wrote:
>
> I haven't, but my wife used to have to help her grampaw do it when she
> was a girl. She stopped after one time when she noticed their hearts
> were still beating. Apparently grampaw was too much of a softie to kill
> them first.
They keep beating even after you wring their little necks. STOUT little
bastards. I remember my dad showing me how the damn heart was still
twitching after the rabbit had had its neck snapped and been laid open.
It'd probably be much the same with your heart or mine under similar
circumstances.
The niece doing the survey -- She was raised on the Stang cattle ranch.
(Unlike me; that ranch stuff started after I'd left home.) But she
became a vegetarian the day they brought the first pieces of "Tap-Tap"
to the table.
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Posted by:: Artemia Salina
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:31:09 -0500
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:51:15 -0500, Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
> The niece doing the survey -- She was raised on the Stang cattle ranch.
> (Unlike me; that ranch stuff started after I'd left home.) But she
> became a vegetarian the day they brought the first pieces of "Tap-Tap"
> to the table.
I think every meat eater should skin an animal at least once, and
that's not just some divisive anti-meat-eating finger-wagging. I
think it helps one to make an informed decision about being
a meat eater or not.
I've skinned muskrats, raccoons (and turned one's skin inside out to
use as a fleshy hand puppet), squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, ducks,
a Canadian goose, ruffed grouse, opossums, helped at skinning a deer,
and I enjoy a good steak with braised mushrooms and onions, russet
potatoes, and steamed green beans as often as possible.
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Posted by:: "Revi Shankar"
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 04:46:22 -0500
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"Artemia Salina" wrote
>
> I think every meat eater should skin an animal at least once, and
> that's not just some divisive anti-meat-eating finger-wagging. I
> think it helps one to make an informed decision about being
> a meat eater or not.
>
> I've skinned muskrats, raccoons (and turned one's skin inside out to
> use as a fleshy hand puppet), squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, ducks,
> a Canadian goose, ruffed grouse, opossums, helped at skinning a deer,
> and I enjoy a good steak with braised mushrooms and onions, russet
> potatoes, and steamed green beans as often as possible.
I agree with this post. (Even better is working (however briefly) at a
slaughterhouse. I have. Nuff said.)
I've just started working with leather, coincidently. Bought a 20 sq foot
cowhide for use in the pipe organ. There doesn't exist a man-made substance
that has the utility and durability of leather. Tanned animal skins are
uniquely valuable.
Killing, cleaning, skinning and using/consuming/benefiting from an animal is
actually a process that helps complete the "circle of life" connects one
with the 3-space we inhabit.
(can't believe I used "circle of life" in a serious context.)
Posted by:: "Doktor Dark"
Date: 24 Mar 2005 02:16:17 -0800
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Skin Pinks first. PRA Ed Gein!
Posted by:: "krustymadfaker"
Date: 24 Mar 2005 03:24:06 -0800
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Doktor Dark wrote:
>>Skin Pinks first. >>PRA Ed Gein!
Oooops! I thought you said Ed Dames!! That will work to!!
Rev-Sci-Fi-entist KrustyMADfaker
"I didn't give up. The equipment
malfunctioned!"
"This is the most uncomfortable coffin I've ever been in."
-Bela Lugosi
Posted by:: John Cook
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:32:16 +1000
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Revi Shankar wrote:
> "Artemia Salina" wrote
>
>>I think every meat eater should skin an animal at least once, and
>>that's not just some divisive anti-meat-eating finger-wagging. I
>>think it helps one to make an informed decision about being
>>a meat eater or not.
>>
>>I've skinned muskrats, raccoons (and turned one's skin inside out to
>>use as a fleshy hand puppet), squirrels, rabbits, pheasants, ducks,
>>a Canadian goose, ruffed grouse, opossums, helped at skinning a deer,
>>and I enjoy a good steak with braised mushrooms and onions, russet
>>potatoes, and steamed green beans as often as possible.
>
>
> I agree with this post. (Even better is working (however briefly) at a
> slaughterhouse. I have. Nuff said.
> I've just started working with leather, coincidently. Bought a 20 sq foot
> cowhide for use in the pipe organ. There doesn't exist a man-made substance
> that has the utility and durability of leather. Tanned animal skins are
> uniquely valuable.
>
> Killing, cleaning, skinning and using/consuming/benefiting from an animal is
> actually a process that helps complete the "circle of life" connects one
> with the 3-space we inhabit.
>
> (can't believe I used "circle of life" in a serious context.)
