“I have decided I do not want a Veiled Chameleon anymore. I would like a Jesus Christ Lizard instead.” – Peter
He has been talking about this chameleon for MONTHS. So I ask him why he changed his mind. I also added the appendage to the question, “When your wife agrees one day.” This is how I now answer pet requests. “Sure, you can buy a ball python, as long as your wife agrees one day.”
Don’t judge. I spend every day making them put things back outside that they “rescued” from the pond.
His reply, “I want a Jesus Christ Lizard because they walk on water.”
I answer, “That’s cool.”
(Photo courtesy of Strange Animals)
He adds, “Besides, you wouldn’t let me have the chameleon because it is a hundred dollars and if Jesus Christ dies he was only thirty-five bucks.
I don’t need a “wing man” I need an assistant to spend the day reasoning with three little boys why we don’t live in a zoo. Oh, and to wash their turtle hands and check them for leaches…
Ok folks, this is a boy thing right? Please tell me this is normal or else I am going to have to buy them a pet store one day with their college money.
– Abbie, All that makes you… allthatmakesyou.com
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I love how you answer pet requests.
Sorry to tell you this: My son never outgrew his passion for reptiles.
I dont think he will outgrow it. He had a salamander he dug up today. Ugh….
Brilliant! Somewhere out there is a little fella hearing the same thing from his mom, and when he charms my Anna enough to marry him she’ll agree to the ball python, a gorilla or two, and a whale because she loves animals so much. It’ll happen.
Ahhhhh, but this is how God has figured things out. The two rarely get together which keeps poor animals in their normal habitat. I keep telling them critters don’t want to live with us. His birthday is coming up and all he says is that ALL he wants is a new pet, (that I will have to take care of.)