Our furry friends are the first to fall victim as the recession bites

No, I don’t know the names of the Brass Neck 10. I do have a list, of course. Everybody does. How many are on your list? Mine has 13 people on it. One way or the other, I’m tearing it up.

Our furry friends are the first to fall victim as the recession bites

I’ve lost the will to get excited about lads pumping up share values, and draw comfort from the certainty that when all is revealed, I’ll know none of them personally. Me, I have friends mainly in low places.

The recession-related news story that really bothers me is the one about people dumping their pets because it’s too expensive to maintain them. I could understand that if foreclosure is imminent and the ESB are getting stroppy about their bill, it might make sense to get rid of the fish, if you’ve four heated tanks of them.

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