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Hey, I remember reading a short story on that topic. A scientist invented a machine that lets him hear plants, but then he starts hearing plants screaming and he's suddenly terrified to hurt anything. I think it was by Roald Dahl, in a collection called Skin. Some of those stories were pretty twisted.
Thats why i sometimes wonder when some vegetarians stated that they dont eat meat cause they pitty animals...and how bout plants? arent they living creatures as well? i agree that someone only eat veggies cause of healt reason..not really agree with those who use philosophical bases
Haha, I guess it just comes down to whether or not the thing you're eating once had eyes. By which definition you wouldn't eat potatoes, either :), but I think potatoes with eyes are incredibly disgusting and creepy anyway...I'm twitching just thinking about it.
Oh yeah, I still don't know about my pictures yet Isagel; thanks for asking. I think that if they are permanently gone I have reconciled myself to the fact...:bawling:
Just kidding ;). These emoticons are addictive. Anyway, I've never owned a camera (they were from my dad's digital one), but on the same day I found out about the virus I bought a nice film camera, which I've been meaning to do for a while. So I made myself feel better :).
I hope your ant problem ends well. I definitely think extermination is justifiable; if they weren't sitting nice and cozy in your backyard they would probably be out in the wild serving as a feast for an anteater (not that I know anything about where anteaters live...)
i dont think it has anything to do with eating things with eyes. my step-dad was a half vegetarian, he would eat chicken and fish, but not pork or beef. so i declared that he would only eat things that never had eyeLASHES.
i think it has to do with how our teeth and digestive systems are set up. we are far more omnivorous than some vegetarians would have you believe, but we definitely do share our digestive and cooling systems with herbivores.
anyhow, more on this later...my son needs computer....
i had ants in my house last year...i didn't like the fact that i used Grant's ant stakes (which worked), so i put a whole mess of brown sugar outside where they were coming into my place. needless to say, they stopped coming in, and festered around the sugar.
highly non-nutritious, i'm sure. :( but not lethal, either...and it was fascinating to see them work. rather like goldfish watching.
i agree, however. your space is your space (vbm re: food source); if they're violating it, tell them to go, and if they don't then you have the right to clear it.
knock knock.... look who's here... ME! :D :banana:
I'm in England and things are fine, I haven't strangled the guy and I've been tempted to really do that only a few times... :D Now I have 90 minutes of pc time as he's watching the football :D (usually I only check mail cos if I start foruming I'd never stop and it'd be a bit rude... ;)). I've been visiting lots of cool places, Nottingham, Birmingham (I absolutely loved it!!!) and Manchester, I'm enjoying the Englishness, I'm overdosing on junk food... Everything ok at the moment, excpet that in 9 days I'll leave this limbo and be back to life again... Oh well, I'll enjoy what's left of this, and hope I don't get too depressed when my holiday is over :D
Now I'll go and check how things are around here... I don't know if I'll check the forum again while I'm here (might depend on the football lol;)) anyway when I'll be home I'll have a couple of weeks of non-life before I leave again, so you'll fine me here I guess :D
*waves to everyone* hey why dont we ever use this emoticon???: :wave: It's cute!
:wave: Hello..(it is cute Koa)..
this monday morning and am already at the office,,,i always love monday morning case things are easier in monday!! i'm in a very good mood today...though i have 2 acnes in my face :goof: (darn hormone :rage: )..
but i feel happy..hope this feeling will last througout the day
Cheers
i wonder how they make those rumble strips on the side of the highway
Probably with a big noisy machine. I am off backpacking good bye all.
Which reminds me. How do they paint the white stripes in the middle of a road and make them equally straight and long?
I haven't been keeping up with this thread, or any other threads in this forum, for that matter. :(
I dont know there's still a backpacker these days?Quote:
Originally Posted by simon
Or u were talking about other backpacking?!
my friend insist to be called a "traveller" instead of a backpacker
Cheers
Oh I mean in the mountains Sub, as in being a pack horse for five days and not showering and eating freeze dried meals, and getting attacked my mosquitos, huge biting flies and not seein ganybody else except the people who you went in with, for a week and all of the hiking of course ahs to be up hill. And I call it fun.
that sounds cool...now i'm thinking about going to the beach :)
Cheers