On March 20th my faithful pet hamster expired with the winter. We had some fun together but perhaps I didn’t spend enough time with him. Did he care? Did he long for a better friend? Did he ever know true happiness? Is anyone in the market for a hamster cage?
My Creative Year
This could kill me.
March 23, 2009 at 7:13 am
Sincere condolences Graham – it`s funny how attached one can become to these furry little critturs. My sister was mad on animals, and had a guinea pig which lived in a hutch just outside the kitchen door. My mother used to give it pieces of lettuce as a treat, and although it had never been inside the house, much less seen a refrigerator, EVERY TIME it heard the fridge door open it used to squeal in anticipation!! A friend of mine had a cat who, every time he heard the microwave “ping” used to go and sit underneath it, staring up at it in the belief that it was in fact a fish-producing machine!!! Yes – pets can be great fun. Don`t sell the cage – get another hamster!!!!!
March 23, 2009 at 7:21 am
PS There`s an internet site about hamsters called “Harry Nibble” – have you seen it? The weird thing is that my grandfather and great-uncle were real Hampshire “characters”, and every time something went wrong, or went missing, when I was a boy, the cry went up: “That was old `Arry Nibble, my zun!!” Does this ring any bells with other readers, or was it just their own invention – I`d love to know!!!
March 23, 2009 at 9:40 am
Is that the poor little fellow on the table in the background of 173? So sad when a pet dies.
March 23, 2009 at 9:53 am
Bottom right is an interesting choice !
March 23, 2009 at 10:17 am
Will it be a double funeral with Jade Goody, I wonder? I can just see his little coffin perched on top of hers – “Cookie RIP”!!
By the way, there were some great headlines over the weekend:
“Gordon Brown leads tributes to Jade Goody” – so she was a leading diplomat and political figure then?
“Jade`s family say she will have the farewell she wanted” – no, the farewell she DIDN`T want, I think!!!
Personally, I`m now sick of the sight of the woman.
March 23, 2009 at 10:21 am
PS Are you quite sure he didn`t just expire from old age, Graham? I believe they only live for about three years!!
March 23, 2009 at 10:35 am
PPS Get in touch with OK Magazine pronto Graham. They`ve already done their “Jade Goody Memorial” edition, so they`ll be a bit stuck. “”Cookie – In Memoriam”: “The Cookie Only I Knew by Graham Nunn”. You could make millions!!!
March 23, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your dear Cookie. I lost my pet guinea pig a few months back and he only got to live for a year. Really miss him so much. Cookie looks so adorable in the photos. I got a pet mouse named Cookie too:)
March 23, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Sincerest condolences, Graham. I’d try and console you with tales of Hamster heaven, but given all the evangelical, evangelistic-Atheists
that frequent your blog, I’m probably best advised not to… :p
March 23, 2009 at 7:15 pm
TRAGIC HAMSTER DIES IN LONELY CAGE.
CONDEMNED TO WORK CRUEL TREADMILL 24 HOURS A DAY.
Police quiz owner – Gay/sex-change/illegal immigrant/left-wing/anti-royalist/atheist/Scottish/Polish/benefits scrounger/weirdo/loner/etc.
Role of internet probed. Possible links to BNP/Al Qaeda/Football Violence/Old Mother Reilly.
Cameron calls for public enquiry. How could it happen? How did social workers miss tell-tale signs? Lessons to be learned…must never happen again…heads must roll…blah!blah!blah!
March 23, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I’m sorry Graham. I know you looked after him well and I’m sure he appreciated it, even if he could never tell you.
March 23, 2009 at 10:46 pm
barriejohn, have you ever considered selling your surplus energy to the National Grid?
Matt – yes, that was him. I don’t recall seeing him in the meantime so he might have been dead when that photo was taken, unbeknownst to me. (I found him curled up in his little house when I went to clean out his cage.)
Rob – hmm, in retrospect it does bring the tribute down a little bit doesn’t it?
chariot13, thank you very much. Your pets are lucky to have such a caring owner.
Hadleigh – hamster heaven for Cookie would have been a jumbo bag of monkey nuts. Many times I had to turn up the TV to drown out his de-shelling.
Ariane, I’d like to think so.
March 23, 2009 at 11:55 pm
You should feel flattered Graham – after all, it IS supposed to be a “creative” blog!!
March 24, 2009 at 7:52 pm
As hamsters go, he looks like a good ‘un.
March 26, 2009 at 5:49 pm
My youngest daughter has a hamster, but she can’t wait for it to be “used up”, so that she can bury it and spend more time with the new family puppy.