Post #117,132
9/8/03 9:41:46 PM
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Bad hour
My son.
The genius.
Filled the dishwasher with concentrated dish soap. Not dishwashing soap.
He's going for strategic incompetence.
I'm not buying it.
I'm going to be increasing his chores on an ongoing basis.
He wants to eat, he'll do them.
I scooped out what I could.
We are going on the 4th run, trying to get rid of the bubbles.
My daughter.
The one with the newly replaced hamster.
This one was cute and cuddly on Friday.
It became EVIL. Bit her several times later that night.
I asked if she's tried to play with it. She shreiked at me,
it was such an insane suggestion.
So I tried.
I made it aware of me, I didn't want to scare it.
I opened the cage.
I slowly place my hand in, low. You never want
to pick up that type of animal from behind since it
scares them, they think you are a predator.
IT LAUNCHED. Covered about 6 inchs in a single
leap. Sunk it's teeth into the pad of my ring finger.
DEEP.
I had to shake it off before it would let go.
Took about 5 minutes for the bleeding to stop.
I swear, if I had the Holy Hand Grenade that hamster
would be a blood pie. As it stands I have to wait it out
to die, just like the last evil one.
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Post #117,133
9/8/03 9:58:07 PM
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I feel sorry for you
If it was my son, I'd make him clean up the bubbles. Then maybe next time he'll think twice before using the wrong soap. That an be on KP duty, using steel wool on metal trash cans to make them shine, etc.
As for the hamster, next time wear thick gloves. Your daughter may have teased it enough to turn it evil, or maybe it was just born that way. Hamsters don't live for more than a few years anyway. Just make sure it isn't female and if it is female hope that it isn't pregnant or else you'll have little hamsters running around.
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #117,134
9/8/03 10:36:35 PM
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The son is easy, the hamster is hard
The son; If he can't figure out how to use the dishwasher, then he gets to wash 'em in the sink like his ancestors did.
For the hamster of evil, I don't really know. Perhaps a daily dose of Xanax? For whichever species needs it.
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Post #117,145
9/8/03 11:16:54 PM
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could be an honest mistake
I did that once - junior high, 7th grade I believe. Didn't realize that dishwashing soap was non-sudsing; afterall, you never see what's going on in the dishwasher.
As for the hamster - got rid of mine after getting up one morning to find that one had eaten the other.
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Post #117,147
9/8/03 11:24:39 PM
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It was
Sarah (daughter) bought this fancy liquid soap in a dispenser with a disturbed design. Easy enough to get distracted by this expensive piece of crap.
Ben had only used liquid dishwashing soap before.
The liquid had run out, the powder was sitting next to it.
Totally oblivious to the powder, he opened up the new weird liquid and used that.
I'll use it as ammo for a few months everytime he assumes he already knows something.
The hamster will take a while. Since I already threatened it I can't kill it now.
It'll have to die of natural causes in a few months.
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Post #117,150
9/8/03 11:32:20 PM
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Hamsters
My sister, 10, wanted one. Got one at K-Mart. Bit her on the way home. She named it "Meanie". Never bit anyone after that, but ate most of its first litter. Pregnant when she got it.
They're rodents. Bird food.
-drl
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Post #117,224
9/9/03 12:20:33 PM
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Re: Hamsters
I had two different hamsters when I was younger. First one was sweet, never bit me, would cuddle up and sleep in my bed with me in the morning and never wander off. Escaped the cage a few times, but always went back to the cage area.
Second one, was vicious. Bit me all the time. Chewed everything. Managed to get it's long front tooth stuck in one of the larger holes in the habitrail lid, and broke it off. Unfortunately, after that it couldn't eat and soon died.
However, wrote the habitrail company (at the suggestion of the vet) explained the problem. Was reimbursed for cost of hamster, sent a new lid with smaller holes, and told the entire system would be redesigned with smaller holes to prevent such broken teeth accidents in future.
Hamster home improvement. ;)
Nightowl >8#
"I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum"
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Post #117,151
9/8/03 11:34:38 PM
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The Son
You should explain that dishwashing soap is a special formula that doesn't make bubbles (foam up). No way he could have known this. Wish he were mine, he attempted creative betterment. He's ahead of the game.
