Originally posted by Packoderm
OK, back to the subject at hand. We know it is the Xmas season, and the Pet Rock may seem like a tempting gift for a friend or loved one. But remember
that these pets required long term care, and that of the many Pet Rocks that were adopted during the past several decades, many, many of these once
cherished pets are still around and, tragically, are now delegated to confinement in their boxes placed in a lower dresser drawer somewhere. Before
you place yet another one of these would-be adoptees under someone's care, do contemplate their ultimate fate. The best course of action would be to
query all your friends, acquaintances and coworkers if they have adopted a Pet Rock in the distant past, and if they would please consider allowing it
to be placed under someone else's care if the Pet Rock is no longer a prominent part of the family. Like Mohandas Gandhi once said, to paraphrase,
"You can judge a society by the way it treats its animals." And I believe that Pet Rocks fit into this equation. One last thing I would like to add:
Although it may add an exotic air, I would refrain from taking wild rocks from the Baja California wilderness. They are better off left in their
native habitat, and we have so many neglected ones here at home. |