no no no
people shouldn't be eating ducks because they are cute.

how about we sling the farmworkers onto the slaughter truck by the neck instead. then we can deal with the overcrowding of the world's population at the same time.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:24, 8 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I fucking love eating ducks.
And I don't care whether they're thrown by the neck onto the slaughter truck, or lifted onto it via a cushioned elevator. They're dead either way.
( Kroney, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:25, Reply)

In all fairness if it was priced right I'd eat people
I have fairly low morals when it comes to food.

I do buy happy egg co eggs though because I believe they taste better and they were on offer
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:26, Reply)

Ducks reproduce by gang rape

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:26, Reply)

and this makes them taste better?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Gang rape makes everything taste better
not just ducks.
( Kroney, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:28, Reply)

It's meant to make you question their cuteness.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:30, Reply)

if i witnessed it
i'd probably be squealing like a girl and trying to rescue the female duck. but that's nature - just because i hate programmes about lions killing things and eating them alive doesn't mean i can stop the lions doing it. one day maybe but not now...

but people have brains, they don't have to hurt the ducks, they can do it humanely!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:40, Reply)

all animals have brains.
what's that got to do with it?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:44, Reply)

read this page again
then see if your first statement is correct
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:49, Reply)

Some of them are smaller, granted.
but chompy's stupidity isn't a valid argument in this case.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:52, Reply)

oh come on, that's a bit harsh
he got a 2:2 from reading university, you know.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Gigantic projectile corkscrew wangs.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Welcome, Wookiee.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:45, Reply)

Morning.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:51, Reply)

Ducks are indeed very cute
However this doesn't outweigh the fact that they are delicious.

Ditto lambs, rabbits, pheasants, ostriches...erm...what else have I eaten?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:26, Reply)

are ostriches cute?
hmmm. funny, comical, random. definitely not deserving of being scranned. but cute?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Ostriches are amazing.
There's nothing quite like looking out of the window of your truck and seeing one keep pace along side you.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:29, Reply)

Maybe not in the same way as ducks or bunnies, but I'd say they have their own charm
Having said that, if, for some unknown reason, you ended up stuck in a field full of the buggers and they started to peck at you, I imagine you might be gradually more inclined toward their scranworthiness.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:30, Reply)

Y'know, if I really had to, I'd eat a person
They wouldn't have to be free range either, council flats have that 'battery farm' vibe to them.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:27, Reply)

I wouldn't even need the "really had to" proviso
more, if I could get away with it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:29, Reply)

True
I bet some of the /talk lot would produce some excellent crackling.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:30, Reply)

I was discussing eating my colleagues last week
I reckoned the vegan would taste pretty good as she's basically corn-fed. And the Italian feller probably wouldn't object to being drowned in a barrel of Barrolo.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:35, Reply)

He'd drown eventually, but he'd probably have to get out a couple of times to pop to the gents.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:36, Reply)

he's an italian
he probably wouldn't bother!

RACISTLOLS!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:38, Reply)

Ayyy, a beppety-bobbety-boobity!
*gesticulates wildly*
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:41, Reply)

You need a moustache for that.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:11, Reply)

ducks are fucking delicious

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:27, Reply)

But duck is tasty
whereas manual workers aren't
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Duck is fucking delicious
As is lamb, veal, venison, etc.

I've not eaten rabbit in years though, but really want to! I'd even hunt it myself, if I could. Even though they are very cute, especially this guy -

Aww, look at the little fella!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:32, Reply)

frankly
I found foie gras so delicious that I'd happily stuff a goose to death myself just so I could eat its liver.

I like animals as animals, but unfortunately I like eating them too.

I watched a QI the other day that was on about giant tortoises not being classified for ages because they were so delicious that none made it back to London.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:37, Reply)

I've never had foie gras
The only 2 dead animal things I've ever not enjoyed are liver and mackerel.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:39, Reply)

foie gras isn't like eating calf's liver or something
and it is fucking lovely.

I like mackerel, but not in the extreme quantities that we tend to catch it in the summer.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:41, Reply)

I was really disappointed with Mackerel
I'd personally caught it, cleaned it, prepared it and cooked it, and didn't enjoy it. That's just not fucking fair!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:53, Reply)

how did you prepare and cook it?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Hmm, it's been a few years
I think it was scoring the skin on the outside, rubbing salt over it, then pouring some olive oil into the middle of it, before wrapping in newspaper, and putting it on the BBQ.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:58, Reply)

well, if you didn't like it like that
then it's not for you!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Aye, that's what was said at the time
I'd do the fishing again tomorrow though, it was ace.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:00, Reply)

we used to go to Beer (best place ever)
hire a little boat and cruise around for a couple of hours, smoking spliffs and reeling in the mackerel. Great fun.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:04, Reply)

We were down at Kenmare for this
There was a lot of beer, but no spliffs. Probably for the best tbh!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 11:06, Reply)

TAKE. IT. DOWN.

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:42, Reply)

With pleasure
*takes aim at cute wittle bunny wabbit*
*shoots it's fucking face off*
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 10:53, Reply)