Squeemish? I think she's faking it.

Post #256,458 by Andrew Grygus 5/23/06 6:54:18 PM Reply	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. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #256,468 by ben_tilly 5/23/06 7:33:45 PM Reply	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)
Post #256,486 by Andrew Grygus 5/23/06 9:23:47 PM Reply	So we play. So sue us. Some people take this Internet stuff way too seriously, considering so much of it is really "lets pretend". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #256,593 by bionerd 5/24/06 9:52:51 AM Reply	Yeah, what he said. And besides, he's fun to play with. Follow your MOUSE
Post #256,478 by bionerd 5/23/06 8:34:57 PM Reply	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. Follow your MOUSE
Post #256,480 by ben_tilly 5/23/06 8:37:31 PM Reply	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)
Post #256,483 by bionerd 5/23/06 9:00:21 PM Reply	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. Follow your MOUSE
Post #256,484 by ben_tilly 5/23/06 9:20:17 PM Reply	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)
Post #256,485 by Andrew Grygus 5/23/06 9:21:38 PM Reply	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. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #256,488 by imqwerky 5/23/06 9:40:43 PM Reply	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!
Post #256,495 by Andrew Grygus 5/23/06 9:55:40 PM Reply	Just don't tell him, it'll be OK. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #256,594 by bionerd 5/24/06 10:00:44 AM Reply	To quote Bruce the Shark from Finding Nemo- Fish are friends, not food. Follow your MOUSE

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