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Would you eat your pet
Posted by Stillthinking • 5/02/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: i would never eat my cat and i would take a shotgun to anyone who tried
Here's a question. Let's say the world suffered an apocalyptic event and world food supplies were destroyed.
To cut the religious zealots off before they get started, let's say this apocalyptic event was a zombie uprising.
If you and your beloved dog (or cat) were among a small but hardy group of survivors, would you eat your pet should starvation approach?
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I don't have a pet so I don't get the special animal thing...however, I am a vegan...so erm...my head hurts
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Vegans will be the first to die for being too picky about their food.
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please...haven't you heard the old joke...
How many vegans does it take to eat a cow?
One if no one's looking... -
LOL. So one apocalypse and all your principles just fly out the door.
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Well...my objection to animal products is actually to do with farming methods and the environmental problems caused by cattle and dairy farming...so really...eating pets is kind of ok!
hmm...maybe I should start eating cats...this way I can stave off the revolution by picking off key members of the cat intelligence agency... -
Who told you about that? We have a leak...
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I KNEW IT!
*starts sharpening kebab skewers*
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It depends on the pet and how useful they were. I don't think my pet rock would be much use at all.-
hahaha
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Your fancy rat would make a nice kebab. People have eaten rats in the past when food situations became dire.
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people have eaten everything before...it's why bugs are eaten in countries that are prone to famine...
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My rat will be too busy zombifying your cat. Rat zombies are known to be both fierce and cunning.
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Your fancy rat also has been feeding on MAC cords and therefore, must taste like Apples.
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Truly, he is an iRat.
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Heck no! My pets are capable of finding food that we can both eat.
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Truffle hunting pigs and rabbit hunting dogs?
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Oh yeah, and they can find other kinds of food too.
Exactly how "hardy" are these other survivors?
Do any have food locating skills and other survival skills? -
Yes, resorting to cannibalism is a distinct possibility.
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To get around this problem, I have a pet sandwich, which I'd definitely eat in such a situation...if not before....-
hahahahahahaha
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ROTFL.
If Grover was edible and was the only option left for food, would you eat him? -
good answer, grasshopper
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by the way, Still...your cat is looking quite yummy...I think it would be god marinaded in peri peri sauce and barbecued...
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My cat is 14 pounds and would feed several people. She is also nicely marbled and not grisly at all. BUT, I wouldn't let anyone harm a hair on her head...or the rest of her either.
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What if it gave itself willingly?
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Are you going to ask her? I'm not.
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If I ask....and she doesn't reply...I think that's tacit consent...don't you?
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Use lots of catsup, I say.
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Tacit consent? That's a slippery slope, Siuil. If we want to feast on your corpse, have you given tacit consent if we push your head up and down while you're unconscious?
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that's a whole new kettle of fish...
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Well, if my pets were actually a pool of fat koi, I would eat them in a heartbeat.
And if I had a pet chicken or a pet rabbit, dinner is served. -
What about Cat Stevens? Would anyone eat him?
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Cat Steven's has fallen victim to the zombie hoard.
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If all other food sources are exhausted on the entire planet, what would be the point? Death is certain, eating the pet would only delay the inevitable.
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Excellent answer. Might as well allow your pet to feed on your corpse instead.
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@Still
Or organise an orderly suicide for everyone.
I'm not going to ask about you letting your cat feed on you after you die. -
I have already resigned myself to the fate of so many spinsters. Dieing alone and being eaten by wild dogs (or the 100's of cats I have been hoarding).
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@Still
Perhaps you're being a touch overly dramatic and defeatist. -
Not if you eat your pets while waiting for your veggies to ripen. Unless you've been miltantly training your pet for months before the zombies rise, he or she will only lead the horde to your door (or get eaten). -
Also a good point. Eating your pet could be a stop gap measure until the vegetable garden you have planted on the roof of the mall you are shut up in becomes ready to eat.
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@greencurmudgeon
Have you been reading Cat's Cradle again??
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no, he's much to small to yield a decent snack.
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ok, that's damn cute!
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he totally is. I should make a blog just for him.
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My cat could eat your dog.
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My rat could eat your cat.
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Nope I wouldn't get the opportunity.
My pet cat Smokey will rip me to shreds 1st.-
Yep, my cat has all her claws and is pretty plucky. I think she'll catch on pretty quick if anyone was trying to eat her.
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Sometimes I call Mrs. Agit8r "my pet"
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Bad rabble rouser. Go to the corner!
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Would you eat her or vice versa..................... -
Agit8r was being naughty, as gtally was kind enough to point out
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So was Claire
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Only if it was smothered in custard and whipped cream!-
yeah same here... oh you weren't replying to what I said...
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Bad Agit8r. That was dirty dirty.
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*goes back to corner*
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Agit8r's latest fortune cookie fortune:
"A closed mouth gathers no feet." -
*laughs through clenched lips*
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I am more likely to have a pet human, than a pet animal, so no
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Well, you won't be included in the hardy band of survivors then. Only pet lovers will survive this apocalypse.
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you have a point, still...the people who go back for animals always manage to survive despite their idiotic decision to go back into the danger zone to save the kitty...
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It's true! The dog always manages to survive the end of civilization and interestingly enough, golden retrievers tend to survive more than other breeds.
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Okay leave me behind then on my own
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Fine. I guess we could rescue you when we come back for Kitty and Fido.
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crpitt The person dressed in rubber and wearing the gimp mask that you keep locked in the basement should NOT be considered as a pet. -
Zed's dead baby... Zed's dead
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Bring out the gimp.
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One of your pets is particularly blessed in their anatomy.
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I like man slaves in doodles I guess -
That one had duct tape over his mouth. You are a disturbed person.
