Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
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> On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:59:16 +0100, C. ten Broeke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> >I have no emotional objections to eating cute little gerbils or a tasty
> >hamster, it is just that you can't buy them here.
>
> As a former keeper of several generations of beloved hamsters I would like
> to strongly raise my objections here.
> Please stick to dogs and cats and other pets.
>
> Or rats.
Check out the classic novel "King Rat". A really great book.