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Speaking of assholes, consumate assholes, horrific terrifying assholes, consider the following from the last McLaughlin Group. Your much loved Foie Gras is goose/duck liver. That's grotesque enough right there, but of course it gets so much worse. These criminals then take the goose, force feed it by sticking a tube down it's gullet, pump the liver up to ten times its original size, then the scumbags murder the goose, who by the way, is suffering because of this barbaric treatment. Then they serve it to fat-assed idiotic cow patrons who can then say
"OH I eat Foie Gras, I'm one of the beautiful people, wee wee, fifi." Absolutely disgusting. Shame on you. I can readily see killing people, I'm all for it, but an innocent defenseless goose? Just so you can stuff your kisser.
How dare you.
Everybody hates, despises, loathes Chris
at October 11, 2005 9:57 AM
Hm, the TT gets about 28MPG highway, which isn't that bad. Is it just personalized plates in general you object to, or the feeling of ennui itself? Or is it someone being upper-middle class and flaunting their boredom?
Chris- what is it with this "everybody despises me" motif?
Crid- still got the kid. Remember Edward Norton talking about insomnia in Fight Club?
Amy- I thought the license plate was darkly funny. What pushed your button?
eric
at October 11, 2005 5:59 PM
Next time you're up late, log in an say something liberal, whydoncha.
Crid
at October 11, 2005 7:37 PM
Chris, read Andrew Gumbel's piece on foie gras for the facts.
I wouldn't think this guy was an asshole if he had some dumb license plate that said "my toy" or something. "Oh, it's so boring being well-heeled." Oh, please.
"PARIS (AP) - France's former U.N. ambassador has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the Iraq oil-for-food program, judicial officials said Tuesday.
"Jean-Bernard Merimee, 68, who also was ambassador to Italy from 1995-98 and to Australia in the 1980s, is suspected of having received kickbacks in the form of oil allocations from the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was also a special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 1999 to 2002."
But Chris, for the record, Amy's never praised foie gras, has she?
Crid
at October 11, 2005 7:41 PM
Allow me to do it now:
If I were deluded enough to think I had a soul, I'd toute de suite trade it for a plate of seared foie gras with huckleberries. Oh la la!
Eric- I believe you're in Idaho so they might not have the show there-here at least in LA they have a show called everybody hates chris-based on chris rocks life- yes crid amy has praised the foie gras before-whatever gumbel's facts are it's irrelevant- as a vegetarian killing any animal is barbaric cruel and horrific as far as I'm concerned. No matter how humanely gumbel claims the birds are treated, puffing them up to slaughter them is simply horrible, same with veal, same with any of our fellow animals. i'm sure you can be a beautiful continental snob and eat something other than meat. I dont want to get to far off on a tangent here, but according to the research ive seen animals really do have much more heightened pain sensitivity than we realize. Emerging evidence suggests that they really do suffer much more than previously thought. Not that that ever really matters to anybody, but i throw it out for there anyway, just another windmill I suppose
hedweb.com then "taking animals seriously" adumbrates some of these concerns.
and where is the lena?
everybody pukes at the thought of chris
at October 11, 2005 11:36 PM
plants are living, feeling creatures too.
they're just a lot easier to catch.
g*mart
at October 12, 2005 3:09 AM
Chris- I dig Chris Rock, when he is not hosting the Oscars, so I will check it out. I haven't seen it or heard of it up here. Mostly I live off my Netflix account.
Crid- My late nights have gone the way of the dinosaurs for a while. I used to go out, come in wined up, and settle at the computer to gnash teeth with you for enjoyment. All good fun. I have found out babies take away both your sex drive AND ability/desire to argue. If we did get into something, I would probably just end up with "because I said so!"
Amy- We have Huckleberries growing all over the place here. The trade in them is very much like what Nancy wrote on her blog about mushrooms, because they go for $30 a quart bag at the local farmers market.
