reading the paper....

[scottobear]

...online of course. In news of the odd I find-

(Reuters) Officials at Cape Canaveral finally learned the origin of the plastic bags of urine found recently in a launch-pad complex; a worker was too lazy to use the rest room, which was an elevator ride away. Police called to an apartment where a man had been dead for a week were held at bay for two hours by the man's 18 cats, aggressively guarding the body.


Um. I don't have much to add on this one.

Comments

Newtie!

[zoe.livejournal.com]

You don't think he would ever get that "way" do you? He is just to durn cute I think!

Re: Newtie!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

nah... newtie would sit on my chest and mew, maybe play-fight the authorities.

[petfish.livejournal.com]

Pee in a bag and your cats will love you? I think I'll stick with lots of attention.

Guarding him-?

[rhondak.livejournal.com]

As a food source....pets aren't good to have around when you die in your place alone. Dogs anyway. Little mo-mo will get unduly, carnivorously friendly.

I hate thinking about that when I go to the dog
shelter. A well-kept dog found with an dead elderly lady..."Did you...?" you want to ask him and you wonder if that old addage about the taste of blood is true.

Does the lust go away?

Re: Guarding him-?

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

a fine question... although, I suspect the flavor of a fresh kill and a long dead might be a little different.

Re: Guarding him-?

[reality.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, the reverse could sometimes be true, too.

As we all very well know (suuure!), eldery folks have sometimes been known to eat dog or cat food, since it doesn't matter much to them due to the desensitization of their palate.

So it's not totally rediculous to think that they might eat their way up the food chain... especially should if they misplace their spectacles.

Makes it tough when you volunteer your time at a nursery home when you go to adopt a grandmother or grandfather, and they're coughing up hairballs while they're telling you that their pet recently passed away.

"Did you... ?" you want to ask him or her, and it really stirs the chicken soup of your soul as you wonder whether that old adage about whether they taste like chicken or not is true.

metalevel-ly speaking,
realityAngel

Re: Guarding him-?

[reality.livejournal.com]

"especially should if they"

my god, i've gone non-linear!

i should use this gift, and go edit video now or something. write for david lynch maybe. yeah!

Re: Guarding him-?

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I thought they ate dog or cat food because they had no money, and were buying the cheapest food they could find.

Re: Guarding him-?

[reality.livejournal.com]

Well, right, right...

But the thing is, some older folks can barely tell.

For instance, I've had my grandfather tell me there's no difference in taste between Generic Brand crackers, and well... ANYTHING ELSE. That's right. It doesn't matter. Talk to him long enough, and you start to realize that everything is just about the same to him. Maybe everything tastes like chicken to him or a t-bone steak, I really don't know, but I hope, for his sake, that he's imagining something delicious.

I can't truly believe that people eat it just because it's cheap. One of the actors I've talked to told me that when he first came here to LA he was convinced once that he should try feline tuna... and, apparently, it was so bad, that he was scared from tuna for almost a decade afterwards.

Apparently, it's not too good. Or maybe you need the right brand. Again, I can't be sure. Maybe I should my grandfather. :)

But there are other cheap, viable sources of protein that taste fine, anyway. Like eggs. (Which are 18 for $1.07 at Costco in LA)

And, you know, considering the cost of pet food these days... it's almost as cheap to buy tuna on sale. Or in a big package at a wholesale club.

The economics of food must have been quite different back when the idea that eating dog or cat food was thought to be a money saving measure. Unless, of course, they meant DRY cat or dog food. Some of that's more affordable than just about anything, even today. There are some brands that don't cost significantly more, pound per pound, than cat litter. Pretty scary! :)

Re: Guarding him-?

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I agree. ramen noodles and a tin of veggies are far cheaper than many commercially available petfoods out there.

times have changed in recent years... more people have more disposable income.. so they're willing to thow money away on 'princess feast for persians'... sadly, many of the same folks rarely thing that there are hungry humans that need feeding too.

online news

[mauracelt.livejournal.com]

lazy man, hungry kitties.. sounds about right to me anyway. think they might be after nothing for a few days, as gross as that sounds..(eeeewwwww) ok grossed myself out bye.