# \[GAME\] a **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267 "2014-08-23T02:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/721 "2014-09-11T05:14:25Z")
**J** oe and **J** ack’s is a natural dog food and “_None of the recipes are ever tested on animals other than willing volunteers_”. (quoted from their website) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/722 "2014-09-11T06:41:52Z")
Kittens are what we should be discussing now. Dogs are okay, but cats just simply rule! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/723 "2014-09-11T15:00:12Z")
**L** et’s hear it for pet fish! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/724 "2014-09-11T15:12:28Z")
**M** y cockatiel trumps all your pets. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/725 "2014-09-11T15:34:41Z")
**N** ever allow your child to keep a hairless rat, which has to be bathed daily and looks like…well, I’m not gonna say what it looks like. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/726 "2014-09-11T15:55:06Z")
**O** wls make terrible pets; they will keep you up all night with their incessant hooting. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/727 "2014-09-11T20:28:00Z")
Piranhas , on the other hand will render you fingerless. Or speechless, if you use sign language. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/728 "2014-09-11T22:44:15Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Piranhas , on the other hand will render you fingerless. Or speechless, if you use sign language. **Q** uite wrong, as most piranhas make great pets and it is a combination of poor training by inexperienced owners, sensationalist Hollywood propaganda, and heaps of bad press that give these usually genial fish such a nasty reputation. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/729 "2014-09-11T22:51:12Z")
**R** abbits are very intelligent, for having a 2 watt brain: Mine figured out closing the freezer door means he gets a slice of banana. Lengthy explanation available upon request. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/730 "2014-09-11T23:05:18Z")
**S** alamanders, newts, African aquatic frogs, snakes, scorpions, lizards, geckos, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, parakeets, butterflies, ants, dogs, cats, horses and ponies. I’ve probably forgotten a few… ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/731 "2014-09-11T23:34:15Z")
**T** asmanian devils – you left out Tasmanian devils! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/732 "2014-09-12T01:06:19Z")
**U** nicorns, Dragons, Phoenices, Cecropses, Basilisks, Thunderbirds, Yeth hounds, Catoblepae, Manticores and Harpies. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/733 "2014-09-12T01:14:40Z")
**V** ery crowded over at the Professor’s house (a little smelly, too). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/734 "2014-09-12T01:16:04Z")
**W** hat? Harpies? You have my first three girlfriends over there? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/735 "2014-09-12T02:46:40Z")
**X** cellent menagerie so far; **x** cluding burpo’s **X** -GF’s, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/736 "2014-09-12T02:51:00Z")
**Y** utes - I forgot yutes. They can be entertaining little pets, although very costly. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/737 "2014-09-12T03:23:54Z")
**Z** ebus, zorilles, zebra swallowtails, zanders, zonkeys, zorses, zigzag salamanders and zebras. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/738 "2014-09-12T04:55:53Z")
**A** nimal, vegetable, mineral…? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/739 "2014-09-12T10:59:06Z")
**B** iological, mechanical, or ethereal? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/740 "2014-09-12T11:08:35Z")
**C** artilaginous, invertebrate, or squished on the road? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=38)