tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post8827709517217555235..comments2024-03-29T05:19:36.748+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: The Rodents, and a Lost PineappleSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-55446982420421277752017-12-25T06:10:39.960+00:002017-12-25T06:10:39.960+00:00YP: You should have been a TV producer! You've...YP: You should have been a TV producer! You've started a successful contest here on my comments page!<br /><br />Ms Moon: Yes, Mrs. Kravitz has a young daughter. I assume the guinea pigs are really hers. I thought the same thing about the fruit until I read Dana's comment below -- I think she might be onto something!<br /><br />Red: I actually DO like them, though they're not very interactive pets. They just stay in their cage and look cute.<br /><br />Ellen: I was surprised too, but I actually don't mind. It's probably good to have an opportunity to be nice to her -- as I said, maybe it will win me neighbor points.<br /><br />Briony: Aren't they cute? I don't let them out because of Olga. I don't know whether they ever get out, even at Mrs K's house. They don't seem to mind, though.<br /><br />Robin: Interesting -- so they're basically Andean rabbits! I wonder how they came to be called "guinea pig"?<br /><br />Sharon: Yes, she does have a young daughter. I guess some kind of wildlife will eat that fruit!<br /><br />Catalyst: Nice try, but no!<br /><br />37P: What can I say. Life takes us to strange places sometimes. :)<br /><br />E: I do talk to them, but I don't pet them. I don't want to freak them out.<br /><br />Bug: Yes! YES! I think you may be right about the fruit. I never even thought of that, but it would make sense. Some kind of pagan winter offering. In that case, I feel better -- like it served some purpose and wasn't just thrown out.<br /><br />Vivian: It WAS a surreal thing to find. Harry and Megan! I'm going to tell Mrs. K she should change their names to those. :)<br /><br />Jenny-O: Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you too!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-59436925187860855412017-12-24T23:59:40.895+00:002017-12-24T23:59:40.895+00:00Those are cute guinea pigs! The only one I ever sa...Those are cute guinea pigs! The only one I ever saw in person was ancient and I think partly paralyzed. Which is really heartbreaking now that I think about it. I wasn't very old at the time. Let us pray that Olga retains her lack of interest in them :)<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all the critters in your house, you and Dave included!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-76889618284043810312017-12-24T20:16:46.700+00:002017-12-24T20:16:46.700+00:00They are Harry and Megan. Mrs. Kravitz is way ahea...They are Harry and Megan. Mrs. Kravitz is way ahead of the curve. <br /><br />I could think about that pineapple all day. It's rather magical, to find one all on its own in a London park. <br /><br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990041745880166605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-73346473373535306642017-12-24T18:14:26.678+00:002017-12-24T18:14:26.678+00:00Well, the fruit is obviously some sort of solstice...Well, the fruit is obviously some sort of solstice offering, don’t you think? Maybe to the Green Man?<br /><br />Dave Kellett, who writes the Sheldon comic strips, does this series of strips called The Anatomy of... various critters. Hilarious (he recently compiled them into a book which I’m giving to my dad for Christmas). Of course he has one for guinea pigs: http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/170524.html. The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-48045262419950565922017-12-24T17:46:04.978+00:002017-12-24T17:46:04.978+00:00Wow, that is such a waste...the guinea pigs are cu...Wow, that is such a waste...the guinea pigs are cute. do you pet and talk to them? Enjoy tomorrow.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17569140756184707982017-12-24T17:32:52.145+00:002017-12-24T17:32:52.145+00:00You’re guinea pig sitting for Mrs Kravitz???You’re guinea pig sitting for Mrs Kravitz???37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-54589660454165661432017-12-24T17:05:40.014+00:002017-12-24T17:05:40.014+00:00Honey and Monkey? Wait. How about Harry and Mary...Honey and Monkey? Wait. How about Harry and Mary?Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-778508116968030582017-12-24T16:55:52.368+00:002017-12-24T16:55:52.368+00:00I was kind of thinking along the lines of Ms. Moon...I was kind of thinking along the lines of Ms. Moon. It does seem like an unusual pet to me unless there are children involved. They are cute little critters. As for the fruit under the tree, how odd.....and wasteful. Hopefully, some animal or maybe even some human got to enjoy them.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-73442253879274301882017-12-24T15:54:46.970+00:002017-12-24T15:54:46.970+00:00Makes me wonder why people started to keep guinea ...Makes me wonder why people started to keep guinea pigs in the first place. It's true that they're adorable, but now I'm going to have google around to find out. Okay, I'm back. Five thousand years ago in the Andes they were domesticated as a food source. Wow, I had no idea. They are quite cute and cuddly looking. I hope someone/thing hungry found that fruit and had a feast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17276571200719521012017-12-24T15:38:24.344+00:002017-12-24T15:38:24.344+00:00omg, they are so beautiful, the guinea pigs that i...omg, they are so beautiful, the guinea pigs that is, not the fruit. lol<br />Do you let them out of the cage? I always hate seeing any kind of animal caged all of the time.<br />Enjoy your hols and look forward to more interesting posts from you in 2018<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2224813515067392912017-12-24T15:12:42.174+00:002017-12-24T15:12:42.174+00:00unbelievable that your neighbor asked you to care ...unbelievable that your neighbor asked you to care for their guinea pigs! she doesn't have family or the daughter friends to park them at? ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-59242869812410236692017-12-24T15:10:45.093+00:002017-12-24T15:10:45.093+00:00I predict you're gonna like these little critt...I predict you're gonna like these little critters.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-36884572182040816612017-12-24T14:12:55.526+00:002017-12-24T14:12:55.526+00:00I just find it so interesting that Mrs. Kravitz ha...I just find it so interesting that Mrs. Kravitz has guinea pigs as pets. Does she have children? <br />And the lost fruit- well. Probably someone was going off for the holiday and left them there as they thought they would spoil before they got back. <br />Maybe? <br />Oh, who knows?<br />What a wacky world. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-77025728007996815292017-12-24T10:22:57.660+00:002017-12-24T10:22:57.660+00:00IT'S "THE CHRISTMAS GUINEA PIG NAME GUESS...IT'S "THE CHRISTMAS GUINEA PIG NAME GUESSING GAME" brought to you by your host Steeeeeeve Reeeeed! (Cue wild applause and incidental music).<br />STEVE Without further ado, let's have our first contestant up on stage. Your name?<br />YORKSHIRE PUDDING Yorkshire Pudding.<br />STEVE And your guesses?<br />YORKSHIRE PUDDING Errr... I have had several ideas but in the end I am plumping for Harlot and Mike Pence. (Cue canned laughter).<br />Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com