That's why/how I got to get real with this - I had a (great) dog and a
job requiring leaving Tamborine Mountain just after dawn - got sick of
passing freshly dead wallabys And paying for crappy con dogFood...
I just approched it like dissection...
I got the skins - Dogg ate the rest - now I just wish I'd claimed the
bones - a kangeroo/wallaby pelvis is an INCREDIBLE work of art - unChanged!
John Cook
PS y'know wat was sad - seeing the beautifully selected and chewed
(purely) green stuff in their stomachs...
"The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum"
Posted by:: jagged
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:29:21 -0500
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Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
>
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
>
No, but I have petted the Bishop a few times.
jagged
don't ask don't tell
Posted by:: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:51:16 -0500
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In article <6Ai0e.1591$377.820@fe02.lga>, jagged
wrote:
> Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
>
> >
> > So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
> >
>
> No, but I have petted the Bishop a few times.
>
> jagged
> don't ask don't tell
Ah, the most HONEST kind of artist. The kind that doesn't give one jot
nor tittle about an audience for his art.
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Posted by:: jagged
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:54:14 -0500
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Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
> tittle
>
hehehe
jagged
Posted by:: HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:35:52 -0600
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:15:02 -0500, "Rev. Ivan Stang"
wrote:
>The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
>didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
>time.
>
no.
But you're still having flashbacks every time you get a glimpse of
yourself naked in the mirror, aren't you, Elmer?
Posted by:: Zapanaz
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:49:52 -0800
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On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:15:02 -0500, "Rev. Ivan Stang"
wrote:
>The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
>didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
>time.
well if you have never heard a rabbit scream, you should definitely
get in practice for that. Rabbits have the creepiest scream in the
world.
--
Zapanaz
International Satanic Conspiracy
Customer Support Specialist
http://joecosby.com/
>That's about as exciting as picking up the house phone at Caesar's Palace
>and paging yourself!
I got laid that way once.
Posted by:: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:45:15 -0500
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In article , Zapanaz wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:15:02 -0500, "Rev. Ivan Stang"
> wrote:
>
> >The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
> >didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
> >time.
>
> well if you have never heard a rabbit scream, you should definitely
> get in practice for that. Rabbits have the creepiest scream in the
> world.
I just wrote a whole essay about that and coyote hunting -- a coyote
call sounds like a rabbit screaming -- but the god damn program LOST it
somehow in the queuing or some such shit. Fuck nab it. The bunny's and
coyote's revenge on me. Oh well it's just as well, it was just vain
bragging in disguise as ranch life anecdotes. But gross. I AIN'T doing
it again, I gotta get to the post office.
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Posted by:: polar bear
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:25:04 -0800
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In article <230320051015024743%stang@subgeniusNOSPUM.com>, "Rev. Ivan
Stang" wrote:
> Not meant as a rhetorical question; I'd really like answers. I was just
> hearing that Elvis classic in my head, and I realized quite of a sudden
> that yes, I had indeed skinned a rabbit.
>
> I wonder what would happen if I offered a wilderness survival workshop
> at Starwood. And then brought out the cage full of white rabbits for
> everybody to practice on.
>
> The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
> didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
> time.
>
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
No, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night.
pb
Posted by:: "angelicusrex"
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:39:01 -0700
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Yep. And rattlesnakes too. Deer, Coyote, even a porcupine...Now that's a
real lesson!
A.R. Superbadass
Posted by:: "abNorm Nihil"
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:14:21 -0500
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Probably a dozen or so back in my hunting days, when I used to hang out with
my redneck brother in law. A few squirrels and a couple deer to boot. I
found it somewhat fascinating, but still disgusting, how easy it is to gut a
deer.
--
Rev. abNorm Nihil
Screaming Monkey Institute of Latent Eremitical Studies
"Higher Slack Through Misanthropy"
Posted by:: "Giles"
Date: 23 Mar 2005 16:04:33 -0800
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Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
> Not meant as a rhetorical question; I'd really like answers. I was
just
> hearing that Elvis classic in my head, and I realized quite of a
sudden
> that yes, I had indeed skinned a rabbit.
>
> I wonder what would happen if I offered a wilderness survival
workshop
> at Starwood. And then brought out the cage full of white rabbits for
> everybody to practice on.
>
> The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure
I
> didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a
long
> time.
>
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
>
I saw some on TV.
The most famous scene in "Roger & Me", by Michael Moore, was some woman
who skinned a rabbit in front of the camera. It took less than a
minute. She just bashed the critter over the head with what looked like
a small propane tank, whipped out her Ginzu and wham: Easter Wabbit
stew!
