Friday, August 19, 2011

Fire Swamp, Sewage Treatment Plant

Pretty much the same thing -- especially when both are infested by rodents of unusual size. Yeah, real life ROUS. In California. And here I thought they were just small actors in funny suits!

Trivia: Tam swears that the capybara, a kind of giant aquatic rat, is offically fish for eating-on-Friday purposes. Um, giant rat? I'll just have the scrod, please.

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  1. Yep. Used to be able to buy tinned capybara some places locally. tastes like pork.

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  2. There are still places in this country where large dock rats (some of them are damn near as big as a cat) are referred to as "wharf bunnies", and are eaten.

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  3. Proper old-time Bostonian in New York City: "Pardon me, officer, do you know where I can get scrod?"

    NYC Cop: Buddy, I've been asked that before, but never in the past pluperfect.

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  4. Chas,

    To the best of my knowledge, you are the only other person, bar my Ex, who knows that joke.

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  5. I thought everyone knew it. Except I heard it was a taxi driver.

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  6. Alas, troll must be removed -- otherwise more come.

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  7. The nice New England Ladies in my church (Episcopal of course) told me that joke years ago. But only for educational purposes! NEVER for prurient purposes.

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