22 November 2009

The Joys of Pet Seafood, or, How Western Civilisation II Has Enlightened Me

“Because it does not bark, and knows the secrets of the deep.”

—The nineteenth-century poet Gerard de Nerval, when asked why he was parading a lobster on a blue ribbon through the Palais-Royal gardens

10 comments:

  1. How very enlightening. ;)

    Krys

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  2. Quite. Perfect day for it of course. :)

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  3. How a very interesting...course? :P

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  4. Um...I think I'll stick to my cat!
    Oh, I gave you an award on my blog.

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  5. Oh, what fun!

    Though, I'm not sure if a lobster could be quite as much fun as a crab. I shall have to look into the pinching abilities of a lobster vs. a crab as a means of defense (for the walker, not the sea creature). ;-)

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  6. I gave you a thingy jig on my blog. Go look.

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  7. Hmm, apparently he belonged to the "Walk A Weird Animal And See How Many Traffic Jams You Can Create" club - just like me! :D

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  8. That's one of the best things I've ever heard of.

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