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Boring pets

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  • 31-12-2014 8:10pm
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    KKkitty
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    I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?


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    beertons
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    Get some more fish. It's probably lonely.


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    Sheep Lover
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    Put a ring of fire in the tank and watch the fish jump through it


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    AdFundum
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    Rocks


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    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    beertons wrote: »
    Get some more fish. It's probably lonely.

    Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.


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    syklops
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    Cats. Its all me me me.


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    dmc17
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

    Go in and swim around with them. They probably think you're boring too!


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    The Peanut
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    I've a gimp in the cellar. Seems to recoil everytime I visit.


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    AdFundum
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

    For me, the fascination with fish is the creation of a miniature Eco system. it's like permaculture in a glass tank.


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    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    dmc17 wrote: »
    Go in and swim around with them. They probably think you're boring too!

    I'd need a slightly bigger tank for that to happen haha.


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    DVDM93
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    I wonder do the majority of people buy 'boring pets' like fish to function as a home decoration or something you can love and look after like a dog. Genuine question.


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    beertons
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    You need a piranha. You'll see them dance then.


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    Talib Fiasco
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    A foreign wife


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    _Brian
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

    Surely they have fulfilled your expectations?
    Or what did you think they would do.

    We have
    2 goldfish - greedy and goldy, not so exciting.
    4 chickens - kids love them and we get eggs 9 months if the year.
    2 pigs - interesting creatures, fun to feed, kids named then rasher and sausage, to be killed and in the freezer in Feb.


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    longshanks
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    syklops wrote: »
    Cats. Its all me me me.

    That's because cats are bastards. All of them.


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    omen80
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    What a stupid thread. Complaining about your boring pets?

    You're boring.


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    WoollyRedHat
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    Have about 10 in the tank now. Apart from feeding and cleaning out the tank there's no other real interaction with them. It's not like you can take them out and play with them.

    I don't think you're trying hard enough. Dress up as one and throw yourself in the tank with them, try to get to really know them, understand their culture ya know.


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    My brother kept a snail when he was a kid.
    A right boring bastard of a pet.


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    The Peanut
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    We've fish, cats, dogs, a pony, 2 sheep and a cow. Fish are relatively boring but good for teaching kids the responsibility of having a pet.

    And they're easily replaceable....


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    First Up
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    syklops wrote: »
    Cats. Its all me me me.

    The dullest cat is more interesting than most people.


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    DeJa VooDoo
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    KKkitty wrote: »
    I have fish in a tank and find them boring enough. What other pets can be deemed as boring?

    Drain all the water out and it gets interesting....for a minute or two.....


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    KKkitty
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    My kids wanted them so we got them. Wasn't sure what to expect from them to be honest. Had a catfish in the tank and it was amazing to see that cleaning around the tank.


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    syklops
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    I had a terrapin for about 10 years. Some people thought her to be boring, but to me she was fascinating. Its a very subjective thing. Fish can be interesting or dull depending on which fish you have.


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    First Up
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    The Peanut wrote: »
    We've fish, cats, dogs, a pony, 2 sheep and a cow. Fish are relatively boring but good for teaching kids the responsibility of having a pet.

    And they're easily replaceable....

    You think so? I find replacing kids to be bloody expensive and time consuming.


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    syklops
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    First Up wrote: »
    The dullest cat is more interesting than most people.

    Look everyone! Its a cat person!


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    First Up
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    Dead parrots are boring, unless they feature in a Monty Python sketch.


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    calanus
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    I loooove my brick!


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    I would consider snakes and spiders boring but each to their own


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    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Anything from the taxidermist....


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    Karl Stein
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    longshanks wrote: »
    That's because cats are bastards. All of them.

    They can be but they can also be loveable, charming, and funny. Cats make great pets which is why they are the world's most popular pet.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Cats aren't pets.

    Cats have pets.

    And they find them boring.


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