Things you wish you could say

[ShrekDawg]

Thank you for being a responsible pet owner, Dawg. When my son was about ten, a friend of his was killed, when, running from a dog that was chasing him, he ran out into traffic and was struck by a car. So sad!

That’s horrible

 

[tripletfeb]

Come on Trip, you'd have to be dumb as a stick to not be able to do my job.
One of the reasons I've made it 10 years is because I love the not having to think much aspect.

I understand this. But I'm quickly losing hope in humanity

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Humans in general are just ugh

I understand this. But I'm quickly losing hope in humanity

"We have seen the enemy and it is us."
-Pogo

(I don't necessarily agree with this, but these two posts reminded me of this. Anybody remember Pogo?)

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

One thing I wish I could say . . .

When people ask for the gender of their chickens, and everyone says that one of them is definitely a cockerel, and then the OP replies back and says they hope it is not a cockerel, and then they update the post like a week later with more pictures of the bird in question.

What is the point of asking something if you are going to immediately deny what everyone told you that is obviously true? And then updating again as if you still don't trust the people who comment . . . like, c'mon, your chickens aren't changing gender unless they have a hormone issue.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

One thing I wish I could say . . .

When people ask for the gender of their chickens, and everyone says that one of them is definitely a cockerel, and then the OP replies back and says they hope it is not a cockerel, and then they update the post like a week later with more pictures of the bird in question.

What is the point of asking something if you are going to immediately deny what everyone told you that is obviously true? And then updating again as if you still don't trust the people who comment . . . like, c'mon, your chickens aren't changing gender unless they have a hormone issue.

I get rather a kick from people who seem to think their sweet, overly friendly pullet suddenly "became" a cockerel .... how rude of that naughty bird!

 

[azurbanclucker]

"We have seen the enemy and it is us."
-Pogo

(I don't necessarily agree with this, but these two posts reminded me of this. Anybody remember Pogo?)

Like Walt Kelly's comic strip?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Like Walt Kelly's comic strip?

Yes.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Yes.

Before My time, but I've read some of the collections.

 

[NatJ]

One thing I wish I could say . . .

When people ask for the gender of their chickens, and everyone says that one of them is definitely a cockerel, and then the OP replies back and says they hope it is not a cockerel, and then they update the post like a week later with more pictures of the bird in question.

What is the point of asking something if you are going to immediately deny what everyone told you that is obviously true? And then updating again as if you still don't trust the people who comment . . . like, c'mon, your chickens aren't changing gender unless they have a hormone issue.

Sometimes I think it means, "I hear you, but I really really hope you are wrong."

And then they post photos again later, hoping to learn that it really was a pullet, but aware that it might really be a cockerel, and wanting to get it confirmed more strongly before they force themself to do something about it.

It reminds me of "I really hope you are not coming down with a virus the day before we plan to leave on a family trip..." (I've had at least one miserable trip, and a different trip cancelled, because people got sick at the last minute. I really don't want to believe it might be true... But my wishes don't do any good, so I need to start changing plans to deal with what is actually happening.)

 

[RUNuts]

Sometimes I think it means, "I hear you, but I really really hope you are wrong."

Denial - A river in Africa.
Insane - In a river in Europe

I've met a few people who were in two rivers at the same time on two different continents.