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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Cranefly BattlesNot the fairest of battles though.
Round 1: My friends cat Vs craneflies
My friend had a cat that was literally unable to do anything untill it killed any cranefly unlucky enough to cross her line of vision. After a lengthy Perfect Dark Session, we noted that Prudence's persistance resembled the Lock-On qualities of the MagSec 4 gun in said game. Excitedly we gave Prudence the Tomkaneese cat the gift of flight, and held her aloft so that she could take out craneflies mid-air that previously would have evaded her and sent her into a state of frustrated aggression for the rest of the night.
Round 2:Battle of Britain
Two friends of mine, both rugger chaps and attending a private school at the time, relayed the benefits of a privately funded education by regularly staging Battle of Britain memorial displays in the classroom. This involved either side collecting a "fleet" of craneflies, relieving them of their legs, drawing swatstikas/union jacks (delete as appropriate) on their wings with various implements, and then engaging them in battle by throwing them at eachother paper-airplane - stylee. Apparently they had just enough strength to flutter into oneanother before clumsily crashing to their deaths.
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 12:14, 4 replies)
I swear craneflies are daddy long legs.I think you're lying about Round 2. You can't be rough with their wings else they break.
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Bats, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 12:38,
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You wouldthink that, but apparently not. One way to find out...
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 13:25, closed)
AlsoI call them Daddy Long Legs, but it's a bit of a mouthful, perhaps DLL is best
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 13:26, closed)
Tonkinese?
(, Sat 8 Dec 2007, 18:30, closed)
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