dwest
July 13, 2008, 2:33pm
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Lambchop:
It wasn’t an accident. He intended to throw a box turtle – the non-aquatic kind – into a river , but he missed. It splattered to its death on a rock.
Nobody was teasing, either. An expression of horror was more like it. I suppose we would have been more understanding had the tortoise not been one in a long line of animals whose death at his hands has been eulogized here, from betta fish he tired of, to goldfish he “humanely” killed by suffocating them in clove oil, to his various rats, which presumably became fodder for his snakes when he tired of them. Most recently, there was the mockingbird whose attempts to defend its nest angered him.
More than a little distrubing. Animal abuse has long been associated with psychopathy.
Ronbo
July 13, 2008, 3:27pm
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Judging from the psychopathy occasionally evidenced on the forums, there must be a number of closet animal abusers here.
Did a dye job and a perm go along with the name change, Jack? I recall you were naturally a sort of stringy, mousy brown.
Jack
July 14, 2008, 1:22am
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Not that it’s relevant, but my hair was wet in that picture.
Walden
July 14, 2008, 1:30am
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Lambchop:
It wasn’t an accident. He intended to throw a box turtle – the non-aquatic kind – into a river , but he missed. It splattered to its death on a rock.
Nobody was teasing, either. An expression of horror was more like it. I suppose we would have been more understanding had the tortoise not been one in a long line of animals whose death at his hands has been eulogized here, from betta fish he tired of, to goldfish he “humanely” killed by suffocating them in clove oil, to his various rats, which presumably became fodder for his snakes when he tired of them. Most recently, there was the mockingbird whose attempts to defend its nest angered him.
The comments about the perceived unattractiveness of the lady with the hummingbirds are more a reflection of the mind of the beholder than of the woman. Not a darned thing wrong with her .
Sounds like someone’s keeping a running tally!
djm
July 14, 2008, 2:02am
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There’s certainly something runny about it.
djm
Denny
July 14, 2008, 2:13am
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Jack kinda brings out the hobbyist in some.
It’s something like that transfixed, morbid fascination you experience with a Diane Arbus photograph.
Denny
July 14, 2008, 4:14am
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personally I prefer train wrecks
dwest
July 14, 2008, 11:40am
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Hand grenades to kill turtles, that’s the ticket.
One of those asphalt compactors would be good. Or a small steamroller.
Still there. I guess that means I’m worth making disparaging comments about and not get deleted.
Lambchop:
It wasn’t an accident. He intended to throw a box turtle – the non-aquatic kind – into a river , but he missed. It splattered to its death on a rock.
Nobody was teasing, either. An expression of horror was more like it. I suppose we would have been more understanding had the tortoise not been one in a long line of animals whose death at his hands has been eulogized here, from betta fish he tired of, to goldfish he “humanely” killed by suffocating them in clove oil, to his various rats, which presumably became fodder for his snakes when he tired of them. Most recently, there was the mockingbird whose attempts to defend its nest angered him.
The comments about the perceived unattractiveness of the lady with the hummingbirds are more a reflection of the mind of the beholder than of the woman. Not a darned thing wrong with her .
I was cruel to animals once. I feel horrible. Even today I yelled at a cat for climbing behind my computer monitor. It’s just a cat doing what cats do. I should have just taken her out from behind the monitor without yelling at her.
Denny
July 15, 2008, 5:32pm
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ack!!!
good sir, not disparaging about you at all
Of course, it can’t hold a candle to the psychopathy on the mustard board, but they are grouchier over there in general.
