The rocks came in a handy pet carrier with air holes so the rock could get fresh air. There was a handy 20 page care guide included, instructing the owner how to teach the rock to perform tricks such as “Stay”, “Roll”, or “Play Dead”, and how to know if your rock is sick or in distress.

They also enjoy rock concerts.

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pet rocks

  • EnmebaraGuesser@piefed.caOP
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    11 days ago

    Not only did he give us pet rocks… according to wikipedia he entered, and won, a contest for writing bad purple prose, beating over 4000 other entrants, with the following gem,

    The heather-encrusted Headlands, veiled in fog as thick as smoke in a crowded pub, hunched precariously over the moors, their rocky elbows slipping off land’s end, their bulbous, craggy noses thrust into the thick foam of the North Sea like bearded old men falling asleep in their pints.

    Guy died in 2015 at 78.