Proper rat shower etiquette starts with the right decorations:
An appropriate food selection is also important. You should have food that your rats like to share (anything dripping with porkfat is sure to be a hit). If you are smart enought to invite Michelle Gillie to your shower, she might bring you some choclate rats!
Of course, you HAVE to play shower games. Here is a good one for you to try now:
Unscramble these Rat words:
(answers below)
After that, all you need to do is sit back and serve some good beer. For this occasion, I tapped a keg of "Baby Rat Bock". Then watch a good rat movie like "Rat!" or "Willard".
Invite all your rats, old and new. But remember that all this activity can really wear out a pair of old rat buddies--like Gareth and Ector here.
Although this was an occasion for celebration, we took a moment to remember and toast our rat friends who have passed on. A few tears were shed when I read this beatiful piece, written by my friend "Jessi":
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus
> one day, so I never have to live without you."
> - Winnie the Pooh
To all those who have ever lost a rat, a moment of silence to remember the
whiskers, the happy bouncing across floors, little fingers grabbing yours,
big teeth, cheerful squeaks, content bruxing, bright eyes, clumsy babies,
sleepy old timers, remember the strange sleeping positions, the gnawing of
cage bars, occasional bites, smiling without the benefit of lips, remember
the joy of all the firsts-- licky kisses and happy noises-- remember the
faces of all those who await, rather impatiently probably, on the other side,
remember and smile... for you have been blessed.
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