Surfing Rats - Real Rats - eek!

vedderfan10
vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
edited October 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
OK...I don't know if this is funny or mean. Apparently they're OK with it. Has anyone seen this in person? It might be neat to see...once...but I'd probably go by on my SUP and gather them all up and paddle them to safety...

http://www.surfermag.com/magazine/november-08

http://surfermag.com/photos/flash/surfing-rats/
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  • DonJon
    DonJon Posts: 5,089
    Gives new meaning to a drown rat :rolleyes:

    Is that for real?? Nasty little shore break there too
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    "I saw these two kids walk up with two rats and they were taking them for a swim."

    Who takes rats to the beach so they can swim?? VERY strange! I couldn't imagine having a rat as a pet.. let alone taking it out of the house like a dog.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I had a pet rat called Bub for years... he was ace. Loved watching TV on your lap and annoying the cats.

    Bub used to like water and a dip in the bath every now and again, but surfing?! :eek:

    I think it's a tad cruel. No so much as a sport for the rats but more 'get onto the floaty thing to survive' :(
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I had a pet rat called Bub for years... he was ace. Loved watching TV on your lap and annoying the cats.

    Bub used to like water and a dip in the bath every now and again, but surfing?! :eek:

    I think it's a tad cruel. No so much as a sport for the rats but more 'get onto the floaty thing to survive' :(
    Bub?
    He wasn't a zombie rat, was he?
  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    At least we know they're in warm water (Hawaii)... and it's way better than that dumb water-skiing squirrell...

    Makes me wish I'd done something like this with all the gerbils I had as a kid.

    But now, my surfboard stays upstairs with me, and not in the basement with the rats - I might find it heading down to the beach one day...WTF?
    be philanthropic
  • roar
    roar Posts: 1,116
    ew.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Rygar wrote:
    Bub?
    He wasn't a zombie rat, was he?


    :D lol No, but he was named after the legendary Bub in Day of the Dead... but you'd already guessed that ;)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.

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