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I'm thinking it might depend on if intended digestion comes into play.... -
@still Doodle Claire did it, not I
@Page hmmmm your right -
My oh my. Nice Octopus. Polybore will swap you a squid, a cuttle fish and two limpets for it. (And these guys know what to do if you get the driftwood).
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Yeah would eat the cat then the wife and child. (In that order).
Obviously polybore would spin the cat out for as long as possible before eating the family. Roast cat, cat curry, cat soup, cat liver pate, cat's eye jelly, cat brain surprise, cat tongue canapé, stuffed cat's rectum sausage, cat stomach haggis, sautéed cat tail and cat paw fricassee.-
I shouldn't be laughing, but I am.
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put a bit of thought into that? o_0
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Agit8r No thought required. It is in the polybore survival handbook. Recipes available on request.
Don't feel bad about laughing Stillthinking. Cats have a philosophical attitude regaring this sort of thing. If the cat where a bit bigger or polybore was incapacitated in some way then, without a second thought, the cat would eat polybore. -
I'm just glad you didn't give recipes for the wife...
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How about Dog the Bounty Hunter? Does he count as dinner?
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He's among the first wave of victims to the zombie plague.
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The apocalypse is now. Hello Kitty sushi is already amongst us:
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That is quite disturbing. (o_O)
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Not as disturbing as this:
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No, that's just hilarious! Maybe ole Darth wouldn't have been "Dark side this or Dark side that" if he had some Hello Kitty in his life.
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pink helmet huh?
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Back to the naughty corner with you!
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Hello Kitty hahaha
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It would be a case of eat or be eaten. If I dont eat my pets, they'll eat me-
See, I would almost rather they eat me.
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Be back in about 30 mins. Don't ask me what's for dinner.
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Rat-atouille? Sorry, couldn't resist.
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No way in a bajillion years would I eat one of my pets. That is like asking a mom if she would eat her offspring..... that is just sick.
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Alrighty then.
Because this is the apocalypse, would you allow your pet to feed on your rotting corpse in order to survive?
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Hell yeah, I would eat it!-
What kind of pet do you have?
Is it even edible? -
what kind of pet isn't edible?
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Poisonous butterflies
Pet fugu -
who has poisonous butterflies as pets?!
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*butterfly whizzes by head*
I do, thank you. -
We have three aquaria full of fish, but you can't eat any of them because of the chemicals in the water (A Fish Called Wanda notwithstanding).
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I'm back from taking down my flags
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*snigger*
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Did you follow the proper storage procedure for anarchist flags?
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I'm not an Anarchist... not that there's anything wrong with that
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OK, did you follow proper procedure for storage of Nonviable Third Party Flags?
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@Still
You mean put them away in a cedar chest, wait fifteen years, and sell them in the memorabilia section on Ebay? -
Yes, precisely.
The Ross Perot flags should be ready for the Antiques Roadshow by now. -
the Ralph Nader flag has a pinstripes with a plaid field
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And should be available on Ebay sometime next year.
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well, I will not eat my cats - but most probably they would eat a piece of me, or some of them will...-
Yep, I have decided that I would allow my cat to feed on my corpse rather than turn her into food.
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Just for the record though - whats stopping your neighbours from eating your cat when you're gone. As I say - if you dont eat them either they'll eat you, or someone else will eat them.
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@Sam My cat would stop other people from eating him. I don't call him my cranky old man for nothing He growls, he spits and he hisses just to be let outside. If you don't jump to it he bats at you and then will resort to biting you. Used to take me 45 minutes just to get him in a DOG carrier, not cat carrier and I would definitely be bleeding. So besides how much I love the cranky old man, no I would not dare to eat him. My female is too sweet and defenseless so I would feast off of a neighbor if they touched her. I would make sure they knew that ahead of time -
Haha well best thing is to keep him in the dog carrier - the last thing you want is a cat with that kind of temper getting zombified
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I may not wait for the apocalypse. I threaten our two parrots with consumption about four times a week if they don't stop screeching.-
Do your parrots dance? I was watching the Today show and they had a dancing cockatoo on. That bird had amazing rhythm and stomped its little foot, bobbing back and forth.
The scientists who were commenting said that parrots are among the few species of animals who can understand syncopation and recognize rhythm. (Humans and dolphins being two others.)
This is the one that was on the show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYMBIGTteWA
Siuil had a thread about too. -
I've not seen them dance. Akane in particular is not exactly the most coordinated of birds. Every so often she falls off her perch.
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Well I own a lizard...so I'd say live for an extra day =) -
eat, lol, what a question 2 ask!
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I would probably eat you, if it means my survival. But my pet, not sure... -
Dog meat can be a real delicacy if cooked properly -
Depends on if my cat and or dog had been zombafied...
Yeah, I'd get my grub straight away.
Hell, I'd head straight for the pound and go grocery shopping. -
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no, no, no...I think of my dog like a human being so I can't eat it... -
Well, I ate what the western world considers as pets, i.e. dogs.
I also ate what the eastern world considers as pets, i.e. rabbits.
And everything in between, from snakes to live fishes.
And I'm still not a vegetarian.
But I did not like everything I ate... -
I'd need to know if the small band of hearty surviviors was made up of both males and females, some of child bearing age. If not, what's the point of continuing on anyway?
I'd like to say I wouldn't ever consider dining on To-be and Yoda but I tend to think I'd probably be having some cat-chatorie with greens for dinner sooner or later. -
It is well-known [from the movie Wall-E, of course] that the only creatures that will survive the apocalypse are roaches.
My bet is that we'll find some pretty tasty roach recipes about 5 minutes after the apocalypse hits. [imagines roach litany a la Forrest Gump shrimp list]
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