dumbest things people have said about your crabs/other pets?

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Post by Jlee1985 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:22 pm

I was telling my friend about my crab not acting well she replies "I'm not coming to your crab's funeral" I asked her why not she said " it a crustacean!" :D
"no more pet!" or so he said ;)

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Post by Skymall007 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:24 pm

Hahahaha I like how it is because it seems socially wrong to have a funeral for anything within a certain subphylum.
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Post by Teedeums » Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:22 pm

My brother "why did you bring a beetle into the house?" I almost died of laughter then, he had such a serious and scared look on his face :banana:
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Post by singlemomwithcrab » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:01 pm

hermitcrabdc wrote:Earlier I brought up that I had so many pet store cards. A girl who doesn't know I have crabs gets us into this conversation....
Her: What do you do with the cards?
Me: Hermit crab stuff.
Her: What do you do with the crabs?
Me: Watch them...
pause
Her: Have you ever dressed them up?

What on earth!?!?! Dress them up, what does she think they are? Dogs? :hlol:

LOL....Uhm....I go to the shell shop almost weekly to see if I can buy them a new outfit..... :hlol: :hlol: :hlol:
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Post by wodesorel » Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:19 pm

Our Walmart finally got some more lady fiddlers in, so I put them in our cart and this lady walks past and goes "Getting crabs for Christmas?" and busts out laughing. (I don't think it was malicious. Hoping not, anyway. :) )
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Post by Skymall007 » Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:26 am

I never have seen crabs at Walmart lolz I like the crabs for Christmas
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Post by Knibitz » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:25 pm

"Just release them in the yard!" - my mother every time I move. :evil:
"why don't you get them cute painted shells?" - everyone... :crazy:
"Do they carry diseases?" ..... yes, they all have ebola. don't touch them.
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Post by Ryry » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:55 pm

Skymall007 wrote:One girl asked me why I own a snake. She seemed shocked that it was a pet. I mean I knew people owned snakes but she did not seem to know this. Also I have learned to add that my snake lives in an enclosure and 9/10 times people suddenly calm down. Apparently they think before that that my snake just wanders around the house lolz.

I have also been asked if my ball python is venomous. I don't expect everyone to know she is a ball Python but I love how many people assume that out of all the snakes available to purchase snake owners obviously chose venomous ones. Then add that to the same people thinking that these snake(s) wander freely around mg home and it is no wonder they think I am crazy
AHAHAHAHAHA! That is too funny!
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Post by jarteta97 » Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:58 pm

My Mom still has not gotten over telling every person she meets that her son has crabs. My friends kind of just accept that I'm a weirdo :lol:
When you've been crabbing for so long, you don't even know how many crabs you have now...

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Post by wodesorel » Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:03 pm

Knibitz wrote:
"Do they carry diseases?" ..... yes, they all have ebola. don't touch them.
That is the best response ever! :hlol: And it could work for all manner of unpopular pets... :twisted:
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Post by IMS08 » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:44 pm

My friend told me today that I should hook up a bunch of hermit crabs to a slay and get dragged around by them. He must think they are massive.

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Post by ukulele4you » Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:44 pm

Well this is about my other pet, my dog. He is a small mutt with crazy curly hair. He is not the most traditionally attractive dog, but I love him. I have a picture of him on my desk and a person looked at it and asked if he was my pet sheep. I informed her it was my DOG. She did not believe me. Sadly, this happed another time a few weeks ago with someone else.

My crabs live in my office. I get asked quite a bit if I ever plan on eating them... I have not figured out a good response to that.

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Post by moonbeam » Tue Jan 06, 2015 12:33 am

ukulele4you wrote: My crabs live in my office. I get asked quite a bit if I ever plan on eating them... I have not figured out a good response to that.
Tell them you're letting them age like a fine wine. The jumbos just taste better lol.


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Post by ukulele4you » Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:42 am

Perfect! Ha!

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Post by wodesorel » Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:48 am

I would so tell people they were baby lobsters and that they can only be eaten once they're ripe. I wonder how many would believe it!
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