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From: David Kennedy on 15 Mar 2006 05:56 On 15/3/06 10:52 am, Paul Russell wrote: > Graeme Wall wrote: > >> >> What puzzles me is that if you are a vegan, whu would you want to >> pretend to >> eat meat? >> > > It depends on one's reasons for being vegan, but usually it's ethically > driven and so it's perfectly reasonable for someone who once enjoyed the > taste of meat, but who now chooses to eschew it rather than chew it, to > enjoy meat analogues. But what about the principle of the thing man. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: James Dore on 15 Mar 2006 06:20 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 14/3/06 7:03, in article 140320061903483038%sarakirk(a)blueyonder.co.uk, > "Sara Kirk" <sarakirk(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > In article <C03CBF98.179A6D%chrisridd(a)mac.com>, Chris Ridd > > <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > >> On 14/3/06 6:29, in article 1hc7coj.wbjfu439u9h1N%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk, > >> "Woody" <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> Sara Kirk <sarakirk(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>>> In article <C03B571A.178DDE%chrisridd(a)mac.com>, Chris Ridd > >>>> <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> A bit like owls, I believe. Especially the big ones. > >>>> > >>>> Urban myth. They don't exist. > >>> > >>> That is untrue - I have seen winches. > >> > >> Urban myths also exist. Honestly Sara, you're telling such (vegetarian) > >> porkies! > >> > > What would they be? Soyies? > > That would too Quorny. > Very good. That's pro-team punning, that is. -- james dore new college it-support(a)new/james.dore(a)new http://www.new.ox.ac.uk
From: James Dore on 15 Mar 2006 06:20 zoara <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Roger Merriman wrote: > > Paul Russell <prussell(a)sonic.net> wrote: > > > >> Graeme Wall wrote: > >> > > >> > What is the point of a porkless pork pie? > >> > > >> > >> It's just a faux pork pie, for those who either can't or won't eat meat. > >> All the pleasure without the health or ethical concerns. > >> > >> Paul > > > > mmm like fake bacon? > > Fakon? > > > > which looks and tastes like fisher price bacon. > > Looks like plasticine, tastes like frazzles. > > -z- And repeats ad nauseam, -- james dore new college it-support(a)new/james.dore(a)new http://www.new.ox.ac.uk
From: Chris Ridd on 15 Mar 2006 06:30 On 15/3/06 10:42, in article 150320061042239502%sarakirk(a)blueyonder.co.uk, "Sara Kirk" <sarakirk(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > In article <cedf074e%Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk>, Graeme Wall > <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >>> >> >> What puzzles me is that if you are a vegan, whu would you want to pretend to >> eat meat? > > You don't. You do quite often want to eat something filling and savoury > and for some odd reason most available pre-made products seem to want > to look like they could be meat. > > Don't forget though that average burger, sausage or pork pie bears no > relation to a lump of meat anyway, so you just end up with two products > that look kind of similar, are mainly made of the same things with the > same artificial flavourings added, except one of them has the scrapings > from an abbatoir added to enable them to be labelled as meat. Stop it, you're making me hungry! Cheers, Chris
From: zoara on 15 Mar 2006 06:35
James Dore wrote: > zoara <me3(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> Roger Merriman wrote: >> >> > which looks and tastes like fisher price bacon. >> >> Looks like plasticine, tastes like frazzles. >> >> -z- > > And repeats ad nauseam, > Looks like plasticine, tastes like frazzles. -z- -- I've just set up Thunderbird for news. Never used it before, so apologies for weirdness. |