Tuesday, February 05, 2008
SHELLSHOCK
Due to the increasingly mild winters, tortoises are having difficulties getting into the mood for hibernation, according to the esteemed Metro.The solution to this problem, apparently, is to stick them in a fridge.
People of my generation were brought up to believe that tortoises should spend about eight months a year in a cardboard box full of straw. This was due to the Blue Peter presenters' treatment of transgender pet Fred/Freda.
Face it, tortoises are not really the most charismatic of animals, are they? I think my cousin's pet, though, may have been the exception to the rule.
He went missing for about two days ...
... only to be found a couple of miles away from my cousin's house, having walked uphill over some fields.
He was waiting at a bus stop.
I bet he'd got it all planned: the bus from the Midlands village to Walsall; a connecting bus to Birmingham and a train to Euston.
Small town life isn't for everybody, after all.
Labels: Blue Peter, shellshock, the streets of London are paved with gold (not), tortoises, transgender pets
