The Great Debate
Posted By Phil on September 20, 2009
My friend Dusty and I went to the local animal shelter the other day. It all started with a rousing debate of “Which Are Cooler: Rats or Bunnies”; afterward, we decided we needed to go see us some bunnies. They were cute and all, but they it’s not like they were social, smart, and trainable. No doubt Dusty thought he’d won the debate, but considering the bunnies’ only cool points were that they were super soft and they could hop, the fact remains that it was I who won! Plus, Dusty is not the one writing this. I am! And I say that it was me who won!
After a while we wandered over to the outdoor area, where there were dogs galore! And suddenly, all those dogs had two gay men walking from kennel to kennel, fawning over them and petting their paws and telling them how cute they were and how much we wished we could just take them all home right now. Amidst the barrage of gay affection, there was suddenly a sound that stopped us cold1. It sounded like someone crying, perhaps for help? We decided to investigate, and that’s when we met this guy:
Yes, the culprit of the crying was this goat. A veritable bounty of cuteness, sideways pupils and all. He calmed down as soon as we arrived on the scene, which leads me to believe that that was his intention from the start: to steal our attention away from all the dogs and reel us in with that tractor beam-like bray of his.
Which further settles the score for my case: even the goat was more social than the bunnies. It’s decided: I win.
1You know it had to be loud to overcome all the high-pitched gay voices we were emitting. I mean, really.
AWWWW!!!! Which shelter did you end up going to? I was sad though when my ex told me that his family kept a goat for a while for the sole purpose of fattening it up to eat it later. =(
Aw, that is sad! We went to the shelter in Northridge, since we’re valley dwellers.
I love that y’all went to the local animal shelter to debate your point! It breaks my heart whenever I go to the one here (and I have to go for work A LOT), and I want to take them all home.
Who knew a goat could make so much noise? And did either of you adopt him? Heh…
Um…I want a goat. Do you think apartments allow goats? How do they feel about stairs?
P.S. I’m moving to LA in November. I’m apartment hunting October 9-11. Could use your help!
No offense, but I’ll bet that goat was really pissed that you guys went there with no intention of actually bringing it home. And it won you the bet.
Man– toying with a poor goat’s feelings. You are one shallow Gay.
Aww I was hoping your post would end with you taking the goat home!
Never mind…
:P
That goat is DYING for a LOLcaption — get to it, Phil! Impact with a 1pt stroke in Photoshop! Go!
Goats and bunnies ALWAYS win over rats, yuck. I even had a pet goat once! His name was Charlie. Maybe I’ll blog about it soon…
Rats actually make awesome pets….you just have to ignore the fact that they consume something like 50% of their own poo.
Rats are the kind of animal you can befriend and then sick on your enemies all the while cackling “Go forth, my minions!” So Rats totally win.