Removing the feeding tube from our aging hipster plaid pants - Page 183

notcasesensitive · 04-21-2005, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
A "two-percenter" is a joke or reference that makes it in to the show, despite the fact that only 2% of the audience will get it.

Last night on South Park, the "Hookers At The Point" reference was the best two-percenter I've ever seen. It turned an otherwise average episode into a classic.

Average at best, but I did like the docudrama hookers part. My favorite episode this season was the one with Kenny Schiavo and Cartman's BFF healthcare proxy.

04-21-2005, 05:11 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
My puppy's breeder is a whackjob too, but so sincere about it that she convinced me to make organic raw food for the puppy. That lasted for about 3 months. I was in LS at the time and one of those months was winter break.

Did you use my bulldyke from Cleveland Park? She offered me raw food for my animals as well.

robustpuppy · 04-21-2005, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Did you use my bulldyke from Cleveland Park? She offered me raw food for my animals as well.

Is this a euphemism?

Even if it is, I suspect that would have been a lot easier. As it was I drove all over the 'burbs looking for raw chicken necks. And that wasn't even the most disgusting part. And I can never use that food processor again.

Replaced_Texan · 04-21-2005, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Is this a euphemism?

Even if it is, I suspect that would have been a lot easier. As it was I drove all over the 'burbs looking for raw chicken necks. And that wasn't even the most disgusting part. And I can never use that food processor again.

Chicken wings. That's what our breeder told us to use. And carrots and grapes. Baby puppy with no teeth was eating raw chicken wings like they were going out of style and the DD was trying to figure out how to start.

I think it lasted maybe a week. And then we went into the Puppy Chow vs. Senior Chow battles. I've given up so they both eat Dog Chow now.

Tyrone Slothrop · 04-21-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Chicken wings. That's what our breeder told us to use. And carrots and grapes. Baby puppy with no teeth was eating raw chicken wings like they were going out of style and the DD was trying to figure out how to start.

Do puppies have nothing to fear from salmonella? I would have thought raw chicken would be a bad idea.

bilmore · 04-21-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Do puppies have nothing to fear from salmonella? I would have thought raw chicken would be a bad idea.

My dog brings home five-week-dead raccoons and skunks. Salmonella from chicken wings would die in her stomach before it affected her.

robustpuppy · 04-21-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Do puppies have nothing to fear from salmonella? I would have thought raw chicken would be a bad idea.

You know, I can't remember the reason that the breeder convinced me it was allright. But I'm not keen on handling raw chicken myself.

For anybody wondering about the bones (yes, I'm sure you're on the edges of your seats), it's true, you should NEVER feed a dog cooked chicken with bones b/c they get sharp and could pierce an organ; but uncooked chicken bones are soft and the marrow is actually supposed to be nutritious.

Presumably raccoon marrow would also be nutritious.

Anne Elk · 04-21-2005, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Chicken wings. That's what our breeder told us to use. And carrots and grapes. Baby puppy with no teeth was eating raw chicken wings like they were going out of style and the DD was trying to figure out how to start.

I think it lasted maybe a week. And then we went into the Puppy Chow vs. Senior Chow battles. I've given up so they both eat Dog Chow now.

My trainer was a big proponent of the BaRF (Bones and Raw Food) diet. If I don't have the time to shop and cook for myself I certainly don't have time to shop for my dog.

We compromised, she get's all natural organic kibble from the earthy crunchy pet food store and I get all natural organic veggies from the earthy crunchy coop down the street.

My dog LOVES carrots and pizza bones. I always heard that grapes were one of those poison foods for dogs, like chocolate. None of our dogs have ever liked them.

tmdiva · 04-21-2005, 05:41 PM

Okay, so my fil is visiting. My problem: he has really bad aim. I don't know if it's because he's not wearing his glasses or if he just doesn't care that much, but it's really really bad. Like, drips down the front of the toilet and on the floor in front of the toilet, visible stains on the toilet rug--you get the picture. I don't clean my own toilets, and he doesn't use the master bathroom, so it wouldn't be a problem except that he shares a bathroom with my son, who in spite of my best efforts has not yet learned that the toilet apparatus is not something you should feel free to touch all over.

