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Curse you Jester, that damned lemur is in my head singing his happy song now.
Personally, I'm quite happy to know where it came from, but I'm not prepared to kill it myself. Like someone else, I like it to preferably have a happy cow life before it becomes my steak, and I'm pretty sure I'd botch a killing to animal cruelty standards. Better it be killed and processed at a facility where they're kind of used to doing that, and it's a professional job.
Hehe, I'd have gone on a long tirade explaining the inner workings of a slaughterhouse:
"Well, sir, it's not like we illustrated how the cows are herded into an assembly line, bludgeoned in the head and then suspended in the air by hooks as..."
Way back in (my first) high school, one day in sophomore biology, me and Dave were telling Kerry what, precisely, a sausage is. Kerry was getting spectacularly grossed out, which just spurred Dave and I on. Finally Kerry had had enough, and interrupted the teacher who was giving a lesson.
KERRY: "Mr. Mick, Mr. Mick!"
TEACHER: (exasperated) "Yes, Kerry?"
I should explain here that Dave and Kerry and I were constantly doing random shit and driving Mr. Mick (not quite his real name) nuts, but since all three of us were good students, he gave us a bit of a pass, but he still rolled his eyes at us. Often.
KERRY: "Dave and [Jester] are being gross!"
TEACHER: "What do you mean, Kerry?"
Kerry tells Mr. Mick what we had been saying.
Bless that guy, he went into educator mode. Which was REALLY bad for Kerry. Because he took what us two 15-year-olds who barely knew what we were talking about, and expanded on it. "Why, yes, Kerry, this is actually what they do." And he explained to Kerry just exactly what sausage really is, how it's made, what's in it, etc. And if you don't know what is actually in your average sausage, you might want to look it up. It's......interesting. To say the least.
Many of the girls in class were grossed out. Kerry, who was not normally a meek chick, went from being annoyed with us to turning flat out GREEN from Mr. Mick's very in-depth description. Dave and I just lost it. We were in tears. It could not have gone better had we freakin' scripted it.
Kerry didn't challenge us much after that!
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester
Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z
Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart
This is why I don't eat Lamb or Veal. I've had em before, and I think they're delicious... but I won't eat em now, because I'm not willing to kill them.
The reason I don't eat cute baby animals is that I object to the conditions in which they are raised. When I can afford meat that has been raised in humane conditions, I have no problem with eating it. Moo.
And he explained to Kerry just exactly what sausage really is, how it's made, what's in it, etc. And if you don't know what is actually in your average sausage, you might want to look it up. It's......interesting. To say the least.
This coworker of mine used to do that. He's a vegan, and would spend his lunchtimes describing basic slaughterhouse practices. He was actually quite shocked that it didn't bother me. Of course, I grew up surrounded by feedlots and have seen my fair share of dead cows, so...
Funny thing, this guy and I got to be relatively good work friends, and would frequently spend lunch breaks pissing other CW's off with random trivia.
I was sad when he left...that was fun.
"Eventually, everything that you have said becomes everything you will ever say." Eireann
Damn IT Jester now I have the Lemur in my head, but it did not help that I saw the new Madigascar MOVIE just the afternoon. with 1000's of 4 YO singing along
I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
-- Life Sucks Then You Die.
"I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."
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