BS: Ignorant Other Species

Subject: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 06:24 PM

Purley at a risk of copying my blotty book..........

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 06:27 PM

Who's Purley?

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 07:08 PM

or purely

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 07:17 PM

......and don't call me Purley!

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Declan
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 07:20 PM

Purley! Famous place Purley. Say no More!

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Ed T
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 07:28 PM

Blotty:

•What are those three blotty dots on the map where nothing ever happens? —Two For The Lions


•Pantheacon is always a blast too, we've done that one a few years now, there's always something crazy happening, whether it be the kegger in our hotel room afterwards, or Chris getting blotty with Absinthe. Metal Underground .com


•What you lay yourself open to, my dear, in the way of being the object of uncharitable suspicions, when you go into the Lodging business. I have not the words to tell you. But, never was I so dishonourable as to have two keys. Nor, would I willingly think it even of Miss Wozenham, located lower down on the other side of the way. I waS sincerely hoping that it may not be, though doubtless at the same time, money cannot come from nowhere. But, it is not reason to suppose that Bradshaws put it in for love, be it blotty as it may.
—Mrs. Lirripers Lodgings

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 13 Dec 10 - 11:44 PM

If I hear ANY specist remarks around here, there is gonna be hell to pay! You specist hatemongers that get yer kicks denigratin' them that ain't human are gonna find yerselves in very deep shit when the APP wins the next election and I take up residence in the White House. You won't even dare come up for air after that.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 05:34 AM

My dog farts and then slinks out of the room.

If that ain't being ignorant, I don't know what is.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 08:53 AM

My cat farts and looks at me as if to say ' so what ' now that's ignorant.

Dave H

Subject: BS: Ignorant Aliens (to prevent yet another thd.)
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 10:33 AM

Have you ever wondered why extraterrestrial aggressors always speak with a midwestern American accent? ;-)

I always say that we will never be visited by intelligent "aliens" - if they're really intelligent, they won't visit us, and certainly they won't solve our problems. Actually we have much more intelligence here on earth than we choose to make use of.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Mr Happy
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 11:56 AM

.......do they know its christmas time at all?

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Steamin' Willie
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 12:11 PM

it would be fun describing why we have Xmas in the first place to them though!

"You see there's this dude with a big beard who had a son but not a navel. With me so far?"

Mark Twain once said that man is the only animal who can blush.   Or needs to.

Just thought I would throw that one in.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 01:33 PM

I'm not sure that's true...I've seen dogs that were quite clearly embarrassed over some faux pas they committed, and I suspect that they were blushing....but you just can't see it, that's all! Can you see a really dark-skinned person blush? I don't think you can...but you still realize they are blushing from their facial expressions, etc...

It's simply a rush of blood to the head area, caused by an emotional surge and an accelerated heartbeat...and I bet that's common to many species.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 01:49 PM

My husband is very black, and you can't see at all when he's blushing. My three cats wouldn't bother to blush even if they could, they're totally unabashed by their own behaviour (ie doing a quick wee up the wall) I'm the only one who blushes, I go a horrible shade of puce for the least thing. I wonder if animals DO actually feel embarrassment? It's an interesting thought...

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Dec 10 - 02:00 PM

They definitely do, Eliza. I've seen pet dogs that were very embarrassed over something that happened...either they got caught doing something they shouldn't have or some other kind of embarrassing moment occurred.

I've also seen cats that got embarrassed, usually because they slipped off something and fell unexpectedly. Cats hate that, and they really hate it if it is witnessed by anyone. We had a cat, for example, who in the enthusiasm of his youth would rush madly up and down the polished wooden stairs in our home. One day he misjudged somehow, lost his footing, and went flying down the steps and landed backwards on his ass! It was hilarious. What he did was exactly what any embarrassed cat does...he leaped up, and rushed off like a streak and wasn't seen for about half an hour. When he eventually reappeared, he walked around yawning and stretching as if to say...."Man, what a dull day. Nothing happening here. Nothing to look at here..."

That's how cats handle embarrassment. ;-D They pretend "it" never happened.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 08:43 AM

No the other species aren't ignorant just natural, that is why I love them the best.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 08:54 AM

I did laugh at your daft cat, skidding on the polished floor, Little Hawk. And acting nonchalent afterwards! I think you're right, animals do have more sense of the ridiculous than I give them credit for. And you're right of course, Patsy, it isn't ignorance, just natural behaviour. I sometimes wish we humans could be allowed to be uninhibited, but sometimes they can be very embarrassing. There's an old joke where a lady is watching her friend's cat licking its bottom, and she says "Wouldn't it be strange if WE could do that?" And her friend replies "I expect my cat would let you if you asked him."

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 09:01 AM

There's an old joke about that here in the USA and Canada. Two farmers are driving along in an old pickup truck. They stop at a stop sign on a country road, and they notice that there is a dog lying on the grass nearby, licking its balls.

"I wish I could do that," remarks the one guy to the other.

"Well, get out and give it a try if you want," says the other one, "but don't blame me if he bites you."

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: theleveller
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 11:25 AM

My elder daughter was telling me about one of her ducks that keeps coming into the kitchen and sitting in the dogs' water bowl and refuses to move no matter how much the dogs bark at her. Not sure if that's ignorant or clever.

I once had a Gloucester Old Spots pig that liked to settle down in the dog's bed.

Subject: RE: BS: Ignorant Other Species
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Dec 10 - 12:25 PM

Crows and Magpies are very smart, and they'll do some really strange things to amuse themselves. Here are 2 Magpies deliberately provoking a fight on the street between 2 cats, and it's quite evident that the Magpies are doing it simply for their own entertainment, looking for a little excitement on their time off from doing the usual basic survival and territorial stuff that generally occupies birds. They are willing to risk considerable danger to themselves in order to have some raucous and unholy fun at the cats' expense.

Magpies and cats