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Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant
AP via Boston Globe ^
| May 4, 2013
| RODRIQUE NGOWI
Posted on 05/04/2013 8:22:54 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) The American Gerbil Societys annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win top gerbil.
The Bedford competition called for agility demonstrations in which the gerbils must overcome obstacles and race to the end of a course. Breeders of the small animals vie for coveted ribbons based on body type and agility.
A male gerbil should be a good, strong, hefty-looking gerbil, said Libby Hanna, president of the American Gerbil Society. If you are going to think of it in human terms, you might think of a football player somebody whos big, thick neck, nice, strong-looking male gerbil.
An ideal female gerbil will have a more streamlined appearance that even humans covet, she said.
So she would be strong and athletic-looking not really scrawny, but slim, said Hanna, who serves as a judge in the show. I usually use a figure skater as my mental image or gymnasts so obviously a gymnast is not necessarily a big, big woman, but shes gonna be strong, muscular and athletic.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: napl; richardgere
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To: bramps
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:05:13 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:16:04 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(ATTITUDE- The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Bathhouse Barry + Barney in another life, perhaps?
Armageddon!
FReegards!
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:22:57 PM PDT
by
Agamemnon
(Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
To: Slings and Arrows
I doubt you'll find any gerbil that voted for comrade obama the way DemRATs did in the last election.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:48:52 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Stand Your Ground)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:50:35 PM PDT
by
redhead
(NO GROUND TO THE DEVIL! Use Weaponized Prayer)
To: Daffynition
Oooh, he blew the dismount. That’ll cost him.
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:53:11 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: clearcarbon
I don’t know - house pets usually vote Democrat.
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posted on
05/04/2013 9:55:15 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Richard Gere jokes keep streaming through my brain
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posted on
05/04/2013 10:21:40 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Nifster
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posted on
05/04/2013 10:28:49 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/04/2013 10:48:58 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Slings and Arrows
Ooh brilliant!
Did you do that?
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posted on
05/04/2013 11:11:56 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(More Cowbell please)
To: Gefn; Nifster
Not mine - it's from the 2004 election. The below pic is mine, though.
[Nothing to do with this thread, of course, but it has made the rounds.]
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posted on
05/04/2013 11:24:01 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: redhead
Oh dear God, make it stooooooopppp.
To: JRandomFreeper
I used the magnetron out of it to jam the neighbor's wi-fi. That is plain funny! But, why did you feel the need to do a MIJI on the neighbor?
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posted on
05/04/2013 11:45:03 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Lemmiwinks would be proud
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posted on
05/05/2013 12:14:12 AM PDT
by
Gefn
(More Cowbell please)
To: Slings and Arrows
Why do gerbils remind me so much of liberals? perhaps it’s because of their mindlessness.
To: Gefn
All hail the Gerbil King!
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posted on
05/05/2013 12:23:53 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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posted on
05/05/2013 1:26:06 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: mountn man
Did the attendees have to watch “First Knight” too?
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posted on
05/05/2013 1:34:27 AM PDT
by
Cheapskate
(Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
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