I blame the rats

[lerah99]

So, my roommate (who is the best roommate ever in just about every way) has one downfall.

9 rats.

Let me write that again. 
My roommate has 9 rats.

Guess who just caught the plague? That's right. Me.

I blame the rats.

My doctor insists it was just the flu, but I know better. At any moment giant black lumps are going to appear and it will be the

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[wikdsushi]

EEE! Ratsies! =) All the cute little whiskers and noses and ears and toes! EEEE!

What? I like rats.

[lerah99]

You should see them all piled on top of eachother in the hammock.

Little noses poking out of a pile of fur.

They are almost cute like that.

Well as cute as plague carrying vermin can be in any case.

[veryaquarius]

I love it when they all pile up like that! Hee

[lerah99]

You are a cold, calculating man.
It is a good plan, but the rats reproduce too quickly.

As soon as I brought the snake home, my roommate would fill the apartment with rats.

Soon there would be 27 of the beady-eyed creatures ploting thier revenge before the snake would be big enough to put up a fight.

[lerah99]

Well, I guess if guinea pig can be considered a ceremonial feasting food in Peru and Bolivia, someone must like to eat rats.

Just not me. I've never been a fan of Kentucky Fried Rat.

[thejonnabug]

:P My rats rock!!

and I only have 8 rats :D

[lerah99]

I would like to revisit your sentence:
I only have 8 rats

Once again with added emphasis
I only have 8 rats

For the vast majority of the world, there is no ONLY when it comes to 8 rats.

Most people, seeing 8 rats in their apartment, start looking in the phone book under pest control.

I can see it now. We are going to be little old ladies on the front porch in rockers yelling at kids to stay off our lawn. All the while hundreds of rats will be running wild in the house. Instead of being the crazy cat ladies, we'll be the crazy rat ladies.

[lerah99]

I don't know. If I'm lucky Loki may take me out before I have the chance to become a crazy rat lady.

If ever there was a cat up to the task of felling it's owner like lion taking down a water buffalo, it's Loki.

[athairn]

Plague was caused by the fleas...not the rats.

[lerah99]

Actually the plague was caused by the bacteria carried by the fleas, carried by the rats.

That just goes to show how well organized the rats are.

They had a plan and they wiped out 1/3 of Europe using our own supply lines and trade routes against us.

I have not forgotten nor forgiven this attempt to wipe out the human race by the rats. Screw the "Burning Times". Never Forget the Black Death!

[athairn]

but but but....they're sooooo cute! LOL.

[dayity]

Point the First: My household also has someone with a plethora of Rats. Thing is, I think they're just so darn cute.

Point the Second: You should thank the rats (or the flu, as it were) since they saved you from Los Angeles (worse than rats, imo).

Point the Third: Ignore everyone's suggestions on getting rid of them. Rats are one of the world's most successful and populpous species for a reason. They have already read your journal entry, and the responses, and have planned accordingly.

[veryaquarius]

and now mine have read it as well, and are planning support maneuvers. Lol.

Plethora is SO on of my favorite words ... I love my roomies. :o)

[lerah99]

LOL, I have this image of your rats in little WWII uniforms scurrying hither and yon with supplies and munitions.

[lerah99]

1) Thejonnabug can tell you that her rats are the cutest plague carrying vermin I've ever seen, but they are still plague carrying vermin.

2) Los Angeles would have been a hoot. My co-workers have already called me to tell me how plush the hotel it etc...

3) They didn't succeed in the dark ages and they won't succeed now. As long as I live they will continue to eek out a living in the dark places: the sewars, the cellars, the attics, the alleys...