-drl
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Post #117,161
9/9/03 12:01:36 AM
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E's got big, pointy teeth!
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #117,162
9/9/03 12:05:26 AM
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ROFL
-drl
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Post #117,164
9/9/03 12:14:15 AM
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Dishwasher, Honest Mistake
I hate to admit this, but I've actually put the wrong soap in the dishwasher before.
We were out of the "regular" kind, so I decided I would put "just a little" in, thought it would suds some, but be OK. About 5 minutes later, the suds come a bubblin' out. About an hour later, we manage to rid the machine of enough for the cycle to complete. OK after that.
Hamster. If it's like the Gerbil my brother had, give it empty paper towel tubes and tp tubes. It loved to shred them up into little pieces. It loved to crawl through and hide in them. He lost it one night in his room. We heard it scratch for a few weeks, then the cat took care of the problem.
If you don't like the hamster, get a cat!
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Post #117,180
9/9/03 6:55:09 AM
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My grandfather did something like that once.
I'm not sure of the exact story, but I think he thought it needed a bit of soap, so to speak. So he made a few sqirts with the ordinary dishwashing liquid... The results were, of course, predictable.
My grandmother was most amused at what happened when she retold the story to us. :-)
Wade.
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Is it enough to breathe
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Post #117,200
9/9/03 10:12:38 AM
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Those things are indestructible!
We had a pair. They were given to us by a friend. After repeated pleas _not_ bring them, she showed up with 2 hamsters, a cage and some supplies. So we took them in, until a better place could be found. In a week, they (both) escaped the cage, jumped 7 feet tall entertainment center and felldon the stairs (another 7 feet). Then the cat got to play with one of them. The things were none the worse for the wear. Obviously, a new place was found in a hurry. We gave them to our boys' school. There they promptly multiplied, so now the score is school: 6 hamster, Belousov family: none. As it should be.
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Post #117,204
9/9/03 10:21:21 AM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #117203 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=117203|ICLRPD]
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Post #117,218
9/9/03 11:31:51 AM
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Hamster of Doom...
I "inhereited" 4 hamsters from a friend whose "family" could not keep them from getting out.
I had a good cage for them already. Cockatoo proof... very well made.
One day soon after, I saw that one of the hamster looked liked its ass was being eaten off... sure enough couple days later it was so bad bones appeared and next day it passed on. I thought ... hmm musta been insane or something.
Few days later... another one showed signs of the same thing. Again it pased on... I had my suspicions... there was a mean one that was able to "figure out" the locking mechanism but didn't have the strength to push the door open. We had "hamster City" inside the cage (yes it was that big) and soon pieces of it were begining to show signes of gnawing terribly.
This stuff all happened when no body was there to see. Everything started to be gnawed to pieces... we gave them wood, rocks and so on to chew on... but the chewer didn't like it...
Well, about another week goes by. Since this is the first cage that could keep them in... one of the hamsters was growing much much active... well I thought this was the one that Did the others in... so I seperated them with heavy Hardware cloth in the cage.
Next morning there was a hole in the hardware cloth (sheesh) and the one I thought was the meany was 1/2 eaten, of course dead.
This was the middle of the January a few years ago that was EXTREMELY cold.
I was able to hold this one... but all of a sudden it went balistic on me. Bit me 5 times in about two seconds. Large ones too.
Thrown back in the cage... I prepared and nice Ice Cold bath for it, in the kitchen sink. 32 Degree Farenheit. It got grabbed by my leather work gloves and dropped into the Sink... Then was wrapped in a nice Warm Plastic wrap... and we went for a nice walk to an open field...
I went to the nearest chainlink fence and placed it on the horizontal bar...
Somehow it's feet and chest got stuck to the tubing... so I went home to go get something to help out about 10 minutes round trip... But... I forgot to go back and help it out until morning...
Something terrible had happened to it... it was gone except for the one leg and 4 feet and a bit of it's chest... there was no other tracks around... what a terrible loss...
Oh did I mention there are Barn owls living around this field?
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Post #117,279
9/9/03 6:30:47 PM
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Him what gnaweth and claweth.. thaweth not too well?
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