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Old Mar 13th 2009, 3:48 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
start feeding her top quality steaks to get her out of that habit!
I've tried that..............she won't come in the pork shop when I get pate or she starts wretching. I can manage to get a chicken into her (if it doesn't actually look like a plucked chicken) and mince. Lulu have full skinned rabbits in their meat section and she starts howling and carrying on every time we walk past them, I try not to take her shopping, ignorance is bliss.
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I've tried that..............she won't come in the pork shop when I get pate or she starts wretching. I can manage to get a chicken into her (if it doesn't actually look like a plucked chicken) and mince. Lulu have full skinned rabbits in their meat section and she starts howling and carrying on every time we walk past them, I try not to take her shopping, ignorance is bliss.
had a French colleague who would refuse to go into our usual lunchtime restaurant if Rabbit was the plat du jour. Was quite amusing. He'd had a pet rabbit as a kid
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Old Mar 13th 2009, 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by Inselaffen
had a French colleague who would refuse to go into our usual lunchtime restaurant if Rabbit was the plat du jour. Was quite amusing. He'd had a pet rabbit as a kid
I ate it once - one of the country kids at school used to bring it in her sandwiches everyday, fresh killed on the farm. She dared me to try it - it wasn't too bad, but just the thought of it didn't make me want to go back for a second taste.
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Originally Posted by Squirty Cream
I'd protest
To stop employers from keeping employees passports and to actually enforce it
Against children sitting on the lap of front seat car passengers or travelling unrestrained in any vehicle
Spitting
You'd make spitting illegal???

And - presumably - you'd make swallowing compulsory???
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Old Mar 13th 2009, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by The Dean
You'd make spitting illegal???

And - presumably - you'd make swallowing compulsory???
Isn't it????

Never thought to ask.....
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Old Mar 14th 2009, 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by Kim67
No doubt I'll be roped into a few anti-Japanese whaling protests by my semi-vego 10 year old daughter in a couple of years.
What about other fish? they have central nervous systems as well .
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Old Mar 14th 2009, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Spugsy
Protests are a bit shit really, I'm more into direct action.

I used to do loads of stuff when I was a younger lad, I was a hunt saboteur for years and helped to stop the toffs ripping foxes to shreds, that could be hairy sometimes when the local country plod are happy for you to get a kicking, the twats on horse coming at you trying to whip you in the face or their minions trying to knock you over on their quads.
You are a real hero then.
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Old Mar 14th 2009, 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by The Dean
You'd make spitting illegal???

And - presumably - you'd make swallowing compulsory???
I'm ignoring that because I think you are being risque or something.

Ban spitting and especially if is that horrid red stuff that Pathanis chew on - pan or whatever it's called. Once some nasty little man gobbed up and the wind blew it on to me as I was walking passed. I went ballistic - I want to throw up just thinking about it.
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Default Re: So what would you protest about then?

Originally Posted by BangleMan
I've never joined in a protest as frankly I can't really be arsed plus there's nothing that I feel that strongly about but I was wondering, in light of recent events, what it would take for you to protest?

Unfair redundancy
Your kids school being shut etc etc

If someone said that I had to protest and I didn't want to because I wouldn't protest about anything, then I'd protest about that I suppose.
Price fixing of services (DEWA, phone, internet) and the lack of competition in the market....that's what i'd like to protest about.
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Old Mar 16th 2009, 2:31 am
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Originally Posted by Charismatic
What about other fish? they have central nervous systems as well .
We used to go to chinese a lot with a taiwanese family when the kids were small, it took them ages to figure out the fish, lobsters and crabs in tanks that they'd watch for hours, would slowly disappear during the evening as more and more of our dishes arrived on the table. But the taste of fresh lobster and crab was to much to resist for her (she probably came home and got out the rosary beads though).
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