Yet another use for pushstick cats
Phisherman
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Jim
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Swingman
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> Holy shit now thats funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's more than humor to it.
Left Hong Kong on a Greek ocean liner back in the 60's and about three days
out the menu read "Rabbit with rice pilaf" ... however, it was damn hard to
fool a country boy who's family raised rabbits to eat, and who disected a
cat or two in a comparative anatomy class in college.
Of course, I wasted no time in setting the record straight to the warm and
fuzzies at my table who, seeing all those cats in cages in some of the
markets, had been gushing about how much the Chinese were pet lovers.
I passed on the "rabbit" that day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
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dave in fairfax
> I passed on the "rabbit" that day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
> courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
Dave in Fairfax
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Swingman
> Swingman wrote:
> > I passed on the "rabbit" that day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
> > courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
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> What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
The brown ones, with curly tails, were especially sought after. ;>)
Mark & Juanita
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> http://www.elfrigo.org/flash/chowmein.htm
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Wierd Al, now that guy knows how to write music. :-) There are some
of his parodies I actually like better than the originals (Yoda, for
example).
Victor Radin
> "dave in fairfax" wrote in message
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> > Swingman wrote:
> > > I passed on the "rabbit" that day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
> > > courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
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> >
> > What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
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> The brown ones, with curly tails, were especially sought after. ;>)
wait for punchline:
What part of the dog did YOU get?????
Swingman
> In article <says...
> > "dave in fairfax" wrote in message
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> > > Swingman wrote:
> > > > I passed on the "rabbit" that day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
> > > > courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
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> > >
> > > What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
> >
> > The brown ones, with curly tails, were especially sought after. ;>)
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> Fill in stale joke here
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> wait for punchline:
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> What part of the dog did YOU get?????
Many years ago, in that "conflict in SE Asia", I was a young 1st LT
artillery FO, and for 7 months, the sole American with an ARVN Ranger
Battalion. Whenever this unit went out on operations, it was notable that
there were always 20 or more curly tailed, Asian dogs 'tagging along' with
the troops, even riding in helicopters and being "inserted" into operations
areas along side us.
A casual observer from our part of the world would not have guessed that
their sole purpose was indeed an elegant solution to a very real logistics
problem - these dogs were in actuality a self-propelled food supply. One
that needed no refrigeration in the hot humid jungle, and would follow you
faithfully until ready to perform their function ... a real plus when you
had to carry your own supplies through a terrain in which it was difficult
to walk upright, even if you only averaged barely 5' tall.
Being the only American, an officer, and basically a representative of the
US government to boot, I was often invited to eat with the CO of the unit, a
Vietnamese Major, who was in effect, my boss. To refuse to partake of his
hospitality would have been an insult of the highest degree. Therefore I was
often required to swallow my "American food prejudices", along with other
things.
Of course my friends always contend that being a coonass from S. Louisiana
was big help in this regard.
... and with regard to "curly tails" ... if there was a straight tailed dog
in all of Asia, I never saw it. We used to dream of straight tailed dogs and
round eyed women.
So, now you have the "rest of the story". ;>)
Ron Magen
Not only 'in country'.
I was stationed at Clark AB in the Philippines with TDY's into 'that'
peninsula.
On arrival at Clark, everyone had to go through 'orientation' - married or
single, with or without families. I really didn't pay much attention to the
'family affairs' portion, just barely remembered the emphasis placed on
'pets'.
Just outside the main gate was Angeles City. No 'sidewalks' as such, just
the road, a foot or less wide strip of dirt, then a deep ditch on each side.
If you did attempt to walk, you had to battle pigs, chickens, donkeys, and
'Jeepney' drivers swerving to avoid the caribou on the road. I had spent
about a year in an electronic Tech School in Mississippi. Outside of the
town, the area was very 'rural' and actually not much different from this
environment. Yet there was something 'not quite right' . . . then it dawned
. . . NO DOGS !!
At one point in my tour, I had the duty as 'Charge of Quarters'. A very
upset 'dependent' called in one night . . . her St. Bernard had 'gone
missing' from her compound. I said we would do what we could and tried to
calm her down. However, When I hung up I said, "Her{Filipino}maid's family
should eat good for about a week".
I mentioned this story to a college buddy, about 4 years later {I went on
the GI Bill, and there was often 'more Month then Money'. It started a
private running joke. He would often call out to me, " Hey, Ron. Just say a
Great Dane, should 'dress out' to about 50 pounds". Or some such. Got me
some VERY odd looks.
Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
['round eyed' women - now THAT's another story !!]
"Swingman" <k...@nospam.com> wrote in > > > > > I passed on the "rabbit" that
day ... but had to swallow dog, out of
> > > > > courtesy, on more than one occasion .. another story entirely.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
SNIP
We used to dream of . . . round eyed women.
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Lawrence L'Hote
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> I was stationed at Clark AB in the Philippines with TDY's into 'that'
> peninsula.
> calm her down. However, When I hung up I said, "Her{Filipino}maid's family
> should eat good for about a week".
You don't have to go too far from home to experience curious culinary
preferences.. I lived in Hannibal, MO for ten years and frequented a fresh
fish shop down town. You could usually view several raccoons, dressed out
and ready too cook in the display case along side the fish. Also, if you
visit he eastern shore of Maryland around Easton you might find a large sign
on butcher shops advertising "We Have Muskrat!."
Larry
Dave Balderstone
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> What coutesy, dog's good. People swear by the brown ones. <G>
True story:
In the early 80's I worked for a newspaper in Vancouver's China Town.
We were an english-language paper repackaging stories from the Hong
Kong Standard (our parent paper).
My buddy and I did all the rewrite, layout, typestting, pasteup, etc.
A story came through about a protest in England over the market in dog
in The Phillippines. Maggie Thatcher had called Marcos, big foofara.
The headline we put on the story when we ran it?
"Brits won't bow over puppy chow row"
;-)
djb
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