I want a tinker toy for my desktop.

Like a pet. Something I can feed, and make it do tricks.

I had a fish once, that was a trial version. It has been years though. And it doesn't have to be a fish.

Bonzi Buddy is out of the question.

i remember a old program from a while back that allowed you to have fun on yuor desktop, anywhere from using a uzi to destroy things, or using a bomb to blow stuff up.. i just never found it again

btw found this

http://yippee.i4free.co.nz/html/win/desktopenhancements/miscellaneous.htm

coo lil site.

I have been looking for the same thing. if I was not lazy and a "slacker" I would desing one.

There used to be a program named something like "cats and dogs" depending on the
exact proggie purchased you will get a cat or two or dogs and they require you to feed and care for them. I kept killing them...had to go to work and forgot to suspend the action.... also had something called 'creatures' you could hatch and breed strange things with that one and even share DNA between friends.. Hmmmmm

Anyhoo here is a webpage for Virtual pets should be of some help
http://www.virtualpet.com/vp/links/links.htm