"Three months later I'll be the one shovelling up mammoth poop, training the mammoth, grooming it, paying its vet bills, feeding it, taking it for walks, having it curl up in my study while I read FR."
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Can you imagine going to the ASPCA/Human Society to adopt one of these? And the animal control officers are going to need semi-trucks.
It's clear we're going to need a bigger fence. And a stronger leash.
Yes, I'm going to be coming home from work and finding five-foot-long hairs on my bed, a puddle on the bedroom floor, and the mammoth looking worried and guilty. And the kids will say they don't know anything about it. "You were supposed to take him for a walk!" "Me! I was not! It was your turn! I took him for a walk yesterday!"