Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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Maid Oi Laff....Mate of mine & his brother had a pet terrapin when they were young. They were forbidden to get it out of it's tank to play with it: "It's not a toy, it's one of God's creatures" etc.
M & D went out to visit a sick reli' or somesuch (back in the days when you could leave the kids alone for an hour & not find them in the care of Social Services/ Portugese child abducters).
Malc & Kev, for that was their names, duly took said terrapin out to play with on the lounge floor.
Parents returned unexpectedly, causing young Kev to panic & run around, sadly treading the terrapin into the shagpile... oops!
Malc picks up squished dead Chelonian, still surprisingly intact, and places it back on it's log in the tank.
Innocence reigns supreme...
It's a couple of days later before the demise is noticed by Mum & it's here that the story bifurcates, depending on which brother you believe.
One says that they had to pretend that they were distraught at the sad but natural passing away of their beloved turtle.
The other says that miraculously it returned to life thanks to Mum purchasing a replacement, so as not to upset them. After all, one bloody water tortoise (albeit a bit flatter than normal) looks much the same as another...
Funny thing is, whichever version you believe, they never told Mum...
...hope she's a B3tard!
Not so much about length as height in this case.
(, Wed 12 Dec 2007, 1:00, Reply)
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