I was listening to the BBC news this week, and there was an item about pets. Apparently, the number of dogs and cats in the U.K. is very large – more than 13 million dogs and more than 12 million cats in a country of 69 million people.
To give a bit of context, a news reporter went to a pet museum, where an expert talked about the history of pets. That expert also talked about odd trends in pet ownership, such as the mummification of cats in ancient Egypt and the invention of Tamagotchi as virtual pets. Then he mentioned “pet rock.”
I had a sudden image of a rock band featuring pets. The human drummer bangs his drums: badda, badda, bing, bing, crash! The human guitarist strikes his instrument: kerrang! Then the spotlight shifts to the vocalist: miaow!!!
I realized that this would be ridiculous and then had another thought. The rocks are diamonds, emeralds and rubies. Rich pet owners are dressing their dogs in jewellery for a walk in the park.
But this thought was wrong too. Apparently, in the 1970s, an American businessman picked up some stones and put them in a box with “breathing holes.” He then sold these rocks as pets, and made a successful business out of his pet rocks.
The real pet rock turned out to be the stupidest idea of the three. I actually think a cat vocalist accompanying loud guitar and drum music would do well on Spotify.
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