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Badgers? We don't need no steenking badgers!

But the beer sounds tasty...

You call those badgers?! American badgers are sort of just one step down from wolverines!!! They put the "me" in mean - a quote from Wikipedia regarding the American badger:

Like skunks, otters, and wolverines, badgers are members of the weasel family. In addition to their ferocity in encounters with other mammals such as coyotes and domestic dogs, these stout animals are well-known for their digging abilities. With extremely strong claws and muscular legs, badgers construct deep underground dens and dig to find their food, which includes mice, squirrels, birds, and snakes.

I've got your badger right here, mate!

Ours can allegedly kill a cow !

Ours pack .45 Cal pistols at a minimum and shot whatever they want to munch on! It's feeding time in Idaho... Hit the ground!!!

See also Wonderland: The Man Who Eats Badgers... (BBC2, Wed 23 Jan, 9:50 pm - 10:30 pm).

I think I met him at the Roadkill Cafe...I was having the "grilled venison"...

The Badger was very fresh, so I had 'Badger Tartare'. The excellent job done by the driver saved chef so much time. Straight from furry container to plate.

I hope you and your parasites will be very happy together!!!

I just wait until the tape-worm sticks it's head out then hit it with a hammer." How" you ask ? I feed it a mars bar each day via my ****, then one day I don't. He sticks his head out saying " Where's my Mars ? ". Whack !!

"Oh! Why does it hurt so bad, Doc?!"

"Well, Kris. While your theory was practical, it seems you mistook your on testicles for the head of the worm."

I'll have to get some tips from sumo wrestlers.

Just regress yourself & concentrate on bilateral cryptorchidism.

ooooh. Bilateral testicular torsion. Now that's not fun!

The picture of the dog is gross - it's put me right of me food ! The popular expression " Don't get your knickers in a twist" was one of the worst mis-spelt pieces of advice ever. I take a wedgie any day over that kinda pain.

You beat me to it! I've just looked up the link to post here . He was on Chris Evans's Radio 2 Drivetime show the other week. His wife's a vegetarian...

Reminder...

Badgers? We don't need no steenking badgers!

I forgot. Did he compare it's taste to anything ? To be on the safe side he should run it over again, just to be sure. There was a Victorian eccentric ( sorry, don't recall the name) who delighted in eating exotica. He'd get hold of any dead creatures from the zoo and cook 'em up. He held extravagant dinner parties, and would do such things as enter the dining room astride a bear. Hugh Fernley-whatsisname indulges in a bit of roadkill cookery. It might not be such a bad idea considering the way a lot of shop meat is adulterated - chickens injected with stuff to increase weight, etc. A While back there were reports of Salami containing traces of Donkey. I've never eaten a Doner Kebab whilst sober in my entire life, though with the state of British food labelling it's probably not going to keep me any safer.

He didn't mention the taste, but several times mentioned the smell. Sounds like Enviro's got a point!

He came out with something like "I'm leaving badger smell on the steering wheel ... it's my wifes car ... she's vegetarian". His wife refused to appear on screen, or be interviewed.

The dead'un he picked up & dumped in the back of the car didn't look as if it needed a second running-over.

There was a whacking great chest freezer full of preserved roadkill - some whole (with fur/feathers etc.) & some butchered. He pulled out a lump of green-ish badger meat, saying "Hmm - this will have a very good flavour" (or words to that effect).

You know, of course, that meat (especially beef) is left to hang until it gets a really good coat of green, dripping slime. It's called "aged." That's "aged." Basically, the bacteria help break down the muscle tissue - much more tender - And that was "aged."

Yes, but it looked distinctly odd beside the white feathers of the (flat, but more-or-less intact) owl!

I stayed in a hotel in Oberhausen once (hotel zum Rathaus). My room overlooked the yard at the back, where they were hanging the venison.

"(hotel zum Rathaus)"

Let's see, 'haus' means 'house', and 'rat' means, uh..., 'rat', so are you sure that was venison? Not big...

"It's called "aged"."

It's also known as "carrion", not to put too fine a point on it...buzzard bait.

The Taiwanese may have bred flourescent pigs, but I'm sure in ye olden days a side of ham hanging in a cupboard would do this naturally.

I am currently trying to figure the etymology of 'well-hung'. Could it be due to the effects of hanging upon men ? Loads of people have done a Michael Hutchence. This is odd.

