Why?! Why would you want your beloved pet sat dead in front of you?
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OT: Taxidermy and pets
May 17, 2018
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Pillock.
When I was a kid a friend's grandmother had Fluffy stuffed. Old Fluffer was curled up in the corner of the living room. I thought the mutt just slept a lot until Jay let me in on the secret. The old girl didn't move too much more than the dog but she did speak occasionally. In Irish, generally. It was an odd family.
All Irish are odd.
At least the Irish don't eat a sheep's gut stuffed with other random parts of the sheep.
Do you know how its done? You pull out all the innards completely, then using photos and info from the owner, you construct a frame of the major places where you need to stretch the skin over. You then use a filling, often some kind of natural stuffing used in old style sofas, but can be modern. You then try to make the animal look as natural as possible and stitch it up, Often eyes teeth etc, need to be made to match. Its actually quite interesting. I'm not saying I'd do it, but I suppose to some its a comfort. Brian
I know how it's done. What I'm questioning is why anyone would want their dead pet sat in front of them. Would you want a dead person in your room, reminding you of them every minute of the day?
Very few Scots do that, also very few wear skirts anymore.
If your name is Norman Bates, yes.
This woman is most odd:
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I've got a friend who does both occasionally. Otherwise he is sane except for the Star wars thing... According to Tacitus, my forebears figured out how to make jeans when the Romans were still running around in skirts, and the cuisine runs more to pork products and beer.
I know a few Scots who will wear kilts, but only at weddings, and only the weird ones.
I wouldn't. The deceptive thing (not really my pet, since not alive) would interfere with happy memories.
Agreed.
Even photos annoy me.
They tend to come out of the closet for Robert Burns Day and the annual Celtic Games. Then there is the Celtic Dragon pipe band who will play at the drop of a hat. I try to avoid them. A little bit of marching bagpipers goes a long way.
Some people wear Utilikilts.
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It would be an extremely cold day in hell before I'd run a snow blower in a skirt...
Wimp.
If you want to run your dangling bits through the auger, have at it.
A snowblower doesn't have an auger.
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What is a British snowblower? A Scot with an Irish banjo?
(Obscure US jargon Irish banjo: a short D-handled shovel)
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