Klarinet Archive - Posting 000262.txt from 2003/04

From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] floor hamsters-was Oops!!
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:33:19 -0400

Natalie Visage wrote:
> Now I know what a hamster is. It's a little rat-type thing only smaller
> and cuter (though this doesn't seem to be the case for Rebecca). The
> thing I don't get is why is this specifically called a "floor" hamster?
> Are there many *flying* hamsters where you come from Rebecca?

I'm not sure about flying hamsters but here in Atlanta some of us
refer to the urban varieties of pigeons "rats with wings."
BTW: Outside of Mexico City, Atlanta is said to have the largest
metropolitan population of rats in North America, though that number was
somewhat reduced with the last city elections.

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