As a biologist, I was aware of the fact that badgers are in the same family (weasel) as wolverines, civets, and skunks. They have similar scent glands, although not the skunks' ability to project a stream of aromatic deterrent. Badgers smell a lot like diluted (as IF!) skunk, ladies and gents...

I don't recall the name either, but I have heard of your Victorian gent and his dinner parties - hyena a la mode, and such. I've always been a sucker for pickled trotters when drinking seriously. While in the Navy, I occasionally indulged in meals on the local economy, what the other swabbies called 'monkey meat', which I always suspected of being rat or other rodent. At university, the Biology Club sponsored a wild game dinner every year, at which there were such delicacies as fricassee of coyote, roast raccoon, and opossum stew along with the more traditional roast phesant and poached (in liquid, not the other one) quail. Wonder if any of our Oz correspondents ever had a filet of...

My first glance at this had me reading 'pickled Otters' ! In the name of Trivia I shall hunt down the guys name.

At lot of 'Bush-meat' gets intercepted coming into Heathrow airport, so it's probably available on the street.

Koala's would be easier to catch than Wombats, though I reckon both would be easy enough. The Wombat probably has more meat, and so would be worth the extra effort. On TV they once showed a woman breast-feeding an orphaned Koala. I'm sure the nutritional qualities must be different. Strange but true.

Don't know as I'd care to eat koala - they feed on eucalyptus leaves, so I suspect they'd have a flavor reminiscent of Vicks Vap-O-Rub... Probably better than starvation, though, which is about when I'd consider badger cutlets, too. I think I see why that chap's wife wouldn't speak on camera. Nothing to do with being vegan; just spent her married life disguising the fact she even KNOWS him, she's not likely to out herself in BBC primetime. Be about like swallowing whole one of these:

I suspect koalas aren't very good eating on the basis that they must be a dam' sight easier to catch than 'roos, and the aboriginal population would surely have eaten the lot if they were tasty. But then, they look a bit like Stitch in the cartoon film Lilo & Stitch - maybe they have some hitherto undisclosed defence technique?

Indeed it is news. The facts may be obvious, but my directly addressing the question is something nobody else has done. What gossip does the abyss-leaping dude say about you ? Is he silent, or making a noise like a bungee jumper who realized too late it was ordinary rope.

Dunno what's on Telly, but I'm hiding 'cos Mother-in-law is visiting !

The voices in my head are calling........

My avatar says that I long ago learned that one can only know one's true limits by exceeding them.

Aren't you at all curious how I managed to sneak a full-frontal picture of you? (thank justice not the full Monty!) If I'm not mistaken, it's the same suit you wore when you had your avatar pic made. So where's the gossip in merely stating the facts? Give your Mum-in-Law my best regards - that ought to just bewilder the devil (so to speak...) out of her!

Do you know any of the history of the picture you use as your avatar? Every time I look at it, I get the feeling his position in mid air indicates he didn't make it!

As a matter of fact, I do. Here, it was just a stock photo in the avatar gallery that I happened across. But I'd seen it before, I think in Outside magazine, or something much like it. Not only did he make it, it's a fairly popular hiker's challenge to jump with full kit from the larger rock to the eroded pinnacle and back. Most do make it. Those as don't, it's a trick of perspective, only have about a 15 foot drop into water. Bad, but not fatal. It's somewhere around Bryce Canyon, UT. Never been there myself, but probably could make it, except I'm old enough to be smart enough to not bother (or bather, as the case may be...).

I'd be cautious too ! That must be the training spot.

My avatar says that I long ago learned that one can only know one's true limits by exceeding them.

That's a good phillosophy, though my distinction was what does it say for real ( ie betweeen quotation marks). Anyways, let me back up your idea. A Banking friend once told me that a Bank Manager who has very little/No bad-debt on his books is frowned upon - It implies that he is not lending the banks money as much as possible, and thus is not maximizing profit. In my younger days, I used to try and help such poor souls as much as possible by accruing vast student debts. It's always amused me that if you owe a Bank billions, all will be fine, yet owe them a few hundred and they go nuts.

Bloody hell I'm rambling already !

It's PTSD. The Mother-in-law was only round for the evening, so all is now safe !

I did publish a full-frontal somewhere, but the one you sneaked is pretty cool. Due to a new thread development ( JohnDG) I will be morphing very soon !

"It implies that he is not lending the banks money as much as possible, and thus is not maximizing profit."

