Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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Legless4legs.
As you old-timers on QOTW might know, I'm named after my dog. He was called Legless.
Now when we got Legless (so named because he was drunk when we found him) we knew bugger all about him except the few things we could deduce. He used to wear a collar. He had never seen stairs (for ages he was fine going up them but had to be carried down them) and he had never seen a large expanse of water. This we found out by accident.
We were at a local park playing frisbee and Legless was joining in the fun chasing the frisbee backwards and forwards and hving a wonderful time. Then an errant throw sent the disk spinning over the boating lake and into the water.
"Isssa gonna getit!!! Issa gonna getit!!" Yelped Legless excitedly and off he went, full pelt after the frisbee. Only he didn't know that water wasn't solid. He made a creditable effort though. He was going so fast when he hit the water that he actually seemed to run a few steps on the surface before sinking.
Of course this came as a hell of a shock to the poor bugger and he panicked and started to drown. He was actually trying to climb out of the water into thin air. So, as bloody usual, it was muggins who had to jump in and rescue him and Legless clawed the fuck out of my chest by trying to climb on top of me. Still, we got him out safely in the end.
Oddly enough, this experience didn't put him off water and within a few weeks he was fascinated by the stuff. Every chance he got he'd hurl himself with gay abandon into any water he couild find. Canals, ponds, lakes, rivers - he loved them all.
Then one fateful day we took him up North to see the sea. You should have seen his face when he saw the sea for the first time. All that water!
He jumped out of the car and pelted hell-for-leather towards the sea and the skidded to a stop and looke at the waves suspiciously. What the fuck were those? A couple of experimental dashes forward followed by instant retreats as he tried to figure them out and then he thought "Stuff it" and hurled himself joyously into the waves - and was promptly dumped on his arse by a big roller.
Ah Legless - I miss you mate...
Cheers
Legless2Legs
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:26,
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hahahaha, you're named after a dog!/indianajonesblog
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:34,
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And I thought I was the only one...Pooflake is my cat
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:42,
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What's that Pooflake......you took your cat to the beach too?
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:44,
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JeccyNo, but with a twist of irony...I was legless when we got him.
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:49,
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Pooflake = Legless?Legs, you want to watch yourself with this one....Talented Mr Ripley all over again :p
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 8:58,
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Ha!.
Pooflake won't steal my identity. He's carving his own niche as one the rising new talent here on QOTW.
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 9:00,
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agreedYou, Poo and Frankspencer always raise a chuckle :)
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 9:10,
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For what it's worth...I do a crap Geordie accent. Especially considering that by now I'd probably have to add a twang of Aussie.
ha'way cobber, bottle o' brune & snag on the barbie etc etc.
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Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 9:59,
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Did ya hear that soundclip I did on Legless's site?I stuck the link on me profile..cool site that Legs btw
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 10:13,
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You...Cocked the link up mate....
You need:
www.daftdoggy.com/recorder/playmp3.php?id=91
And I must get on with working on that site - still loads to do with it...
cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 10:16,
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A joyful little taleAnd very close to our own stupid mutt's first experiences of water. Now we can't keep her out.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 10:20,
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