Post #256,449
5/23/06 5:34:14 PM
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Check the dates
On May 22 he promised "No pictures today".
On May 23 he gave a picture.
Whatchacomplainingabout?
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #256,453
5/23/06 6:13:20 PM
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Hey, I can complain if I want!
I was already called grumpy once today.
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #256,454
5/23/06 6:29:37 PM
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And after I let you off easy . . .
. . on the cutting and gutting.
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Post #256,456
5/23/06 6:41:46 PM
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Of course you can...
I was just explaining Andrew's behaviour. He was very precise. He did exactly what he said he would do. And as soon as what he said allowed him to do what you didn't want him to do, he did it.
Just like a small child.
The parallel works pretty well actually - it also includes his delight at showing gross stuff to someone he thinks is squeamish.
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #256,458
5/23/06 6:54:18 PM
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Squeemish? I think she's faking it.
Didn't she tell us some time back she disassembling rodents for income? Isn't she the one who told us how much she would miss the annual expedition to capture frogs, newts and salamanders?
Then she tells us she has problems with pictures of fish? I really don't think so.
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Post #256,468
5/23/06 7:33:45 PM
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I didn't say that she WAS squeamish
Just that you thought she was.
I'm glad that you realized that she isn't.
BTW her ability to humor you by keeping up a good pretense reminds me of some mothers that I've watched. Coincidence?
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #256,486
5/23/06 9:23:47 PM
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So we play. So sue us.
Some people take this Internet stuff way too seriously, considering so much of it is really "lets pretend".
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Post #256,593
5/24/06 9:52:51 AM
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Yeah, what he said.
And besides, he's fun to play with.
Follow your MOUSE
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Post #256,478
5/23/06 8:34:57 PM
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Here's the difference
I can gut, dissect, vivisect, fillet, mince and dice. But I wont eat it. That's the part that makes me squemish. That fish on a cutting board isnt dinner. Trade that cutting board for a dissection tray and you have an ichthyology lab project.
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Post #256,480
5/23/06 8:37:31 PM
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Can you cut it for someone ELSE to eat?
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #256,483
5/23/06 9:00:21 PM
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Yes, but
It wouldnt resemble food by the time I was done with it. Seriously, it doesnt register as being food in my mind. I look at it and automatically run through the taxonomy- Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. I consider the features that make that species unique. I dont look at the muscle as something to eat. I look at the striation of the muscle fibers, think about what makes a muscle cell different from other cells, and how the muscle cell differentiated during embryogenesis. I cant eat that. I really am a bionerd.
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Post #256,484
5/23/06 9:20:17 PM
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It won't resemble food after they're done with it either :-)
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #256,485
5/23/06 9:21:38 PM
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Clearly you're not a farm girl.
Having spent my childhood on farms, my early orientation is clearly much different from yours. We had a great deal of respect for our critters and took very good care of them, but eventually, they all became dinner.
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Post #256,488
5/23/06 9:40:43 PM
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Aaaaaaack!!!!!!
We had a great deal of respect for our critters and took very good care of them, but eventually, they all became dinner.
You did that on porpoise!
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Post #256,495
5/23/06 9:55:40 PM
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Just don't tell him, it'll be OK.
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Post #256,594
5/24/06 10:00:44 AM
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To quote Bruce the Shark from Finding Nemo-
Fish are friends, not food.
Follow your MOUSE
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