The Buckets by Greg Cravens for May 30, 2020

The joys of aquarium maintenance.

All the matter is still there, just the energy has been used.

Um… You have to clean the fish tank too. You can’t use fresh tap water either. My sister found out the hard way. Cleaned the tank and replaced the water with fresh tap water and killed all but one guppy. Luckily the guppy was pregnant and repopulated the tank.

Our family went through many, many “pocket pets” and the house ends up smelling of piddle, or fresh wood shavings (alternately.)

At least the toilet can substitute for a burial plot, and you can visit it every day to pay your respects.

Toby said “go potty” speaking with his brother? Unless Mom was listening I might have expected more colloquial language.

Read, young geniuses, if you’re able:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone_Poops

fish pee and poop!

Or supermodels

City kids.. so much to learn

And if you keep them in a “huge plastic box”, instead of a metal cage or a glass terrarium with a metal cover, then they will chew a hole and get loose in your house. The pet stores don’t tell you that while they are trying to sell you the really cute and really expensive plastic “habitats.”