December 1st, 2003



The Top 9 Ways Your
Pet Prepares for Winter


9> Puts white leash in storage after Labor Day.

8> Quits ferreting the remote and keys under the couch, starts gathering lots and lots of socks.

7> Upgrades his daily catnap from 20 hours to 22 hours.

6> All that exercise-wheel-generated electricity now runs a small baseboard heater.

5> Buys a wool shell to go over his turtle neck.

4> Your St. Bernard has the usual keg around his neck and several hip flasks tucked away in his thermal sweater.

3> Cuddles up real close to that other budgie that lives in the mirror.

2> Apparently, yakking up even larger furballs is part of the routine.

and the Number 1 Way Your Pet Prepares for Winter…

1> Changes the antifreeze in his car, puts up the storm windows, licks his testicles.




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Credits:

Selected from 31 submissions from 12 contributors.
Today’s Top5 Pets List authors are:

Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 1 (4th #1)
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — 2, Runner Up list name
Marlene K. Goodman, Wheeling, IL — 3, 5
Judy Goodman, Wilmette, IL — 4
Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD — 6
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 7, Topic
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 8
Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA — 9
Virgil Steigerwald, Cleveland, OH — Banner Tag
Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA — List Vet