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'Pet' an insult to animals, academics say
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Posted on 04/28/2011 11:07:30 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB
To: WOBBLY BOB
How much better off the world would be if "academics" actually had to work for a living, rather than get paid to sit around and dream up things to "improve".
For starters, that would mean Obama and his entire administration would not have the luxury of imposing the superior enlightenment and intelligence on the nation because they'd be too busy struggling with the real world, of which they obviously know very little.
To: WOBBLY BOB
I asked my cats if they objected to being called pets, and both of them said no. So I shall continue to refer to them as pets.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:18:51 AM PDT
by
winkadink
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I agree with the academics!
Animals should be called “food” not “pets.”
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:19:44 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Even innocuous phrases such as "sly as a fox" and "drunk as a skunk" are seen as an affront to animals. So I guess calling Fiona, 'Coyote ugly' or 'fat as whale' are also out?
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Going to Charlotte for the barbecue is like going to Minneapolis for the gumbo - John Reed)
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:21:00 AM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FreeRepublic. Now, More Than Ever.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I don’t have time to reply, got to run over to “CompanionSmart”.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:23:42 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
animal rights activists are an insult to Humanity.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:23:48 AM PDT
by
TexasFreeper2009
(Obama = Carter 2.0 The Epic Fail Edition)
To: WOBBLY BOB
My dogs really don’t care what I call them as long as I continue to feed them, buy them toys, play with them and generally cater to their every whim.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:23:48 AM PDT
by
jess35
To: WOBBLY BOB
Well, here we have it.
Irrefutable proof that you simply CAN'T fix stupid, even by giving it a PhD.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:24:55 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: WOBBLY BOB
When my animals ask me ever so politely not to refer to them as pets I wont, until then they are pets.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:25:07 AM PDT
by
svcw
(Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
To: FrankR
Maybe they should apply for ‘stimulus’ funds to pay for their new signs...
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:26:19 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
To: WayneS
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:28:19 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Proud2BeRight
As long as it's a low-flush toilet. They can bottle it to go too — just not in a disposable plastic container.
To: WOBBLY BOB
when my pets KNOW i’m calling them pets, then i’ll worry. for now they can’t speak english.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:32:03 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Worthless college degrees strike yet again.
They became wise to become fools.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:34:27 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Even innocuous phrases such as "sly as a fox" and "drunk as a skunk" are seen as an affront to animals. Meanwhile, another group of foreign academics has identified "built like a brick ****house" as an affront to outhouses and loos the world over. They expect to start a movement in the US to address this and other insensitive building references such as "big as a house" and "dumb as a doorknob," though an exact date depends on how quickly they can pass through customs.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:34:47 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
(Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I was driving across Vermont last year, and I noticed a sign for a “Companion Animal Hospital.”
My first thought was that they must specialize in seeing-eye dogs, dogs brought into nursing homes to comfort the sick, or the like.
My second thought was, oh, just the latest PC trend.
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:34:47 AM PDT
by
Cicero
To: camle
I guess my dog must feel pretty awful everytime I call him “dumb-ass.”
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:37:34 AM PDT
by
reegs
To: WOBBLY BOB
My G-d! These people get some great weed!
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posted on
04/28/2011 11:38:22 AM PDT
by
nolongerademocrat
("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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