# Did you abandon your pet rock?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003 "2013-01-03T21:05:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/1 "2013-01-03T21:05:33Z")

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Beware!;  
[http://www.petzombierock.com](http://www.petzombierock.com)

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/2 "2015-10-13T19:39:19Z")

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Link not working. [Is this what you meant?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F03l30z--k)

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/3 "2015-10-13T19:40:55Z")

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Muah ha ha ha haaaaaaaa!

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**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/4 "2015-10-13T21:31:21Z")

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pet my rock? I’m not a guy! What sort of question is that for a public forum? :eek:

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/5 "2015-10-14T01:14:17Z")

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I set mine free. He appreciated it.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/6 "2015-10-14T02:52:49Z")

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I threw mine in the quarry - it’s where it told me it wanted to be.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/7 "2015-10-14T03:02:26Z")

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This is an old thread. I don’t think Mangeorge is around anymore. He hasn’t posted in about 2 years.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/8 "2015-10-14T03:34:18Z")

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I couldn’t afford air conditioning, mine died.  
☹

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/9 "2015-10-15T07:46:36Z")

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IT’S NOT A PET! The damn thing just started hanging around in the front yard one day. I don’t put food out, I don’t talk to it, I even kicked it once.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/10 "2015-10-15T08:39:07Z")

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I had to get rid of it after the… incident.

Poor Fido:mad:

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-abandon-your-pet-rock/646003/11 "2015-10-15T19:09:54Z")

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Mine was scared of everything. A real petrified rock…