Is there no limit to human stupidity?

Marigold

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I'm being careful not to show this to my dog. She might get ideas, more about the food than the dressing up, and I know she would hate the grooming, being happier hunting under hedges than having blueberry facials.
But oh dear - half the world is starving and homeless, and this is happening?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/14/blueberry-facial-vegan-dog-the-pet-pampering-boom
 
The simple answer is "no" Marigold. I bet these same people wouldn't buy a beggar a cup of tea or donate to a food bank.

I gave up reading the article before I threw up! I love my four cats, even when there are live short- tailed voles running around my bedroom; I take note of their food preferences (one likes jelly, one likes gravy and the other two only eat one particular wet food and have done for the seven months I've had them. They all eat dried food as well.
I've developed the knack of getting them in the cat carrier but the vet is less than half a mile away. I can't imagine trying to take them any distance.

Anyway, I can't afford that sort of stuff for me even if I wanted it! My cats are perfect happy enjoying the outdoors and as much stroking and cuddles as they want.
 
We live about 15mins drive from Brentwood, and my company run a bus service there, and yes I would believe it as it is the home of The Only Way is Essex (or TOWIE) as it is known, and I regularly see dogs in rainbow colours, painted nails, designer jackets that match the owners outfit, not to mention the little dogs carried around in bags all day. Guess they are having this inflicted on them whilst their owner is being botoxed and having their lips inflated to strange shapes and sizes.

We both agree that this should be made illegal and the owners prosecuted for animal cruelty
 
And here's another strange story to ponder. Gets the prize for headline of the year, anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/14/gold-toilet-reportedly-stolen-blenheim-palace-cattelan
 
All things are relative. Some people here laugh at me for feeding my dog on Eukanuba when you can buy Dr Johns at a third of the price.
Last night I watched a programme about a wild life hospital. A fox received complicated surgery on its thigh bone, convalescence and subsequent release. My thought was why not euthanise it and give the money to a conservation charity. But in the end it’s all about a human need to nurture.
 
My two cats are "special needs" and have to be indoor only. They are both on a veterinary diet (urinary). That's as far as I go with "pampering".

I read about the gold loo, Marigold. You'd have to wonder why anyone thought a gold loo was a good idea in the first place. I mean, does it give people some sort of feeling of power or importance, to know they are p****ng on gold? All very weird.
 
I don’t know LadyA but if that’s what they want to spend their money on then so be it. After all we all own stuff and to some extent what we own is an expression of who we are and who we aspire to be.
In my case it’s books, CDs, food and drink. Certainly all four of these can be a vehicle for my innate snobbery and elitism.
 
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. A customer wanted two TC toilets for her reception hall, until she saw the price. Even with my trade discount they were over £2000 each! Needless to say she settled for the £50 common version.

Pampered pets reminds me of a couple from Holland our friends here know. They no longer work we were told because they earn so much from dressing up their dogs in daft outfits and being paid to take them to shows.
 
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.....
 
chrismahon said:
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.
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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.
 
MrsBiscuit said:
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.....
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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.
 
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.
 
Hen-Gen said:
MrsBiscuit said:
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.....
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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.
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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.
 
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
 
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!
 
Today's entry in the Human Stupidity Stakes. Especially the follow-up comments on Facebook by the girlfriend!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/us-man-drowns-while-proposing-marriage-to-his-girlfriend-in-tanzania
 
Marigold said:
Today's entry in the Human Stupidity Stakes. Especially the follow-up comments on Facebook by the girlfriend!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/22/us-man-drowns-while-proposing-marriage-to-his-girlfriend-in-tanzania
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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 :( :roll:
 
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