Not long ago I walked into the Pet Supplies Plus near my house...
...and encountered a young woman sitting at a table laden with prizes and a small wheel of fortune. I was invited to give the wheel a spin. It landed on "TRIVIA QUESTION." The question was: What is the life span of a bearded dragon, the endearing Australian lizards popular at pet shops...
Your Humble Narrator prides himself on an above average knowledge, for a layperson, of reptiles. I guessed that in captivity, a properly cared for bearded dragon might hope to live ten years. The young woman said the answer was 8-12 years. Nailed it!
I was therefore invited to choose a prize, and I selected a sleek,shiny black plastic frisbee with "PET SUPPLIES PLUS" printed on it bold green letters. I brought it home, thinking our Stewie...
...might enjoy chasing a frisbee in our back yard as opposed to the customary hard rubber balls. And so he did, but after less than ten minutes with him this was the disc's condition:
Very soon after this, oddly enough, I was given another frisbee. This one was a promotional item for the movie Pressure...
After less than ten minutes in the back yard with Stewie...
...this was its condition:
The main reason this post exists is so everybody knows I nailed the question about the bearded dragons.
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