Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant

AP via Boston Globe ^ | May 4, 2013 | RODRIQUE NGOWI

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BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — The American Gerbil Society’s annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win ‘‘top gerbil.’’

The Bedford competition called for agility demonstrations in which the gerbils must overcome obstacles and race to the end of a course. Breeders of the small animals vie for coveted ribbons based on body type and agility.

‘‘A male gerbil should be a good, strong, hefty-looking gerbil,’’ said Libby Hanna, president of the American Gerbil Society. ‘‘If you are going to think of it in human terms, you might think of a football player — somebody who’s big, thick neck, nice, strong-looking male gerbil.’’

An ideal female gerbil will have a more streamlined appearance that even humans covet, she said.

‘‘So she would be strong and athletic-looking — not really scrawny, but slim,’’ said Hanna, who serves as a judge in the show. ‘‘I usually use a figure skater as my mental image or gymnasts — so obviously a gymnast is not necessarily a big, big woman, but she’s gonna be strong, muscular and athletic.’’

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It’s a tough economy.

[mountn man]

[Agamemnon]

Bathhouse Barry + Barney in another life, perhaps?

Armageddon!

FReegards!

[clearcarbon]

I doubt you'll find any gerbil that voted for comrade obama the way DemRATs did in the last election.

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[redhead]

YOu mean this??

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Oooh, he blew the dismount. That’ll cost him.

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I don’t know - house pets usually vote Democrat.

[Nifster]

Richard Gere jokes keep streaming through my brain

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[Nifster]

priceless

[Gefn]

Ooh brilliant!

Did you do that?

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Not mine - it's from the 2004 election. The below pic is mine, though.

[Nothing to do with this thread, of course, but it has made the rounds.]

[Conservative4Ever]

Oh dear God, make it stooooooopppp.

[higgmeister]

I used the magnetron out of it to jam the neighbor's wi-fi.

That is plain funny! But, why did you feel the need to do a MIJI on the neighbor?

[Gefn]

Lemmiwinks would be proud

[MasterGunner01]

Why do gerbils remind me so much of liberals? perhaps it’s because of their mindlessness.

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All hail the Gerbil King!

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[Cheapskate]

Did the attendees have to watch “First Knight” too?