New Year’s Resolutions Made by Pets

The list for January 8, 1997
The Top 12 New Year’s Resolutions
Made by Pets

  1. Have a torrid one-night stand with a street mutt.

  2. Try to understand that the cat is from Venus and I am from Mars.

  3. I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.

  4. Circulate petition that leg humping be a juried competition in major dog shows.

  5. Call PETA and tell them what that surgical mask-wearing freak does to us when no one is around.

  6. Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.

  7. Hamster: Don’t let them figure out I’m just a rat on ‘roids, or they’ll flush my ass.

  8. Always scoot before licking.

  9. Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.

  10. Get out of the castle more, maybe swim counter-clockwise this year.

  11. January 1: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock!
    January 2 – December 31: Re-live victory over the sock.
And the Number 1 New Year’s Resolutions Made by Pets…

  1. I will NOT chase the damned stick unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND.
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CREDITS
Selected from 87 submissions from 32 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Kim Moser, New York, NY — 1 (2nd #1)
  • Meredith Ogden, Ithaca, NY — 2
  • David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 3, 7
  • John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 4
  • John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 5
  • Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 6
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 8
  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 9
  • Peg Warner, Derry, NH — 10
  • Kris Johnson, Burbank, CA — 11
  • Marianne Tatom, Austin, TX — 12
  • David Hyatt, New York, NY — Topic
  • Chris White, New York, NY — Listmeister
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