# Animal Lovers: Share the RO **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 2, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935 "2011-02-02T19:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/1 "2011-02-02T19:47:42Z")
Maybe this should be in MPSIMS. [Woman Tries Shipping Puppy Priority Mail](http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2011/02/woman-tries-shipping-puppy-pri.html) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/2 "2011-02-02T20:13:12Z")
I’d work up some decent RO over that, but there’s something oddly adorable about it. I’m glad the puppy wasn’t hurt, and I hope someone smacks that woman on the nose with a rolled up newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/3 "2011-02-02T20:16:22Z")
If It Fits, It Ships! ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/4 "2011-02-02T20:19:12Z")
Hmm…according to that article, its legal to ship mammals, as long as their cold blooded. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/5 "2011-02-02T20:21:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Hmm…according to that article, its legal to ship mammals, as long as their cold blooded. I believe that’s the PC terminology for ‘dead’. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/6 "2011-02-02T20:23:58Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I believe that’s the PC terminology for ‘dead’. Well, without airholes, the puppy in question probably would’ve qualified if they’d just left the box alone. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/7 "2011-02-02T20:39:28Z")
Not “dead”, he’s uh… resting. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/8 "2011-02-02T20:53:37Z")
“Shipping the schnoodle” sounds like a euphemism for something _really dirty_. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/9 "2011-02-02T20:59:14Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Well, without airholes, the puppy in question probably would’ve qualified if they’d just left the box alone. Sort of like Shrodinger’s cat, but the decay would have been easy to detect even without opening the box. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/10 "2011-02-02T21:03:57Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I believe that’s the PC terminology for ‘dead’. Nah, it means you can only ship puppies if they’ve got sand. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/11 "2011-02-02T23:19:29Z")
At least she didn’t ship it Media mail. ---
**Author:** ![Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eriond_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/12 "2011-02-02T23:59:01Z")
> [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](#): > > At least she didn’t ship it Media mail. She could if it was a pair of Hush Puppies. :o ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/13 "2011-02-03T00:21:13Z")
I liked her _chutzpah_ in asking for a refund… ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/14 "2011-02-03T00:56:16Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Not “dead”, he’s uh… resting. Resting?? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/15 "2011-02-03T01:26:32Z")
Ship a baby gator to your MIL – OK. Ship a baby dog – get sentenced to a year in a crate. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/16 "2011-02-03T01:28:41Z")
😕 Baby gator? Linky, please. Unless that was just a mother-in-law joke… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/17 "2011-02-03T01:34:31Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > Resting?? There! He moved! ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/18 "2011-02-03T03:22:57Z")
He did not! That was you pushing him! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eriond_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/19 "2011-02-03T09:34:31Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > Resting?? No, he’s pining for the fjords! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935/20 "2011-02-03T09:41:41Z")
Pining for the fjords?!?!? What kind of talk is that?!?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-lovers-share-the-ro/569935.md?page=2)