Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for October 07, 2016

If rats had fuzzy tails they’d pretty much be squirrels. I want a romping sloth for a pet though.

We hung a Sloth Station™ on the big tree out back to attract shy, lovable sloths. It dispenses Sloth Chow™ and water. The flange lip discourages opossums.

Rats would be cuter if they had big fluffy ysils. They can swim, so that’s why a furry tail doesn’t come with the. I have had many pet rats and they were all sweet and adorable, clean, loving and great pets.I wish there were romping sloths, the might look like furry moving carpets.If your frogs have lots of legs, your area has too much radiation fallout or blow-past.

My cats love those little sweater dogs. They are delicious.

The largest rat on record is the capybara and weigh up to 40 lbs!Large flying tree roaches like to fly right at you! They are super fast on the ground too.

I believe the multiple leg mutation is caused by some kind of parasite, not ionized radiation.

For some ill reason, my carousel skipped over this some hours ago. So now, my late comment: I like a slow sloth….

There was a bit of a digression in a magazine article I read 25 years ago. The author was walking down the street on a sweltering hot day, and in a car (with the windows closed), a Mexican Hairless (or maybe a chihuahua) was barking at him like it had gone nuts—barking so hard it would fall off the seat and get up again, still barking its head off.

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He was curious, and decided to stand there a while and see if it would pass out. After a minute or two more (yap yap yap yap yap), another passer-by apparently guessed what he was up to. “Mister, that dog is never going to pass out. His species was bred in a hotter climate than this one. He can keep that up all day.”

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The author stood there a few seconds more, then went on his way. The next time he passed by the car, some time later, the dog was still barking away.