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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About 17 years ago...I awoke one morning and got myself dressed and ready for school. After the obligatory ablutions of the 12 year old male (i.e. a quick sniff of the armpits and a tentative scratch of the plums) I sallied forth and ventured downstairs to fetch myself some cooked bread comestibles.
Having made myself a cup of coffee, and placed the bread in toaster I then discovered a terrible and distressing lack of marmite. 'Oh well' thought I, "buttered toast to break my fast will have to suffice and I shall instruct Mother to purchase more yeasty victuals ASAP."
The toaster did 'spoing!' I buttered my toast.
It tasted....funny. Somewhat scorched and musty. A burnt hair kind of smell. After gagging upon the third slice (it was a four slice toaster, and I was a fat bastard even then) I cautiously peered down into the grinning, gaping mouth of the toaster.
Something looked back at me. With sad eyes. Eyes that had known pain and suffering.
There, its claws melted to the side of the toaster, entombed in a small mountain of crumbs and smouldering fur was... a mouse.
The expression on its face could only be described as "oooooof".
Poor fucker. One minute gorging itself on crumbs, the next watching as its feet congeal to a glowing orange element.
I ate the last slice of toast though.
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bennyhillslovechild, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 0:42,
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Oh, that's terribleThe poor mouse... I would have thrown up after that; no way could I have continued eating.
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"ooooof"what a wonderfully painted picture =)
*Click*
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Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 7:50,
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Why didn't it scream?I know rats aren't mice, but I've kept rats and they protest most vocally if you accidentally shut their tails in their cage door.
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Bob Todd whee, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 9:22,
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