Pigs and coincidences
There are times when I wonder about coincidences.
I couple of days ago, for no reason at all, I began to think about our guinea pigs. Our K8 looked after them while we were on holiday in June, and I sort of, kind of forgot to collect them again. So she has been happily looking after them ever since.
Shortly after that, I got a comment on one of my musings from Sighs, of Guinea Pig Sighs fame. I hadn't heard from him in a while which saddened me as I like guinea pigs with attitude, and I like having a guinea pig commenting on my site.
I thought it was a strange piece of coincidence that Sighs should comment on the very morning I had been thinking about our wee rodents, but dismissed it as just that. Coincidence.
Later on that afternoon, I had a phonecall from our K8. As usual, she wanted to borrow something and said se was calling over. I said that was fine, as I wasn't doing much anyway. She then coughed quietly and asked if she could hold a funeral in the garden. Somehow, I knew what was coming next.
Poor wee Fizz kicked the bucket that morning.
Our garden is becoming quite a respectable graveyard. There are dogs, a cat and a rabbit buried there, and now a guinea pig has joined them. It was a moving funeral. Our Puppychild did a rather sweet oration at the graveside and then went off and played in a tree house I had built her. Kids are fierce resilient.
I'll miss Fizz. Of the two, she was probably my favourite.
Sleep well, little Fizz
As long as you bury the dead tourists in a different graveyard. (You still have the W quote up.)
Aw for fuck’s sake, TT. You don’t honestly think I bury tourists here? They go in the landfill where they belong. And W’s quote stays so long as the Big BO carries on the war against tourism.
What is Big BO ?
Can i suggest you mourn Fizz in the traditional way, down the pub with pint in hand. You know its what she would have wanted!!
Those damn rats were no good for carrying cameras or microphones.
Fizz? What kind of name is that? Fuzz would have made more sense or maybe Ratnick.
Human beings are the most remarkable of living things. We can get sentimental over a rodent. Sad for your loss, pets are always more to their owners than just animals, says more about us than about them.
TT – The Big BO = your president!
BelfastTaxiDriver – I raised a few good glasses of the best Irish to her, last night. Went down a treat!
TheCia – I think her name was originally Fuzz but I started calling her Fizz by mistake. She seemed to approve, so the name stuck. And shoving a camera up a guinea pig’s arse isn’t very clever!
Heretic – Frankly I would get more sentimental over a rodent than the majority of humans. At least you know where you stand with rodents.
Ah poor little dude. 🙁
Guess I better be careful about who I contact from now on – I is cursed ah! Hmm – then again – who can I contact next, heh.
(BTW rodent?? WTF? Yeah, like being some farty primate is anything to blab about)