The Pet that Does You Nothing

Pets are supposed to give its owner certain happiness, compassion and a sense of responsibility.  So, it was a shocker when I saw the USB Pet Rock in Think Geek.  The Pet Rock DOES NOT do the following: eat, drink, play, talk and move.  It just sits there on your table in all its glory.  These are the things the YOU CAN DO with it: serve it with plastic meals and pretend your pet is actually eating it, talk to it and listen carefully to what it says and walk with it at the nearest park to make it feel loved.  It is really not that hard to have a Pet Rock, just click here, spend $9.99, plug it in a USB port and in no time you will have your very own Pet Rock that will shower you with love.

Gary Dahl "invented" the first ever Pet Rock back in the 70s and it was a hit, in fact, Neiman Marcus was the first to stock it.  All of a sudden, Mr. Dahl was earning a fortune.

That was the 1970s.

Whenever I think of a rock as a pet, it reminds me of Patrick the Starfish--Sponge Bob's best bud, on  The Great Snail Race episode wherein Patrick joined his pet rock he fondly calls "Rocky" on a race.  While Spongebob nearly kills Gary for practicing day and night, Patrick and his pet just sits in front of a television eating whatever.  Patrick's pet rock won, beating Spongebob's pet Gary and Squidward's pet Snellie.  Hilarious!