Should we downsize our pets in order to be frugal?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
supersized homes, too much lighting, too much junk food, and too big
pets... Have you thought about the consequence of owning cats and
dogs, particularly those dogs that look like a horse?
Under the Wisdom of the Jungle (aka "the wise ways of the monks") it
makes sense to have no pet at all, support the wildlife and become
part of it. But for those of us who are forced to live in the cage
(due to the dangers out there, aka "the jungle"), it makes all the
sense in the world to have small pets such as parakeets and mice.
Your carbon footprint will be smaller, and so will be the shit left
behind. Your pocket will be full of one dollar bills too. And they are
so cute. I think they are a symbol of what we need to see in the world
at large, don't you agree?
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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
"Pocket pets make sense in an overcrowded world"
Larry Sheldon
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> First they came for . . . . .
This may be something strictly necessary for the majority of birds and
rats.
By far the greatest problem where I live is feral cats.
Wild rats are indeed a problem too, but nobody feeds them.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> On 07/09/2010 02:57 PM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
>
>
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> Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> > It's no secret we live in a wasteful society of supersized cars/SUVs,
> > supersized homes, too much lighting, too much junk food, and too big
> > particularly those dogs that look like a horse?
>
> > Under the Wisdom of the Jungle (aka "the wise ways of the monks") it
> > makes sense to have no pet at all, support the wildlife and become
> > part of it. But for those of us who are forced to live in the cage
> > (due to the dangers out there, aka "the jungle"), it makes all the
> > sense in the world to have small pets such as parakeets and mice.
>
> > Your carbon footprint will be smaller, and so will be the shit left
> > behind. Your pocket will be full of one dollar bills too. And they are
> > so cute. I think they are a symbol of what we need to see in the world
> > at large, don't you agree?
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
>
> > "Pocket pets make sense in an overcrowded world"
>
> >http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
>
> I agree with you to some extent, but tbh most of us have bigger fish to
> fry. If all that's left for us to do to save carbon is get rid of our
> pets, the battle against global warming is probably won already.
>
> --www.slowbicyclemovement.org- enjoy the ride
What you can do is:
a) Convince her of the need to get rid of the cat,
b) Feed the mice secretly.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
I go to this pet shop right on the borderline between Rich and Poor,
and the rich stick to the cat and dog isles.
How much is a fancy dog? How much a mouse?
What are the Rich trying to prove with a fancy dog? Next time I'll buy
a bald rat to scare them!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
<xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Not a bad idea. Get rid of kids too; in fact soon we'll be able to get
> rid of people Just download them into software worlds.
People will get rid of themselves rather soon.
But notice that kids grow mice, and old people keep cats and dogs.
Where's the problem?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:06:50 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,
> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
>
> > It's no secret we live in a wasteful society of supersized cars/SUVs,
> > supersized homes, too much lighting, too much junk food, and too big
> > particularly those dogs that look like a horse?
>
>
> http://www.mostfunnypictures.com/pics/318.jpg
Some people just stop short of owning a lion...
http://picture.funnycorner.net/funny-pictures/5987/this-dog-looks-like-a-lion.jpg
MajorOz
Good God.........there is actually some logic to this rant.
oz
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
There is, there is... One reason is that birds around here are
terrorized or nowhere to be found because the feral cats are fed by
crazy ladies.
Solution? So many hungry people in the world don't know about the
protein value of cats. Do they have cats in Somalia or Haiti?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> On 7/9/2010 4:36 PM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
>
> Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> > On Jul 9, 4:29 pm, Jeff Thies<jeff_th...@att.net> wrote:
> >> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
>
> >> Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> >>> It's no secret we live in a wasteful society of supersized cars/SUVs,
> >>> supersized homes, too much lighting, too much junk food, and too big
> >>> particularly those dogs that look like a horse?
>
> >>> makes sense to have no pet at all, support the wildlife and become
> >>> part of it. But for those of us who are forced to live in the cage
> >>> (due to the dangers out there, aka "the jungle"), it makes all the
> >>> sense in the world to have small pets such as parakeets and mice.
>
> >> basically pets for people that can't have a real pet.
>
> > A "real pet"? That could only be a monkey, but he would also be like a
> > brother.
