How Did They Mail The Hampsters?

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[deborahkla.livejournal.com]

In boxes with holes punched in them, no doubt.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

One would hope!

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine making $100,000 off of hamsters in 1948!

[emollient.livejournal.com]

Riight? I was thinking the same thing! Thats a ton!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Well, they breed like…hamsters; so if you sold every little pup you produced, that's probably where they got that figure.

[hutchlover.livejournal.com]

Well "hamsters" is in quotations, so it makes me believe they aren't live or real.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

Well "hampster" is a slang word that could reference any of like two dozen species of rodent. That's probably why it's in quotes.

[lifetaketwo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Why the hell is "HAMSTERS" in caps and quotations throughout the ad?

Hamsters as pets? No; they're not all that friendly. Rats are better and more people-oriented.

[pronker]

The only animal I've seen shipped in bulk like that is baby chickens in the spring to the feed store - we'd go down each year to hear the peeping and play with the chicks, if the clerks were magnanimous. As a girl, Montgomery Ward's catalog made us kids beg for donkeys, 'teacup' chihuahuas, spider monkeys, and chinchillas because you could order them to be picked up at the local Ward's outlet store. Boy, I hope the critters ended up with kind and informed owners, especially the monkeys. :C