Yet, if all there is on the books is bad debt, there's not going to BE any profit to maximize! Wot a convoluted bit of 'logic' that is. The more money that ain't paid back, the better he looks - show ME the money, I'll put 'em into a blissful state - I'll make SURE they have no chance of seein' a penny of it back! OBTW, I used to help them out the same way.

Mayhap I shall engage in a bit of morphing myself. I could have been wrong about what I said we didn't need, y'know...

That's American Banking ! A little bit of branch debt is the measure, not the whole freekin lot. All the Brits are blaming our economy on you lot. Ha-ha. Pretty soon you'll be eating Steenking Badger, and be GLAD for it !

"All the Brits are blaming our economy on you lot."

Well us lot are blaming us too, at least some of us. The current administration, f'rinstance. Gettin' doggone tired myself of contributing to their pension funds. And how many BILLion $$$ a week are we spending to make Iraq safe for democracy again? Oh, wait, they've never HAD democracy, have they? Little wonder they sniff around it so suspiciously, is it?!?

Better a badger than a spotted dick!!!

It's debatable.

WHERE DO YOU GET THESE AND WHO USES THEM!!! Is this an English (as in England) dictionary?!

Also, what about "spotted dictionary?!"

Tee heee heee, ahhahhaha hhahaahahahahahahahh !

Most of it's about as plausible as some of the Cockney Rhyming slang that gets listed. I cannot reveal the true name of Deep Throat to you, not even if given a Pulitzer.

"...not even if given a Pulitzer..."

Not much risk of that, now IS there?

Will this get me a prize ? Sadly I didn't say this direct to vermin, so he'll have to remain in the dark ( which he probably likes anyway).

Well, it'll get you one of these...

I'm easily pleased ! It will go nicely with my collection.

Yes! The dark...

And who do you think was in the shadows shoving a .357 Mag into Deep Throat's back?

An atavistic Togolodyte ? It can't be you, because I'm sure you glow in the dark.

Thats freaky ! Especially the zits that keep popping in and out of poor vermin. His green is decidedly post-Vodka !

Perhaps the deep throat he had in mind is ...here

I guess that would qualify as a 'dark place' all right...

I think your avatar says something more like, "I'm about to smash my face into a jagged rock, and change my good looks into a bleeding scab!"

And Yes, I have frequented Bryce Canyon. Every time I go, I find these fossilized (at least I think they are) mustaches and beards stuck to the vertical faces of rock. Perhaps I'll knit a Paleolithic sweater.

You may have solved the puzzle of all those splodges and hand-prints in caves. " Honey, I'm home"......" My God, steady yourself on the wall whilst I fetch the first-aid kit"......"I told you not to follow the Mammoths over the Canyon....Nag nag nag...."

ROFLMAO!!!

And look! A fleidersquirrel - or luftsquirrel - making an aerial assault on an acorn!

I couldn't resist a copycat attempt at flight.

"copycat"?

What's this to do with felines? Copysquirrel perhaps. Del, can you step in here for a sec please?

OMG, I said that without even realizing. Where on earth does the word come from.

Maybe it goes; Chang and Eng Bunker > Siamese Twins + Siamese Cat > Copycat ?

Appears doubtful...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses of the word copycat, see Copycat (disambiguation)

A copycat (also copy-cat or copy cat) is a person (or animal, or computer program) that mimics or repeats the behavior of another. The expression may derive from kittens that learned by imitating the behaviors of their mothers. It has been in use since at least 1896, in Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs". The term is often derogatory, suggesting a lack of originality.

Copycat crimes are the waves of similar crimes that are sometimes committed shortly after a particularly notorious or unusual crime is reported; they range from shoplifting of particular items to copycat suicides and murders.

The "copycat effect" refers to the tendency of sensational publicity about a violent murder or suicide to cause more of the same.

In Victoria, Australia, and elsewhere, the word is well-known from an anonymous schoolchildren's poem describing corporal punishment as a consequence of schoolroom plagiarism.^{[citation needed]}

"Copy cat from Ballarat, Went to school and got the strap, Came home with a broken back" Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat"

Yowza ! That's some excellent researching !! So many links I shall have to return to read them ( I promised Andy Green eggs, and must deliver else he'll be upset )

One of my brothers is a psychologist, so when I see him in a couple of weeks, I'm going to seek professional help. On the Avatar question !!! If I get a chance, it would be fun to select a thread with a lot of poster, then try to categorize the types of Avatar chosen . I'm trying to stick to 'devilish' and 'Skwirrel' so as not to confuse people too much. Likewise, I try to restrict morphing to once a month. That Cheshire cat is ultra cool !

