The Random Thoughts Thread

[Ursa major]

I used to eat a dish that we called "cat meat pie", although I hasten to add that there was no specifically-cat-related food in it.









(Or any cat, for that matter.)

[Daisy-Boo]

What was in the pie Ursa?

[Ursa major]

Minced meat out of a can (of a specific brand). A small tin would provide enough filling for a pie that would be cooked on 22cm** or so plate.

It wasn't very substantial (unless you ate it all yourself), but it tasted nice, as I recall.


For those of you in the UK, I'll give a clue as to the brand: "This is not just mince meat in a can, it's...."



** - It might be smaller than this. I can't recall exactly

[Daisy-Boo]

All this talk of pie has made me crave my mom's homemade chicken pie. *tummy rumble*

[Rosemary]

My Father took one of our chickens to the vet because it had a bad foot! I wonder how many other people would do that?

[Interference]

Not many. Most people would have expected it to fly there on its own.

[Daisy-Boo]

Originally Posted by Rosemary

My Father took one of our chickens to the vet because it had a bad foot! I wonder how many other people would do that?

That's so sweet! How did the vet react to being presented with a chicken to fix?

When I was about 6, my brother won a chick at a school fair. We called the chick Okkie. (A man in our town named Okkie van Sensie was a well-known long-distance walker.) Okkie followed us everywhere and was a lovely little chap. Sadly, my dad accidentally stepped on him one day and Okkie went to chicken heaven. To this day I think chickens make great pets.

[Interference]

*BAWWWLLLLLL*

Poor chick

(my bro accidentally killed his pet rabbit when we were kids - I still haven't got over it )

[Rosemary]

The vet was ok with it but the other people in the waiting room were looking rather askance! Sorry about your little Okkie though, Daisy.

I'll bring one over for you if you like, Inter. Can't have you being so upset after all this time!

[Interference]

(50 years, you'd think I'd be over it by now )

[Daisy-Boo]

Originally Posted by Interference

*BAWWWLLLLLL*

Poor chick

(my bro accidentally killed his pet rabbit when we were kids - I still haven't got over it )

I still feel a little sad about Okkie and that was over 30 years ago. *sigh*

I get very emotional over animal deaths. One time, when I was about 7, I rescued an injured pigeon from a group of boys who were tormenting the poor thing. I took the pigeon home and informed my mother that we were going to nurse it back to health. My brother was roped in to help make a comfortable bed for it, with food and water nearby so pigeon wouldn't have to make much of an effort.

The next morning my mom told me the pigeon had recovered and left. It wasn't until years later I figured out that the poor thing had died during the night and my family was too scared to tell me. They knew major waterworks would have ensued.

[Ursa major]

I suppose they had to "pigeon hole" it in the garden.









(Be grateful that I didn't mention pies.... Oops!)

[Winters_Sorrow]

Aren't all thoughts random? Who knows what causes neurons to fire in a certain synapse and not another? And if we did know what caused it and could manipulate them to fire in a certain pattern and make people think a certain thought who would need paid advertising?

[Interference]

I think your parents were very thoughtful about it, and I'm sure you felt comforted by the deception when you were a child.

Besides, you say you "figured out" that it had died in the night ... you might still be wrong about that

Originally Posted by Winters_Sorrow

Aren't all thoughts random? Who knows what causes neurons to fire in a certain synapse and not another? And if we did know what caused it and could manipulate them to fire in a certain pattern and make people think a certain thought who would need paid advertising?

No, WS, I think you'll find that all thoughts are actually Pre-Determined

I think there's a thread around here somewhere about that

[Ursa major]

Where there's a wheel, there's a way....