>
> > Parakeets and mice are pets for all occasions. I have my mice sleeping
> > next to my computer in the daytime while the parakeets are up and
> > viceversa.
>
> What do your mice and parakeet do for you? Do they have a practical
> purpose? My dog (Lab) will pull the automatic pool vacuum out of the
> water if I tell her to.
I think you need a slave, or at least a robot.
My pocket pets do this for me:
1- The keets sing,
2- They are colorful,
3- They inspire me to go outside where they go into ecstasy,
4- The mice inspire me to work out, but my bicycles are out of the
question, so I go into deep sleep in the hammock.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
viewpoint that doesn't seem to be mainstream. But what happens if
there's a national emergency, and everybody goes scrambling for food?
What will happen as we deplete the resources of the Earth, right
before cannibalism?
'PWEETA fully supports your right to eat cat (felis domesticus), or
any other game meat in the privacy of your own home. On a
"libertarian" medium like the Internet, there is no end of sites
dedicated to the construction of homemade bombs and weapons of mass
destruction. However, a quick check on any search engine will uncover
a striking lack of quality cat eating advice available in English.
The day may come, for whatever reason - rioting, pestilence, famine,
or just plain curiosity - you will need to eat a cat. Your very
survival may depend on this handy guide.'
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 10, 3:49 pm, e_space <espace1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is atheist morality against eating cat?
i think EVERYTHING should be on the table, particularly feral
populations fed by crazy people. I bet they are the Christians looking
for forgiveness.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 11, 6:37 am, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > for forgiveness, except Gemini, of course. ;)
>
> Thank you :-).
>
> I take the feral kittens to the Animal Shelter where they can become
> civilized and adopted.
>
> I feed them when I see them so that I can catch them.
>
> Some 'feral' kitty cats are not really 'feral', they are abandoned by
> idiotic people who receive them as gifts from other idiotic people who can't
> be bothered to find out if they are wanted.
>
> I found a beautiful, white, pure bred Tom, abandoned by someone in my
> apartment building.
>
> He was a sweetheart but he and my kitty cat didn't get along so I took him
> to the Shelter so that someone would adopt him.
>
I think your behavior, from the anthropological point of view, is
based on true civilized behavior, unlike the Christians who are so
hypocritical as to feed the cats on public property, based on their
twisted charity view of the world, which they use to get to Heaven and
gain souls.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 11, 9:53 am, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:31 AM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of> > On Jul 11, 6:43 am, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
>
> > > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:41 PM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,> > > > On Jul 10, 11:13 am, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > >> > If anyone wants to eat my kitty cat that says meow they'll have to
> > do so
> > > >> > over my dead body.
>
> > > >> He'll be in Heaven when as much as you do. ;)
>
> > > > The problem in Canada is that kitty cats that are feral often can't
> > survive
> > > > the winter because it is very cold and the city is dangerous for them
> > as
> > > > well.
>
> > > > They need to go to a Shelter where they will be safe.
>
> > > > Did you know that kitty cats have settled near human populations for
> > > > thousands of years?
>
> > > > Probably because they know we will look after them ;-)
>
> > >http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/cat.htm
>
> > > And they help us too by eating rats and mice!
>
> > True, but they also relative of the BIG PUSSYCAT...
>
> >http://www.hilariousheadlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/funny-li...
>
> There are Pussy Cats and then there are Pussy Cats:
Sometimes is the female that rules!
Anyway, I'll tell you my beef against the cats, which is really
directed at this twisted Christian world...
1- There are hundreds of feral cats along the alley at the beach, fed
by old ladies. It sounds like CHARITY, right? ;)
2- An old lady comes and feeds the cats right on the inside cement
path to my apartment. She makes sure you have to bump into it. I
started pushing them aside in true Tibetan way, until I got to the
point of the Barbarian practice of throwing away the damn dirty dishes
--and now she puts a paper towel with food, which I scattered around
and threw in the garbage.
I mean, nobody get a ticket for doing stuff like that? What kind of
jungle is this that we have to live with the homeless, the feral cats,
and the old ladies on a crusade...
I mean, you want to walk around and not to step on cat's shit, or want
to see birds. In order to love the cats, you must also love the polar
bears and the other endangered species we wipe out with casual
disregard.
Reasons enough for a revolution. :)