Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hamsters, Beware of the Dong!


Linda would love to visit Vietnam. I'm not going with her, no way.... no how. Not since the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Health Department said that hamsters are illegal. I know I'm not a hamster, but I am small and furry and could be mistaken for one on dark night. In Vietnam, the law is you can't own, buy or take a hamster out to dinner. They say hamsters are dirty, make you sick and spread disease. Anyone caught with a hamster will be fined 30m dong. I haven't a clue what a dong is. The only dong I know is the Ding-Dong's that Linda used to have in her lunch in 2nd grade.