kinda cruel but accidental :)When I was about 12 I had a hamster. When we cleaned its cage out we used to let it run around the room and explore, then recapture it and return it to the clean and sweet smelling cage. While it was out it used to love to get into the underside of the sofa and climb up the wooden framework, and have a good chew on it.
It's unfortunate demise was brought about one day when we lifted the sofa to retrieve it, but couldn't see or hear the hamster in his usual hideout. So we replaced the sofa and hunted elsewhere. When we couldn't find it we decided to try the sofa again. On lifting it, we discovered that hammy HAD been in there the first time, and tried to run out into the open at the very moment we had dropped the sofa back onto the carpet. The timing was very unfortunate, as it had become trapped under the front edge of the sofa, and on our second look under the sofa we discovered it, pretty flat and sadly no longer with us.
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Wed 15 Oct 2003, 12:03,
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It's unfortunate demise was brought about one day when we lifted the sofa to retrieve it, but couldn't see or hear the hamster in his usual hideout. So we replaced the sofa and hunted elsewhere. When we couldn't find it we decided to try the sofa again. On lifting it, we discovered that hammy HAD been in there the first time, and tried to run out into the open at the very moment we had dropped the sofa back onto the carpet. The timing was very unfortunate, as it had become trapped under the front edge of the sofa, and on our second look under the sofa we discovered it, pretty flat and sadly no longer with us.
another hamster story...seems like a have a few. way back my friend tara had a trampoline, with which we abused ourselves.and hamsters. she had two of them, and we used to spend the afternoons plaing catch with them, using baseball gloves.then we would hit the trampoline. with the hamsters. we would place them in the center and double bounce then many feet into the air. one day i had a bright idea - i would jump off the roof, onto the trampoline, and double bounce the little dude into orbit. sounded like a good plan. too good. i jumped off the roof, and bounced the bugger about 20 feet into the air. problem was when he came down, he missed the tramp, and hurtled to the ground below. poor little guy was alive but we paralysed him. all we could do was watch him lay there like a mongoloid and force feed him. i am going to hell.
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