The Sibling Below Me...

[Swatopluk]

Chili instead of salt would appeal to the Aztecs (although they lacked the pretzel recipe to my knowledge)

The sibling below me will embark soon on a 10-year project to market haggis to the non-Scottish masses.

[Pachyderm]

No, we tried that. Nobody believed us when we told them what it was made of.

And when we find out who is responsible for this abomination, heads will roll...

http://www.scotsfare.com/

"Developed for the North American market where many of the traditional ingredients of "traditional" haggis are not permitted for human consumption!"

This coming from the people who have "prairie oysters" and "chitlins"?

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

No, we tried that. Nobody believed us when we told them what it was made of.

And when we find out who is responsible for this abomination, heads will roll...

http://www.scotsfare.com/

"Developed for the North American market where many of the traditional ingredients of "traditional" haggis are not permitted for human consumption!"

This coming from the people who have "prairie oysters" and "chitlins"?

Well, there truly is no accounting for taste; all sorts of tasty eats are banned in many communities across the US.   It's a conspiracy, I tells ya.  A conspiracy to ONLY serve bland, overcooked limp veggies with meat that is literally burnt on one side and raw on t'other and tastes like it was dragged directly through the ashes.....or else is so salty that you could literally turn an average aquarium into a salt water tank, by dipping the stuff innit.

*bleah*

((now where did I put those chilled monkey brains....))

[Swatopluk]

In China they eat dogs (and in Scandinavia they make movies about that)

The sibling below me will give us the special recipe for smoked dog with arugula

[Scriblerus the Philosophe]

This coming from the people who have "prairie oysters" and "chitlins"?

Even when I ate meat, I wouldn't have touched that with a blow torch.
---
1 cigarette
1 dog (chihuahuas are preferable)
1 pound arugula
Have dog smoke cigarette, rub with arugula. Serve.

TSBM questions the use of chihuahuas in that recipe.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Indeed I do.  Those tiny dogs are all gristle, no meat at all.

In some countries, owing a dog is indicative of being a strict vegetarian....

(while owning two or more dogs might indicate rancher status)

The sibling below me wonders why cats are not favored with similar status somewhere...

[Swatopluk]

It's more difficult to milk the cats

The sibling below me thinks that milkshakes are produced by applying strong vibrations to the cow

[Opsa]

Either that or you get them from alcoholic cows suffering from delerium tremens. Mmmm... that makes me think of "white russians"!

The Sibling Below Me knows a cocktail with "snow" as an ingedient.

[anthrobabe]

Actually I do know a coktail with snow in it- if you'd count ice cream as snow.

TSBM is mildly allergic to mops.

[Swatopluk]

As to all dogs (and other hairy creatures)

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:T5ywMhQSQ5apKM:http://content.dogspot.de/img/rassen/Mops.jpg

The sibling below me is for dog-sledding on the moon

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Indeed.  But, with rollers instead of skis (no snow on the moon).   You wouldn't need as many dogs, either--but each would need a doggie spacesuit.  We'd still call it a "sled" out of Tradition, though.

The sibling below me thinks bringing cats to the first moon colony will be not only a Good Idea, but Useful, as the first rats will likely proceed them anyway...

[Pachyderm]

Also, it would be entertaining watching them try to maintain supercilious aloofness in zero-g. Push them gently toward a floating bubble of water, and watch the contortions as they attempt to miss it....


TSBM would like a floating zoo.

[Opsa]

While a floating zoo sound amusing, I do have concerns about the monkeys hurling spheres of urine at the visitors. Ew. I think I might have nightmares about this. Even in a glass cage it would be gross. And think of the tigers! Cats need to twirl when they're falling. The poor things would be spiralling around looking for the floor. Talk about "screwy"!

The Sibling Below Me thinks that I over-thought the floating zoo concept.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Actually I think you under-thought it, there is a big chance of injury particularly due to fluids in the lungs of the animals, and decalcification of their bones (as evidenced by all astronauts).

TSBM is thinking on the energy requirements of an centrifugal/inertial artificial gravity system.

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Well, one of the easiest ways to create zero gravity on a planetary body, say earth, is to suspend directly above the point of desired zero gee, another object with the same mass as the planet in question.

Once so suspended, no additional energy would be required.

The actual method of gathering and suspending such a body is left as an exercise for the student.

What?  I've solved the zero gravity question, you want me to do everything?

The sibling below me will now contemplate Something Completely Different.