Is there anything I can do about this?

tm

robustpuppy · 04-21-2005, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so my fil is visiting. My problem: he has really bad aim. I don't know if it's because he's not wearing his glasses or if he just doesn't care that much, but it's really really bad. Like, drips down the front of the toilet and on the floor in front of the toilet, visible stains on the toilet rug--you get the picture. I don't clean my own toilets, and he doesn't use the master bathroom, so it wouldn't be a problem except that he shares a bathroom with my son, who in spite of my best efforts has not yet learned that the toilet apparatus is not something you should feel free to touch all over.

Is there anything I can do about this?

tm

This is gross, but as fringey pointed out a while ago, urine is actually relatively sanitary, if not sterile.

Otherwise, maybe you could leave a thing of Clorox Wipes on the tank, and have your husband tactfully mention that because the little one is fascinated with the toilet that your husband has made it a habit to wipe it down frequently?

Replaced_Texan · 04-21-2005, 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by bilmore
My dog brings home five-week-dead raccoons and skunks. Salmonella from chicken wings would die in her stomach before it affected her.

My sister's lab (it's always labs isn't it?) at about nine months old had to be rushed to the vet after dining on a dead squirrel. It wasn't even his first trip to the vet after something he ate.* The DD, having shared the meal, suffered from the squirts but otherwise showed no ill effects.

*That honor goes to the seran wrapped sandwich he ate about three hours after I finally went to sleep after having just finished the Texas Bar Exam and not having slept well in about three weeks and at all in the previous three days. He was three months old, and my sister needed someone to keep her calm as she discovered that he liked the hydrogen peroxide she was pouring down his throat to get him to throw up.

He ate a dead mouse a few weeks ago, and refused ipecac (he knows what it is now). I think he ate a cooked chicken bone on Monday. I'm surprised he's lived this long, and that's not even counting the number of times people have actively wanted to kill him.

notcasesensitive · 04-21-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so my fil is visiting. My problem: he has really bad aim. I don't know if it's because he's not wearing his glasses or if he just doesn't care that much, but it's really really bad. Like, drips down the front of the toilet and on the floor in front of the toilet, visible stains on the toilet rug--you get the picture. I don't clean my own toilets, and he doesn't use the master bathroom, so it wouldn't be a problem except that he shares a bathroom with my son, who in spite of my best efforts has not yet learned that the toilet apparatus is not something you should feel free to touch all over.

Is there anything I can do about this?

tm

I have had both platonic guy friends and boyfriends with this issue. What's the deal with that? Could someone please explain to us sitting pee-ers how it is possible not to notice this? I give a bit of a pass to my friend who typically only peed outside the lines when he was sleepwalking, but otherwise what is a plausible excuse?

bilmore · 04-21-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Is there anything I can do about this?

Yes.

Have a glass of wine, and try not to think of all of the things that are going to go in your son's mouth before he turns eight. He will be fine.

Replaced_Texan · 04-21-2005, 05:56 PM

If you were going to a Billy Idol concert tomorrow night, and you have something to do tonight thereby rendering it impossible to shop, AND you got an e-mail from your concert companions with the following instruction: BE SURE TO DRESS YOUR PART, what would you wear when you meet your friends for drinks at 7:15 tomorrow evening?

Assume concert companion ended her e-mail with "I’m getting out my white wedding dress and glue on tattoos as we speak!"

Shape Shifter · 04-21-2005, 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by tmdiva
Okay, so my fil is visiting. My problem: he has really bad aim. I don't know if it's because he's not wearing his glasses or if he just doesn't care that much, but it's really really bad. Like, drips down the front of the toilet and on the floor in front of the toilet, visible stains on the toilet rug--you get the picture. I don't clean my own toilets, and he doesn't use the master bathroom, so it wouldn't be a problem except that he shares a bathroom with my son, who in spite of my best efforts has not yet learned that the toilet apparatus is not something you should feel free to touch all over.

Is there anything I can do about this?

tm

Avoid dead squirrel. Feed him raw chicken.