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                         December 1, 2003


           The Top 9 Ways Your Pet Prepares for Winter


 9> Puts white leash in storage after Labor Day.

 8> Quits ferreting the remote and keys under the couch, starts
    gathering lots and lots of socks.

 7> Upgrades his daily catnap from 20 hours to 22 hours.

 6> All that exercise-wheel-generated electricity now runs a small
    baseboard heater.

 5> Buys a wool shell to go over his turtle neck.

 4> Your St. Bernard has the usual keg around his neck and several
    hip flasks tucked away in his thermal sweater.

 3> Cuddles up real close to that other budgie that lives in the
    mirror.

 2> Apparently, yakking up even larger furballs is part of the
    routine.


        and the Number 1 Way Your Pet Prepares for Winter...


 1> Changes the antifreeze in his car, puts up the storm windows,
    licks his testicles.



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Selected from 31 submissions from 12 contributors.
Today's Top5 Pets List authors are:
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Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH     -- 1 (4th #1)
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA     -- 2, Runner Up list name
Marlene K. Goodman, Wheeling, IL -- 3, 5
Judy Goodman, Wilmette, IL        -- 4
Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD         -- 6
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA     -- 7, Topic
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS               -- 8
Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA    -- 9
Virgil Steigerwald, Cleveland, OH -- Banner Tag
Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA        -- List Vet

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                Ways Your Pet Prepares for Winter
                 RUNNERS UP list -- Yellow Snow
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"Squawk! Polly wants a Miami beachfront condo!"
          (Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA)
          (RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS)

Adds an extra layer of insulation to the castle and a jigger of
antifreeze to the aquarium water.
          (Melanie Stephens, Manassas, VA)

Downgrades her disdain levels just enough to ensure her annual
winter-long spot in front of the fireside and TV -- on your lap.
          (Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA)

Flies south, of course. It's natural behavior for a hamster to
do so.
          (Kobus Myburgh, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa)

Quits turning her nose up at high-activity summer food, begins 
turning nose up at fur-thickening food.
          (RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS)

Shedding the summer coat and growing thick winter fur (I have a 
very strange goldfish).
          (James Knowles, Bellingham, WA)


Runner Up list name
          (Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA)

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