I think it emphasizes Chris's point, that this "luxury" remains immoral and frankly disgusting.
eric
at October 12, 2005 8:32 AM
Why thank you Eric
and you are right
it is immoral, disgusting and without justification-of course that is one of the
reasons it is so popular-because underneath
the facades of coying civility and expensive make-up-people are simply
ghastly pigs-oh la la.
everybody hates chris
at October 12, 2005 10:07 AM
Jules: The goose is a filthy animal. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent: But fois gras tastes gooood. Pate tastes gooood.
Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfarker.
Frank
at October 12, 2005 2:44 PM
The greatest screenplay ever written?
Top Gun.
eric (always be closing)
at October 12, 2005 4:27 PM
I've never had the desire to try fois gras as it looks disgusting to me. But I'll be stopping by Whole Foods after work to pick some up thanks to Chris.
nash
at October 13, 2005 6:00 PM
Foir gras is fantastic, a cross between butter and hazelnuts and meat. As for cruelty to the goose: eh. If our positions were reversed, I suspect they'd do the same to us.
Yes, geese are well known for their cruelty to other life forms. So if the stuffing of a metal tube down a caged creatures throat with the intent of force feeding the animal to the point of bursting whets your appetite, enjoy yourself.
I'd rather kiss a woman with a gangrenous tongue than one with this on her breath. ugh...
eric
at October 13, 2005 7:28 PM
LA can service every impulse. Next time you're in town, we'll make some calls.
I just recently had to switch off red wine, after 25 splendid years, for acid stomach, and started drinking Guiness! Very smooth..... but at 3600 feet the cans tend to go off like grenades.
PS- I always wondered how far back in the blog this stuff was monitored by our benevolent hostess...
Aw, what'd he ever do to you?
Crid at October 11, 2005 12:44 AM
Speaking of assholes, consumate assholes, horrific terrifying assholes, consider the following from the last McLaughlin Group. Your much loved Foie Gras is goose/duck liver. That's grotesque enough right there, but of course it gets so much worse. These criminals then take the goose, force feed it by sticking a tube down it's gullet, pump the liver up to ten times its original size, then the scumbags murder the goose, who by the way, is suffering because of this barbaric treatment. Then they serve it to fat-assed idiotic cow patrons who can then say
"OH I eat Foie Gras, I'm one of the beautiful people, wee wee, fifi." Absolutely disgusting. Shame on you. I can readily see killing people, I'm all for it, but an innocent defenseless goose? Just so you can stuff your kisser.
How dare you.
Everybody hates, despises, loathes Chris at October 11, 2005 9:57 AM
Hm, the TT gets about 28MPG highway, which isn't that bad. Is it just personalized plates in general you object to, or the feeling of ennui itself? Or is it someone being upper-middle class and flaunting their boredom?
Frank at October 11, 2005 10:46 AM
Chris- what is it with this "everybody despises me" motif?
Crid- still got the kid. Remember Edward Norton talking about insomnia in Fight Club?
Amy- I thought the license plate was darkly funny. What pushed your button?
eric at October 11, 2005 5:59 PM
Next time you're up late, log in an say something liberal, whydoncha.
Crid at October 11, 2005 7:37 PM
Chris, read Andrew Gumbel's piece on foie gras for the facts.
I wouldn't think this guy was an asshole if he had some dumb license plate that said "my toy" or something. "Oh, it's so boring being well-heeled." Oh, please.
Amy Alkon at October 11, 2005 7:40 PM
Hey! Look what I just found:
"PARIS (AP) - France's former U.N. ambassador has been taken into custody as part of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the Iraq oil-for-food program, judicial officials said Tuesday.
"Jean-Bernard Merimee, 68, who also was ambassador to Italy from 1995-98 and to Australia in the 1980s, is suspected of having received kickbacks in the form of oil allocations from the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He was also a special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan from 1999 to 2002."
But Chris, for the record, Amy's never praised foie gras, has she?
Crid at October 11, 2005 7:41 PM
Allow me to do it now:
If I were deluded enough to think I had a soul, I'd toute de suite trade it for a plate of seared foie gras with huckleberries. Oh la la!
