From: Wilba on 15 Jun 2010 05:13 Bill Graham wrote: > > Somebody told me that emu's taste just like steak......I didn't believe it > then, but now that you told me this, I am not so sure anymore.....(Two > references have a lot more power than just one....) When I was kid (growing up in emu habitat), I was told the only way to eat emu was to boil it with a rock. When the rock gets soft you throw away the emu and eat the rock.
From: Peter on 15 Jun 2010 08:53 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:201006141723078930-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-14 16:35:31 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > >> "Walter Banks" <walter(a)bytecraft.com> wrote in message >> news:4C15ADB5.7A136F38(a)bytecraft.com... >>> >>> >>> tony cooper wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >That might be shredded skunk >>> >>> A vet friend of mine over dinner a couple weeks ago noted >>> that there is nothing on a skunk that doesn't smell like skunk >>> including the bottoms of their feet >>> >> >> >> Does this guy have a life. Really who would go around smelling the >> bottoms of a skunk's foot. >> >> I've heard that a deodorized skunk makes a great pet.. > > True. > Back in 1973, when I lived in Utica NY, I had a friend who had a pet > skunk. It was strange having it run around the apartment. I was not sure > if it was some sort of illusion, or not, but to me it looked like its > front legs were shorter than the rear legs. This made it look as though it > was always going downhill, sniffing around like an odd vacuum cleaner. > > No mice or bugs in that apartment, and I always wondered who would want to > be a skunk descenter. > Better a descenter, than a descendant. -- Peter
From: Peter on 15 Jun 2010 08:55 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:55md16tedf3u6k1c6ts8c8ieih6vd72738(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:23:07 -0700, Savageduck > <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > >>No mice or bugs in that apartment, and I always wondered who would want >>to be a skunk descenter. > > Seems cruel to me...being a skunk descenter and dropping skunks out of > second story windows. > That would be a descender. -- Peter
From: Peter on 15 Jun 2010 08:57 "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hv6m0l$rg1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:d9md16h7tttke7rn5ie8kj964ejbkj22dh(a)4ax.com... >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:38:41 -0400, "Peter" >> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >> >>>>>I like mock turtle soup. >>>>>But, my efforts to find mock turtles have not been successful. >>>> >>>> You've got to walk away and turn back very quickly to catch them. >>>> They only mock you behind your back. >>>> >>> >>> >>>And the difference between them and the trolls in this group is? >> >> The biggest troll in this group is playing a shell game with all those >> names. >> > Yeah, he retreats to his shell (of many disguises), and then snaps at > innocent passersby. > That's a snappy comment -- Peter
From: Dudley Hanks on 15 Jun 2010 09:01
"Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4c17786a$0$5516$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:55md16tedf3u6k1c6ts8c8ieih6vd72738(a)4ax.com... >> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:23:07 -0700, Savageduck >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >> >>>No mice or bugs in that apartment, and I always wondered who would want >>>to be a skunk descenter. >> >> Seems cruel to me...being a skunk descenter and dropping skunks out of >> second story windows. >> > > > That would be a descender. > > -- > Peter Which makes main floor skunks their descendants ... Take Care, Dudley |