Iambic Petameter
April 26, 2009 4:11 PM Subscribe
Holy shit, I LOVE THIS.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:16 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:16 PM on April 26, 2009
...and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of fuzz? Hamster delights not me—nor gerbil neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
posted by not_on_display at 4:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 4:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
Chan, the hamster in a wok is so much better to the tune of Yakety Sax.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
Is that you, Boot of the Beast?
Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole...
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:21 PM on April 26, 2009
Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole...
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 4:21 PM on April 26, 2009
Isn't this the same site as the dudes with iPhones? Except it's hamsters, and without iPhones?
posted by imperium at 4:25 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by imperium at 4:25 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
This would seem to be an oblique parody of Look At This Fucking Hipster.
posted by Ian A.T. at 4:26 PM on April 26, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by Ian A.T. at 4:26 PM on April 26, 2009 [7 favorites]
the second last picture looks like the hamster is holding up the cage door with all of his/her might .lol
posted by lithiummind at 4:26 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by lithiummind at 4:26 PM on April 26, 2009
And thereby hangs a tail.
posted by hal9k at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by hal9k at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
I refuse to take part in any hamster-themed websites where hamster isn't spelled with a "p."
posted by hifiparasol at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by hifiparasol at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009
This would seem to be an oblique parody of Look At This Fucking Hipster.
That blog reads like a circular for the douchebag emporium.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
That blog reads like a circular for the douchebag emporium.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 4:30 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 4:32 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 4:32 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
Is . . . is it wrong that I liked the titular link well enough, but am laughing like a fool at "Look at This Fucking Hipster"?
posted by Countess Elena at 4:52 PM on April 26, 2009 [5 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 4:52 PM on April 26, 2009 [5 favorites]
Pass the duct tape.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:54 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:54 PM on April 26, 2009
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination. - John Keats
posted by Joe Beese at 4:57 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by Joe Beese at 4:57 PM on April 26, 2009
Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:32 PM on April 26
you totally win for this one. took me about a
second to get the joke and that made it
even more brilliant :D
posted by liza at 5:12 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 7:32 PM on April 26
you totally win for this one. took me about a
second to get the joke and that made it
even more brilliant :D
posted by liza at 5:12 PM on April 26, 2009
Man. I love fuzzies of all types, and I always really want to just oxytocin out looking at these pix. HAYEVER, you know how they say there are things you "just can't unsee?" A hamster in the pet shop eating its pink baby shred by shred, gripping it with its cute little claw hands is apparently one of them.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:22 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:22 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
Anyone who thinks hamsters are cute has obviously never had a significant rodent problem.
It's pretty hard to see rodents as pets once you've had to exterminate them.
posted by Afroblanco at 6:01 PM on April 26, 2009
It's pretty hard to see rodents as pets once you've had to exterminate them.
posted by Afroblanco at 6:01 PM on April 26, 2009
I loathe hamsters due to school experiences. Every class I substitute taught in that had a hamster, had a hamster that was literally scared shitless of life.
Rats, on the other hand, seemed to love being in a classroom. They'd always be very curious, willing to explore while their cage was being cleaned.
It always surprises me that there are wild hamsters. I can not imagine how they manage to survive themselves.
posted by five fresh fish at 6:17 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
Rats, on the other hand, seemed to love being in a classroom. They'd always be very curious, willing to explore while their cage was being cleaned.
It always surprises me that there are wild hamsters. I can not imagine how they manage to survive themselves.
posted by five fresh fish at 6:17 PM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
I don't understand the point of keeping a furry animal that's too small to hug.
posted by chiraena at 6:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by chiraena at 6:19 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
I had two as a kid, both of them were sweethearts except for the whole shitting-and-pissing-in-my-hand thing. After the second one died, I spent a lot of time over at a friend's house because she and her sister had a few. I was toying with the idea of getting a third one, but settled for vicarious hamster ownership for a little while.
So I was over there after lunch and they had the hamsters out roaming on the bed. The older sister picked one up, held it aloft like Liberty's Torch, and did a pirouette of glee. Brought the fuzzball back down and gave it kisses.
Apparently this hamster didn't enjoy the 360-degree elevated view, because it sank its teeth into her bottom lip. She shrieked and tossed it onto the bed, where it sat licking the blood from its little twitchy muzzle. As a freaked-out kid, it's really easy to see the "I'm licking my paws in order to wash this gross stuff off my face" behaviour and interpret it as "DELISHUS BLOD! MORE! MUST HAVE MORE!!"
