the purring shark!

[thejunipertree]

A couple of weeks ago, The Engineer and I ventured to a store called Warehouse Liquidators or some such nonsense. He was looking for a new television and I was just tagging along (actually, I drove. So I reckon I was doing more then just tagging along).

He didn't have any luck, but I found myself a new friend.

This is

Wheezy is a plush shark. Who purrs.
Yes. You heard me correctly. He purrs.

I found him in a box of other plush sharks, all with the same tag hanging from one of their fins.

Now, I'm a shark freak. And I own several plush ones (including Jean-Jaques, the gay French Hammerhead and Bitey, the mute Great White)). But, one that makes noise? When you squeeze it?! I could not resist.

So after test squeezing several of them (most only made a sort of asthmatic sigh), I settled on Wheezy, who makes a rumbling and purring sound. I tormented the Engineer with him all throughout the store.

And now has come the time when Wheezy noticed my webcam and asked, no demanded to be let in on the LJ action.

At first, he was more then content to be just included in the photos.

But then, he started edging me out of them.

What a camera hog! It got to be quite annoying. Finally, Wheezy and I exchanged some words (which were not of the polite nature).

And after much debate, he settled down to his life as a plush side kick.

I sometimes wish I could put sound in my entries, so you could hear his purr. This is me assisting Wheezy in what he does best.

Yes. It's three in the morning and I'm quite delirious.