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

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.