I had nightmares for a week and never got that third hamster.
posted by CKmtl at 6:24 PM on April 26, 2009 [13 favorites]
So I was over there after lunch and they had the hamsters out roaming on the bed. The older sister picked one up, held it aloft like Liberty's Torch, and did a pirouette of glee. Brought the fuzzball back down and gave it kisses.
Apparently this hamster didn't enjoy the 360-degree elevated view, because it sank its teeth into her bottom lip. She shrieked and tossed it onto the bed, where it sat licking the blood from its little twitchy muzzle. As a freaked-out kid, it's really easy to see the "I'm licking my paws in order to wash this gross stuff off my face" behaviour and interpret it as "DELISHUS BLOD! MORE! MUST HAVE MORE!!"
I had nightmares for a week and never got that third hamster.
posted by CKmtl at 6:24 PM on April 26, 2009 [13 favorites]
Cute prey animals with Shakespearean captions? It's like antithesis of Lolcats.
icanhavenemesis?
posted by quin at 6:39 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
icanhavenemesis?
posted by quin at 6:39 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
It always surprises me that there are wild hamsters.
I had no idea, until a friend described encountering one while on a hang gliding expedition.
Apparently, he was encroaching on this hamster's territory, or this hamster was just particularly crabby, because it stood up on its hind legs and charged, baring its little rodent teeth. My friend, startled and confused, ran, and the hamster chased after him. I imagine it was hissing, or making petulant squeaking noises, but I'm not sure.
So, yes. Wild hamsters. Not to be messed with.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:57 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
I had no idea, until a friend described encountering one while on a hang gliding expedition.
Apparently, he was encroaching on this hamster's territory, or this hamster was just particularly crabby, because it stood up on its hind legs and charged, baring its little rodent teeth. My friend, startled and confused, ran, and the hamster chased after him. I imagine it was hissing, or making petulant squeaking noises, but I'm not sure.
So, yes. Wild hamsters. Not to be messed with.
posted by louche mustachio at 6:57 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
“When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o’ th’ sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.”
posted by louche mustachio at 7:00 PM on April 26, 2009
A wave o’ th’ sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.”
posted by louche mustachio at 7:00 PM on April 26, 2009
It was the eldritch scurrying of those fiend-born rats, always questing for new horrors, and determined to lead me on even unto those grinning caverns of earth's centre where Nyarlathotep, the mad faceless god, howls blindly in the darkness to the piping of two amorphous idiot flute-players.
posted by JHarris at 7:03 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 7:03 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
posted by Rhaomi at 7:11 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
posted by Rhaomi at 7:11 PM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
I don't understand the point of keeping a furry animal that's too small to hug.
Come on, George. Tell me. Please, George. Like you done before.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:20 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
Come on, George. Tell me. Please, George. Like you done before.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:20 PM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
Man. I love fuzzies of all types, and I always really want to just oxytocin out looking at these pix. HAYEVER, you know how they say there are things you "just can't unsee?" A hamster in the pet shop eating its pink baby shred by shred, gripping it with its cute little claw hands is apparently one of them.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:22 PM on April 26 [1 favorite +]
Thanks for sharing this.
*goes to rummage through the junk drawer in search of MIB memory erasing device*
posted by in the methow at 9:31 PM on April 26, 2009
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 5:22 PM on April 26 [1 favorite +]
Thanks for sharing this.
*goes to rummage through the junk drawer in search of MIB memory erasing device*
posted by in the methow at 9:31 PM on April 26, 2009
So, yes. Wild hamsters. Not to be messed with.
I've often remarked, that they are unstoppable murder machines that will one day rule us, feed on us, or both.
...and by "remarked", it should be clear I mean "hoped". If we have to become extinct eventually anyway, why assume it will be an asteroid or nuclear war or whatever. Wouldn't it be way more awesome to die at the tiny, delicate hands of wild dwarf hamsters?
I know it's the way I plan to go out...
posted by quin at 9:34 PM on April 26, 2009
I've often remarked, that they are unstoppable murder machines that will one day rule us, feed on us, or both.
...and by "remarked", it should be clear I mean "hoped". If we have to become extinct eventually anyway, why assume it will be an asteroid or nuclear war or whatever. Wouldn't it be way more awesome to die at the tiny, delicate hands of wild dwarf hamsters?
I know it's the way I plan to go out...
posted by quin at 9:34 PM on April 26, 2009
Because this is going to bother me all day unless I say something now, the correct quote is:
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy." There is no well.
And the hamsters are just adorable, but the quotations with the hamsters=brilliant.
posted by misha at 9:56 AM on April 27, 2009
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy." There is no well.
And the hamsters are just adorable, but the quotations with the hamsters=brilliant.
posted by misha at 9:56 AM on April 27, 2009
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