"One of my brothers is a psychologist..."

Hmmm...wonder why he chose that profession? Keep in mind how you treated each other (you don't say who's the elder) when children before taking his diagnosis at face value!

He's younger, which probably explains - Looking at me he probably thought "WTF is he about, I need to understand !" Funnily enough, My Mother became a councellor, one sister a Police Oficer, and another sister a Social Worker ( married to a psychiatric Nurse). Maybe they are onto me !

Sounds more like defense mechanisms to me...

LOL !

Didn't you mention a change of picture was in the pipeline ? My current Skwirrel is only here in honour of 'Pancake Day', geddit , geddit ! He's about to......<squelch> With tomorrow being Ash Wednedsay, you can probably guess who I shall revert to. The Chinese New years ( 7th, it's a rat , so vermin should be happy) don't include a 'Year of the Squirrel'

Squirrels are just bushy-tailed tree rats y'know...all members of Rodentia after all. So, rats, skwirrels, lemmings, oranges, all the same to me...

or (Heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty...)

I guess Haggis is a bit strong flavoured for an 11 y.o. Small has plenty of time to convert. I love it just as you described, but have never been able to persuade mine of it's wondrous flavour. I had a casserole tonight. It would be interesting to start a thread on what people eat for their evening meal. Across CR4 there must be some really interesting stuff consumed.

"It would be interesting to start a thread on what people eat for their evening meal."

Lead off then, eh?

I only wish I could get haggis - my Mrs. vetoes any form of mutton. "Lambs are too cute to eat." Bah! They're too tasty NOT to eat.

It would go mad from the start if I initiate it. I have to go soon, but if none of you have done it by tomorrow I shall ! If you do kick it off, send me a PM to let me know else I'll be duplicating it.

I'll not be, 'cause I have to go in 5 minutes. I carpooled it today, and my ride leaves promptly. But I'll be looking for it. Give me a reason to remember what I et for dinner...

Anyone interested can leave Avatars in peace & have a go at What was/is your evening meal? What's your favorite meal?

Nice one John. I think we've about thrashed Avatars to death. Discussing the merits of steenking Badger would be best on your new thread ( to which I just subscribed). We really ought to share these delights where people can find them. I may have to morph back into Skwirrel mode, so I can act with indignant outrage when the Hillbillies start posting.

"...when the Hillbillies..."

I BEG your pardon, Sir! Please show a modicum of decency and respect. That's Mountain William, not 'hillbilly'!

Blimey, the photo says it all ! It looks like the basis for a horror film.

Now you know how we feel about London!

LOL ! Hold your breath.

So what else is new? All the rest of the crap blows down into the Central Valley! Illegals aren't going to say anything!

I just want to know what he is doing with that pig!

Didn't you ever read Lil' Abner?!

So what ever happened to C Rummel3?!

He is alive and well I assure you, oh bouncing ball of vermicious fluff.

I am the Kinder Gentler cr3.

See me smile?

cr3

Texas Charley gunned him down and took over his spread...

I've heard the expression 'A pig in a poke', but never with the words transposed !

OINK !

Never been to Denmark, eh? Some of the things you can see there would transpose anything you bring to the game...

That's Salomé, a very rare pig, of the species Hammus alabamus, and he's holding her up out of the mud - wouldn't do to let her feet get dirty, y'know!

Has anyone already used a hedgehog as an avatar? It has it's points ().

Bugger me, what a tune ! I don't think anybody has had Mrs Tiggywinkle yet.

HAGGIS! Yeah, I've posted in praise of it several times here already! Umm-umm-good. Sheep innards...

Ummm...I think since the koalas came first, it would be more etymologically proper to say that Stich resembles them, but that aside, I've heard koalas have nasty claws and even nastier tempers, along with euco-breath, so yeah, I'd concede the defensive techniques.

Now if you really want defensive (except to diseases and guns) techniques, how about the 'marsupial wolverine', aka...

_{maybe they have some hitherto undisclosed defence technique?}

Yeah they do. They 'defend' themselves by tasting like s^*t.

Is that the voice of personal experience ?

Kittens eat fish..man eats Kittens, it's all just the cycle of life !

Hello Kris,

Your graphic in the Post above shows a large rectangle, with a small rectangle and a red dot inside that - Screengrab below:

Kind Regards....

Yeah.....like.....surreal, man........

But it's such a big space !

LMAO

I'll try again...

Who is the human/fish guy walking off at the far right?