I think there was a scene in "Angel Heart" where a Cajun skinned a
'possum, too. Looked about as much fun as sticking your hand up a cow's
arse.
"And you know
It's a shame and a pity
you were raised
up in the city
and you never
learned nothing 'bout
country ways"
-Country Joe & the Fish
Posted by:: "Rev. Richard Skull"
Date: 23 Mar 2005 16:22:43 -0800
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<
I've skinned a squirrel. Close enough
Posted by:: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:51:45 -0500
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In article <1111623763.845909.207440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Rev. Richard Skull wrote:
> <
>
> I've skinned a squirrel. Close enough
>
TOO close!
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Posted by:: "c-bee1"
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:50:37 GMT
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"Rev. Ivan Stang" wrote in message
news:230320051015024743%stang@subgeniusNOSPUM.com...
> Not meant as a rhetorical question; I'd really like answers. I was just
> hearing that Elvis classic in my head, and I realized quite of a sudden
> that yes, I had indeed skinned a rabbit.
>
> I wonder what would happen if I offered a wilderness survival workshop
> at Starwood. And then brought out the cage full of white rabbits for
> everybody to practice on.
>
> The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
> didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
> time.
>
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
Nope. But I, being super microscope kid, did sneak outside afterwards and
snip off some tiny bits for later.
Posted by:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:38:29 +1100
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> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
i saw Australian cartoonist/satirist Patrick Cook do it once. it was
part of his magic act: "How to make a hankerchief out of a rabbit".
Posted by:: nenslo
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:33:48 -0800
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"Rev. Ivan Stang" wrote:
>
> Not meant as a rhetorical question; I'd really like answers. I was just
> hearing that Elvis classic in my head, and I realized quite of a sudden
> that yes, I had indeed skinned a rabbit.
>
> I wonder what would happen if I offered a wilderness survival workshop
> at Starwood. And then brought out the cage full of white rabbits for
> everybody to practice on.
>
> The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
> didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
> time.
>
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
>
I watched a guy skin a muskrat once.
Posted by:: brthrn@dangermedia.org
Date: 24 Mar 2005 07:10:54 -0800
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And I bet the GODDAMN muskrat had it COMING.
Posted by:: "just john"
Date: 24 Mar 2005 12:13:56 -0800
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nenslo wrote:
> I watched a guy skin a muskrat once.
Believe me, that's pretty much the most times you CAN skin a muskrat.
Posted by:: polar bear
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:46:05 -0800
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In article <1111695236.438559.260270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"just john" wrote:
> nenslo wrote:
>
>
> > I watched a guy skin a muskrat once.
>
> Believe me, that's pretty much the most times you CAN skin a muskrat.
You know, most of these animals you don't have to skin. That's just
wasted effort. Alls you do is put them under the back wheel of your
truck, move ahead slowly, and they pop right out.
pb
Posted by:: König Prüße, GfbAEV
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:37:56 GMT
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polar bear wrote:
>In article <1111695236.438559.260270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
>"just john" wrote:
>
>> nenslo wrote:
>>
>>
>> > I watched a guy skin a muskrat once.
>>
>> Believe me, that's pretty much the most times you CAN skin a muskrat.
>
>You know, most of these animals you don't have to skin. That's just
>wasted effort. Alls you do is put them under the back wheel of your
>truck, move ahead slowly, and they pop right out.
The Candadians seemed especially fond of marmots!
http://www.marmots.org/
And not so fond of scotch broom
Scotch Broom - Cytisus scoparius, is a sad story for BC.
It's an invasive shrub that was introduced
to Vancouver Island in 1850.
One of the things that is great about the NW coast beaches
is driftwood. The beaches here have just about no driftwood.
Some Oregon beaches, people have built houses out of driftwood.
Posted by:: Legume
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:18:54 -0600
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Rev. Ivan Stang wrote:
> I wonder what would happen if I offered a wilderness survival workshop
> at Starwood. And then brought out the cage full of white rabbits for
> everybody to practice on
Bring spices and you can BBQ them afterwards.
> The sad thing is I'd have to get back in practice first, to make sure I
> didn't lose face by puking in the middle of my how-to. It's been a long
> time.
Just puke INTO the rabbit. Some Bobbie will eat it. And then he'll
start a church about it.
> So, have you ever skinned a rabbit?
Skinned a pig once. Back in 98. And I recently removed the wax paper
from a meatball hero. Does that count?