Ever been had ?

For her birthday Catrin decided she wanted a guinea-pig. Her birthday is in February.

We had asked some friends who have guinea-pigs if they could produce some offspring for us, but these things don't always happen to order, so Pat made enquiries to find a decent pet-shop last week.

So I wasn't that surprised on Thursday when Pat told me that she and Catrin had been to see the piggies.

I was perhaps a little more surprised when on Friday they scuttled off to get the black piggie they had fallen in love with, plus a companion. So now Rose and Daisy have come to stay in the cochonnerie.

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Anonymous said…
I hope, for your sakes, that they don't turn out to be Bert and Daisy! (Now that pair of names takes me back a few years to the days of steam radio; were 'Bert and Daisy' part of an Elsie and Doris Waters sketch?)
1:46 pm
Anonymous said…
Hmmm.... Do I detect an element of prophecy........??? (By the way, our son has recently bought a 'dobrador', (doberman/labrador cross - though despite being 'cross', he's very even tempered - follow the logic in that if you can). The only reason that I impart that gem is that his name is Bert, though he does answer to 'Squirt'. We have the dubious privilege of grand-dog sitting him on work days.

There you are, that's today's thoroughly useless bit of information!
10:23 pm
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