From: Wilba on
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
"Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message
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> 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
"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> 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
"Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "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

"Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message
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> "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