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Please don't laugh, but I think I may have eaten dd's hamster, I am so upset.

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LaPauvre · 09/11/2006 15:28

Please don't laugh at me, I am so upset. She is at school, she will be gutted

I warmed up a pot of chicken casserole left over from yesterday to have for my lunch. I have eaten it, it's too late to do anything, but it was boiling for a good hour before I ate it and now I've just gone to feed dd's hamster and his cage is open and he isn't there . There was no lid on the casserole pot, his cage was on the shelf at the other end of the kitchen and the door was shut so there isn't really anywhere else he could have gone. He must have fallen in and drowned before it got hot, that's the only thing I can think of. I didn't find the hamster in the stew obviously, but there were some hairs in the pot, I just washed it it was full of bones anyway because they were those cheap chicken portions just boiled in from frozen.

Please, don't just laugh at me, I know this sounds silly but he was my daughter's birthday present, she is 6 and I don't think she will ever forgive me

OP posts:
southeastastra · 09/11/2006 18:41

i was going to post a hamster skeleton pic, but probably bad taste

Blandmum · 09/11/2006 18:43

I actually found a picture of a hamster in a sandwitch, be also decided that it was in very poor taste (no pun intended)

happybiggirl · 09/11/2006 18:47

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Blu · 09/11/2006 18:48

MB - to be honest, I think it would be very public spirited of you to post a link to a pic of a hamster sandwich. If we can learn what one looks like, you could save countless MN-ers from making the same mistake that LePauvre has.

holidaymum · 09/11/2006 18:48

depends whether you deep fry it or serve it in a cream sauce.

Blandmum · 09/11/2006 18:49

'Wild' organic hamster would be quite lean.

'Factory farmed' would be a bit more fatty, I think

happybiggirl · 09/11/2006 18:49

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Blandmum · 09/11/2006 18:49

Blu I have already had one post deleted today, do you think I should???

holidaymum · 09/11/2006 18:49

I suppose caged hamster is the home rearers equivalent of battery farming?

iota · 09/11/2006 18:50

surely 'factory farmed' hamster would be lean if they all had an exercise wheel to work out on

PyroPaps · 09/11/2006 18:52

a sandwitch would have hamster in it, a sandwich would not

Blandmum · 09/11/2006 18:52

Oh, go on then

don't click on this if you are squeemish/have children round your feet, this is a public service hamster identification link only.....you have been warned

this is safe to click on, a ham and cheese sandwich.....for comparative uses only

Blu · 09/11/2006 18:53

MB - I don't think scientists should be censored by issues of 'taste'. Facts are facts, and we need to know them.

And if you get told off by MNHQ, tell them I told you to do it

Blu · 09/11/2006 18:55

I am so pleased you linked to the 'control' image, too. I now feel quite confident that I can tell the difference between a Ham sandwich and a Hamster sandwich. Thank you.

And PMSL!!!!

southeastastra · 09/11/2006 18:55

that hamster is well and truly toast.

Carmenere · 09/11/2006 18:57

PMSL MB

GraceUnderFire · 09/11/2006 19:00

Could it have got outside and been run over...maybe by a van?

holidaymum · 09/11/2006 19:01

dh says surely hamster is better than chicken as everyone gets a leg, albeit it being small!

happybiggirl · 09/11/2006 19:05

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Baconbaps · 09/11/2006 19:06

Heh! And I'm the one who gets accused of being harsh!

It may be wise to remind LePauvre at this point that Ratatouille does not contain real rats. And that a dog is not just for Christmas...there may be some left over for Boxing Day too if you're lucky.

SnafuOutOfHiding · 09/11/2006 19:06

Ahhh. Mumsnet.

The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

{grin]

SnafuOutOfHiding · 09/11/2006 19:06

Oh, arse.

Twiglett · 09/11/2006 19:06

why a van?

I know there's a joke in there soemwhere

hamster-van?

what is it? I don't geddit

iota · 09/11/2006 19:07

In case anyone was worried - I have now seen my cat, so he wasn't in teh meatballs after all.

Wannabee - have you found your labrodor yet?

GraceUnderFire · 09/11/2006 19:07

It's Blackadder, Twig...

Baldrick:
Would you like some rat au vin to help you think?

Blackadder:
Rat...au vin?

Baldrick:
Yeah, it's rat that's been...

Blackadder:
...run over by a van.