my grandparents kept chickens in the war
My uncle fed them everyday. He was rather fond of them and thought of them as pets.
He was 40 before he realised the true meaning of the phrase 'the chickens are going to live in the country.'
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rob,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 17:12,
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it could be worse
my grandmother made my dad take his 'pet' rabbit to the butchers himself. he's still traumatised by it 60 years later
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Spoon,
Wed 8 Oct 2003, 20:49,
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