Hamster in High Impact Collision
Not Richard Hammond star of BBC2's Top Gear but a REAL hamster, who we shall call Dinky (for that was it's name).

In the mid 90s my friend Clare had a hamster called Dinky. She adored the little thing, letting it run free (i.e. shit and piss) on her bed, bought it a shed load of accessories and spoke to it using infuriating baby talk.

However after yet another afternoon of being stroked and manhandled Dinky decided it'd had enough and demonstrated the fact by biting Clare hard on the finger. Feeling the needle teeth, she pulled her hand away as fast as possible dragging the hamster through the air in a wide arc.

It was at this point Dinky decided that quite unlike the Top Gear presenter, speed was not it's favourite thing in the world and let go.

Who knows what was going through Dinky's mind as he soared through the air, out of Clare's bedroom door. I wonder what it thought of the sensation of freefalling down the flight of stairs outside her room? I hope I never experience the sickening thud of fuzzy pet hitting solid wall.

It survived, but not for long. Two days later, after shuddering and lying in it's cage for 48 hours, presumably haemmoraging furiously, Dinky died.

This didn't discourage Clare who since this episode has owned another hamster (now deceased in a less horrific manner), a rabbit and a puppy. I hear that the dog is her new surrogate child, and she has already bought it a bagful of colour co-ordinated accessories (matching her car interior) that travel with her like a baby's nappy bag.

I'm hoping for a better outcome for this pet.
( e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 13:07, Reply)