A Pocket Full of...Horse?

I envision a world where horses and elephants are as small as squirrels.

Why does no one get this??

Several times I have brought up this idea, and I think only one or two people have agreed that it would be superultracute to have a pet horse that can play with your cat. Or a miniphant that would sit in your lap while you watch TV, trumpeting his content while munching peanuts.

What is with you, people?! Here we can genetically engineer a mouse to grow a human ear out of its back, but we can't do Pocket Ponies? (This is my official name for them. I'm pondering trademarking.) I know, I know...you're worried about potentially stepping on your Pocket Pony as it roams your dwelling. Well, get hardwood floors. Then you'll know where your PP is at all times.

Should Pocket Ponies and Miniphants prove successful, imagine what kind of other Pocket animals we could come up with! How about Minatees? (A small, portable manatee. Perhaps for your purse? Begone, teacup chihuahua!) Or Tiny Tigers? (They'll always stay kitten-sized!) Of course, Bitty Bears. And for you ::shudder:: reptile lovers, Pocket Pythons. (Please, no teenage boy jokes here. We've had enough this week with Congressman Mark Foley.)

I really think this could work. Just stop and think of how awesome it would be to have a horsie you can hold in your hand. It would have only very tiny poops, so clean-up's a cinch. Perhaps you could even litter-box train it! OMG, I am going to fall over from the imagined cuteness that is a Pocket Pony digging in a litter box.

Maybe I should stop drinking coffee. And that was decaf! Hmm.