Hamsters... I had Peedee for about three months. Bought it at Kmart for 49c. Dad said the weather would soon be getting cold and Peedee's odours would no be able to be wafted out of the house with the basement windows closed so I would have to take it back to Kmart.

I was ten years old and I protested. He explained to me, "That little rat stinks and it either goes back to Kmart or out in the field or it goes up against the bricks as hard as I can throw it." I was crestfallen. I took Peedee back to Kmart and told the clerk my father wouldn't let me keep it. She gave me my money back... 79c. So long Peedee! >;-)

My first experience in capitalism. I wonder what the ROR on hamsters is these days. Probably not even close to 245%.