१४ मार्च, २०१३

"The moment that hamster was handed off to a screaming girl in a harsh, frenzied environment was likely the moment it gazed at the short path to its doom."

Predicted doom met.

५३ टिप्पण्या:

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

I would have thought a gerbil.

Mr. Colby म्हणाले...

So... this isn't the daily Gatsby quote?

अनामित म्हणाले...

I thought Bieber WAS the hamster.

SteveR म्हणाले...

Cats have the same effect on hamsters.

robinintn म्हणाले...

Isn't the purpose of hamsters to teach young children about death?

Revenant म्हणाले...

I love that sentence.

William म्हणाले...

Bieber gets mocked more than the Pope.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

He gets an eternal wheel.

Oso Negro म्हणाले...

It is a crackerjack sentence, but you could substitute in damn near any creature that walks the earth as the subject. Example - "The moment that neonate was handed off to a screaming girl in a harsh, frenzied environment was likely the moment it gazed at the short path to its doom."

Nomennovum म्हणाले...

Is the hamster in this tale a metaphor for a bridegroom?

Nonapod म्हणाले...

Animal rights group The California Hamster Association

Is that made up? I can't believe that's a thing.

Nomennovum म्हणाले...

Beiber really needs to be cut some slack. He's only a kid (albeit Canadian).

What sickens me about his treatment (in the media and in the web) is this piling-on. People smell blood and then go in for the kill. Humans are worse than sharks.

This simple fact fact that so many people that I can't stand can't stand Beiber makes me sympathetic to the guy.

Rob म्हणाले...

Richard Gere was unavailable for comment.

Amartel म्हणाले...

I thought this would be a follow up post to the one a few days ago about the disabled Grand Valley Community College student and her mental security hamster.

Jed Sorokin-Altmann म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Jed Sorokin-Altmann म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

The moment... was the moment...

Do you like that kind of sentence structure?

It has a comic feel that I don't think the speaker intended.

Jed Sorokin-Altmann म्हणाले...

Argh. My apologies for the double post.

The press coverage seems remarkably unfair to Tori McClure, the 18-year-old woman Justin Bieber handed the hamster to. If the hamster passed away from chronic renal failure, this was not Ms. McClure's fault. When the hamster started losing its hair, she brought him to a veterinarian. She didn't ignore the symptoms, or think vets were too expensive, she did the responsible thing.

Pets die. No matter how much you love them, and no matter how much care you take, unless your pet is a tortoise, odds are high you'll outlive your pet.

अनामित म्हणाले...

The California Hamster Association has a website, at least.

When I'm not adult babying, the CHA is where I'm at.

Too many hamsters are trod underfoot, eaten by cats, or led by teens to their doom.

Rights for hamsterkind!

tim maguire म्हणाले...

I don't understand this article. It's a joke, right? His "beloved" hamster, the one he gave away to a stranger in a parking lot died several months later.

How long are they supposed to live, anyway?

JAL म्हणाले...

Hamsters have remarkably short life spans even in the best of circumstances.

JAL म्हणाले...

I've done CPR on two.

Crunchy Frog म्हणाले...

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

JAL म्हणाले...

Didn't DBQ do CPR on a hamster also? Or am I confusing her with another commenter.

I know the mom in Jersey State (or whatever that truly weird movie was) did.

JAL म्हणाले...

"Garden State" -- (the movie) sorry.

Same difference.

JAL म्हणाले...

What is it about celebrityhood that makes people creepy?

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Beiber seems to be the eternal child that is sexual symbol in a male form instead of a Gigi female form.

Heck with the Romans; the Greeks are back.

edutcher म्हणाले...

He looked up and said, "Ave Imperatore, te morituri salutamus".

Revenant म्हणाले...

Justin Bieber's music is pretty good if you slow it down to 1/8 speed.

I'm serious -- look it up on YouTube.

Rabel म्हणाले...

Q. How do you say hamster in Equadorian?

A. Hors d'oeuvre.

If you had a hamster, would you hamster in the morning? In the evening? All over this land?

KJE म्हणाले...

Girls' rationalization hamster allows real hamster to die?

Hamsterbation!

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Why are there no football teams named "the Hamsters?" We have a Badgers Team name.

Last year one of the Badgers cutely named Montee was beaten while scurrying across campus.

Baron Zemo म्हणाले...

You want to see a hamster freak out?

Whisper two words to him.

Richard Gere.

Or one word.

Titus.

Baron Zemo म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Oso Negro म्हणाले...

Oh Ann, it is indeed redundant and unintentionally comic. But can't you take simple pleasure in the image of a hamster gazing at its short path to doom?

KCFleming म्हणाले...

Hamster, we hardly knew ye.

Unknown म्हणाले...

At it's very best a hamster's life is just a short path to doom. This one got to have a brush with greatness. Lucky hamster.

rcommal म्हणाले...

I'm put in mind of that Brady Brunch episode where--Marcia, was it?--said she'd never wash her--face, was it?--again. Or something like that. It's all getting so vague, so misty, so that was so back there and then. Whatever. Surely you know what I mean.

Rabel म्हणाले...

Please don't hate me, but - Memories

अनामित म्हणाले...

Naked Hamster Robot says:

People Big. Some Scary. Forget to Food Me Sometimes. Food.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Wheel. Must run on Wheel. The smell of cedar shavings. Food.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Push ball in Tube with tongue. Get water. Water comes down. Water always there. Mostly. Not always Food.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Big People pick me up, make squeaky noises with their mouth. I do not understand.

अनामित म्हणाले...

I poop in their Hand. They laugh. Want cage. Want back in cage.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Do not put me on Table. I run, People put Hand in way. Once, twice, more.

Hand smells of Cat.

Put me in Cage.

अनामित म्हणाले...

They hold Cat up. Cat squirms. Cat Looks at me. Paw twitches.

Want cage now. Want back in cage. Now.

अनामित म्हणाले...

This is Not Fun. I do not understand Fun. I understand Wheel. I understand Food. Wheel and Food is both in Cage.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Each Day are the Little Terrors. Loud noises. Cat swatting at Cage. Light on, Light Off. Pulled out of Cage when Not wanting out of Cage. No Sense. When will Food Come.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Do Not Bite the Big People, no matter What They Do. High in air. No Control.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Outside Dog barks. Will they Let Dog inside? I wait.

rcommal म्हणाले...

betamax3000:

You ought to look up Ken Nordine. (If you're not already familiar with him, of course.)

Michael K म्हणाले...

My oldest daughter had a hamster named "Happy." One morning when she was about 9, she was very upset. The dog, a weimariner, had licked Happy to death. No wounds, just slobber.

She was very traumatized. I can tell because she became a lawyer.

Anga2010 म्हणाले...

It's vermin. Good riddance.