Amy Alkon at October 11, 2005 9:52 PM
Eric- I believe you're in Idaho so they might not have the show there-here at least in LA they have a show called everybody hates chris-based on chris rocks life- yes crid amy has praised the foie gras before-whatever gumbel's facts are it's irrelevant- as a vegetarian killing any animal is barbaric cruel and horrific as far as I'm concerned. No matter how humanely gumbel claims the birds are treated, puffing them up to slaughter them is simply horrible, same with veal, same with any of our fellow animals. i'm sure you can be a beautiful continental snob and eat something other than meat. I dont want to get to far off on a tangent here, but according to the research ive seen animals really do have much more heightened pain sensitivity than we realize. Emerging evidence suggests that they really do suffer much more than previously thought. Not that that ever really matters to anybody, but i throw it out for there anyway, just another windmill I suppose
hedweb.com then "taking animals seriously" adumbrates some of these concerns.
and where is the lena?
everybody pukes at the thought of chris at October 11, 2005 11:36 PM
plants are living, feeling creatures too.
they're just a lot easier to catch.
g*mart at October 12, 2005 3:09 AM
Chris- I dig Chris Rock, when he is not hosting the Oscars, so I will check it out. I haven't seen it or heard of it up here. Mostly I live off my Netflix account.
Crid- My late nights have gone the way of the dinosaurs for a while. I used to go out, come in wined up, and settle at the computer to gnash teeth with you for enjoyment. All good fun. I have found out babies take away both your sex drive AND ability/desire to argue. If we did get into something, I would probably just end up with "because I said so!"
Amy- We have Huckleberries growing all over the place here. The trade in them is very much like what Nancy wrote on her blog about mushrooms, because they go for $30 a quart bag at the local farmers market.
Here is the Gumbel piece:
http://www.maninnature.com/Birds/Birds1b.html
I think it emphasizes Chris's point, that this "luxury" remains immoral and frankly disgusting.
eric at October 12, 2005 8:32 AM
Why thank you Eric
and you are right
it is immoral, disgusting and without justification-of course that is one of the
reasons it is so popular-because underneath
the facades of coying civility and expensive make-up-people are simply
ghastly pigs-oh la la.
everybody hates chris at October 12, 2005 10:07 AM
Jules: The goose is a filthy animal. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent: But fois gras tastes gooood. Pate tastes gooood.
Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfarker.
Frank at October 12, 2005 2:44 PM
The greatest screenplay ever written?
Top Gun.
eric (always be closing) at October 12, 2005 4:27 PM
I've never had the desire to try fois gras as it looks disgusting to me. But I'll be stopping by Whole Foods after work to pick some up thanks to Chris.
nash at October 13, 2005 6:00 PM
Foir gras is fantastic, a cross between butter and hazelnuts and meat. As for cruelty to the goose: eh. If our positions were reversed, I suspect they'd do the same to us.
nancy at October 13, 2005 7:03 PM
Yes, geese are well known for their cruelty to other life forms. So if the stuffing of a metal tube down a caged creatures throat with the intent of force feeding the animal to the point of bursting whets your appetite, enjoy yourself.
I'd rather kiss a woman with a gangrenous tongue than one with this on her breath. ugh...
eric at October 13, 2005 7:28 PM
LA can service every impulse. Next time you're in town, we'll make some calls.
Crid at October 14, 2005 1:55 PM
You got me laugh Crid...
Eric at October 16, 2005 9:06 AM
Eric, have you moved to Dublin?
Amy Alkon at October 16, 2005 9:31 AM
How funny! I missed a "to"...
I just recently had to switch off red wine, after 25 splendid years, for acid stomach, and started drinking Guiness! Very smooth..... but at 3600 feet the cans tend to go off like grenades.
PS- I always wondered how far back in the blog this stuff was monitored by our benevolent hostess...
eric at October 16, 2005 8:25 PM
Sigh...it's called Amy avoiding writing.
Amy Alkon at October 16, 2005 8:30 PM
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