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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Bluebottle tortureThat reminded me of a story my father told me.
He was working as a draughtsman in a drawing office and for amusement the staff would fire elastic bands at one another. This soon ended up with people trying to shoot flies down in mid flight, but an office sadist had a better plan.
A bluebottle was trapped in a jar and knocked out with chloroform or somesuch similar solvent. While the insect unconscious, a secretary donated a strand of hair which was superglued to the back of the fly. The other end of the hair was glued to a paper dart made out of a rizla.
Upon recovery the fly was released and seemed none the worse for towing a small paper plane behind it.
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I've seen plansfor constructing a little paper jetliner out of some paper matches, and for the engines you catch and stun four flies and glue them to the tops of the "wings". I imagine you could do this either by knocking them out with a solvent or by freezing them...
I've never had the chance to try it, mind you, I've just seen sketches of it.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 15:48,
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Marvellous!I just Googled that and found it here.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 15:56,
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