Is there no limit to human stupidity?

[MrsBiscuit]

I think I've had a sense of humour failure as I also couldn't read to the end. When some people are having to use food banks.....

[LadyA]

Liked the gold toilet. The poshest one I ever saw was by the Tomas Crapper Company- contrary to popular opinion TC didn't invent the flushing toilet, just the ballcock and the water trap parts.

The nicest ones I've ever seen are in a Castle converted to a hotel! They are "antique" (is there such thing as an antique loo?), beautifully decorated with flowers etc.

[Hen-Gen]

I think I've had a sense of humour failure as I also couldn't read to the end. When some people are having to use food banks.....

I’m not saying this to be controversial but I get that feeling whenever I read of anyone spending what must be considerable sums of money on vets fees for a poorly chicken. If it’s something I can’t cure myself then it’s decapitation with my meat cleaver. Hens past their productive lives and breeding cockerels I no longer need meet this fate.
I love my dog but I would not consider spending hundreds/thousands of pounds on her as some owners do.

This is not to say I’m heartless at least not in my opinion. I will do whatever I can to give all my animals a high quality of life but when a serious illness threatens then it’s euthenasia.
I include myself in this. I am not going to run up tens of thousands in bills for the NHS. One way or another morphine will solve my problems.

[Tweetypie]

It's becoming all too common with these pampered pets. The worst case I saw was last year in a small town in Nottinghamshire. A woman pushing a pram with a tiny chihuahua sat in there, wearing a pink tutu !! These folk must have lost the plot.

[LadyA]

I think I've had a sense of humour failure as I also couldn't read to the end. When some people are having to use food banks.....

I’m not saying this to be controversial but I get that feeling whenever I read of anyone spending what must be considerable sums of money on vets fees for a poorly chicken. If it’s something I can’t cure myself then it’s decapitation with my meat cleaver. Hens past their productive lives and breeding cockerels I no longer need meet this fate.
I love my dog but I would not consider spending hundreds/thousands of pounds on her as some owners do.

This is not to say I’m heartless at least not in my opinion. I will do whatever I can to give all my animals a high quality of life but when a serious illness threatens then it’s euthenasia.

I'm the same. I was recently castigated soundly on an FB poultry page for advising that a commercial type hybrid, who, from the pic that was posted, was clearly extremely ill, should be culled. I explained that with my own, if one appears even slightly off colour, they all get a strong dose of Herban for a few days, and the suspect hen is given around 48 hours to show signs of improvement. If she doesn't improve, I cull her. I feel that this is far kinder than subjecting the hen to a lot of handling, being stuffed in a box and enduring a long car journey to a vet, who, let's be honest, are usually only guessing where chickens are concerned. A swift end, in their own surroundings.

[bigyetiman]

A friend of ours always said, if you want to make money design something for pets.
In several pubs in Scotland we came across dog drinking stations which was a shelf with 3 glass barrels on filled with tap water, Highland spring water, or Evian water. With a range of different bowls by the side for you to use. They should have had a barrel of mucky puddle water as well as most dogs seem to prefer that

[Marigold]

And so do most chickens!
I often see ice creams for dogs when on holiday. I sometimes let her share a lick of the end of my cone, but have no desire to share hers!

[Marigold]

Today's entry in the Human Stupidity Stakes. Especially the follow-up comments on Facebook by the girlfriend!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... n-tanzania

[bigyetiman]

One for the Darwin Awards methinks.

[Margaid]

Today's entry in the Human Stupidity Stakes. Especially the follow-up comments on Facebook by the girlfriend!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... n-tanzania

The whole of one's live has to be on Facebook it seems otherwise maybe you don't exist! I'm fond of my friends but I don't need/want to know that they are having coffee somewhere in Shrewsbury or are at a restaurant in Bristol!

Looks like the prospective bridegroom forgot he had to have enough breath left to get back up to the surface