Furry Ball

There's nothin like a hampster in a ball to brighten your day. In my department (neuroscience), the lab "mascot" is a cute tan and white hampster, named Furry. Furry is getting a little fat, so his owners have decided to make him exercise by putting him in a little yellow ball and releasing him on the floor. He rolls around to different cubicles, and bangs into walls. Apparently, Furry has even rolled onto the elevator and has been MIA for several hours. But, thanks to the name and identification information now written on the yellow ball, he is always returned home. Seeing a yellow ball roll by out of the corner of my eye makes me laugh. Especially when there is cage bedding stuck to Furry's butt.