a curious thing for her to think. I wonder how she came up with that? Does she have a secret urge to try? I would do a little questioning about that, find out what is going on in her little head. Maybe she wants to be a vegetarian too.
Gerbil à l’Orange? Gerbil and chips?
Ew. They eat guinea pigs in Peru.
OOOh. Between that conversation and the recent one about sandwiches made of excrement, I will be eating out!
Corey, oh no, you uncovered my secret, hee hee.
Cami, that’s true. But what would she do if we ever had a legless gerbil?? Scary.
Holl, nooooooooooo. I bet they’d be better barbecued. Gerbil kebabs?
Mrs Weasley, that’s true. It’s good to think about why we shouldn’t eat our pets.
Nora, I asked her later, she just told me that feet are ‘yucky’ and asked me to smell hers. Hee hee.
Dumdad, gerbil a l’orange I nearly tried but the picture looked wrong. She looks too alive. Thanks God.
Groovy Mum, I had pet guinea pigs as a kid so I can’t imagine anyone eating them, but I suppose they have more meat on them than a gerbil. Shiver.
Susan, I understand. Hee hee.
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