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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2004PETA strikes again...
I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. There''s a town here called "Slaughterville." PETA has stepped in and is lobbying to get the name of the town changed, due to the negative implications of the name. (BTW, there is no slaughterhouse in Slaughterville. It's just a name.) They have suggested the alternate name be "Veggieville." PETA has offered to subsidize the town for their trouble by providing free veggieburgers to the school cafeteria. They showed the town council meeting on the news. You should have seen the reactions of the townspeople, most of whom are just country people. It's very rural. I swear, this is no joke. It's true. All a calculated stunt for publicity, I'm sure thhough. Sherry > I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this > witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > sure thhough. > Sherry Veggieville? LMAO!!! That could reflect negatively on the town's inhabitants too...ummm... are they all vegetables? LOL! I think you're right about it being a publicity stunt. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >Veggieville? LMAO!!! That could reflect negatively on the town's >inhabitants too...ummm... are they all vegetables? LOL! >I think you're right about it being a publicity stunt. >-- >Britta No doubt!! The'd have to change the name of the football team to the "Veggieville Vegetables" or something. LOL!! Sherry >> Veggieville? LMAO!!! That could reflect negatively on the town's >> inhabitants too...ummm... are they all vegetables? LOL! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > No doubt!! The'd have to change the name of the football team to the > "Veggieville Vegetables" or something. LOL!! Killer Tomatos, what else? >I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this >witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >sure thhough. >Sherry I saw that on the late news, myself. I agree, has to be a publicity stunt, which I found funny, though if I contributed money to PETA I might be p*ssed off. I had never heard of Slaughterville, which is in Oklahoma, BTW, south of Ok City and had to check a map to find out where it is. The way I heard it, the town was named after the Slaughter brothers, early settlers and store owners.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > I had never heard of Slaughterville, which is in Oklahoma, BTW, south > of Ok City and had to check a map to find out where it is. The way I > heard it, the town was named after the Slaughter brothers, early > settlers and store owners. I thought that must be it, Slaughter as a name and not as an action. But I think the analogy would be Harvestville, not Veggieville. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > I thought that must be it, Slaughter as a name and not as an action. > But I think the analogy would be Harvestville, not Veggieville. :o) Sheesh, maybe you should join PETA. You'd improve it 100%. Joyce > I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this > witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > sure thhough. > Sherry Veggieville. That's hilarious ...such a weird story that I would have suspected it was a troll, but I knew it was legitimate when I saw that Sherry was the author. MaryL I saw that in local newspaper here, but refrained from comments on it due to the fact that my home state has been a laughingstock and butt of jokes since last presidential election at least. The only state I know of to equal FL's infamy would be the Golden State....but not for the same reasons.....we share only the warm climates predominant in both as to similarities. : > I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share : this [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] : : MaryL "Hopitus2" <Hopitus2@comcast.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: PETA strikes again...: >I saw that in local newspaper here, but refrained from comments on it due to >the fact that my home state has been a laughingstock and butt of jokes since >last presidential election at least. The only state I know of to equal FL's >infamy would be the Golden State....but not for the same reasons.....we >share only the warm climates predominant in both as to similarities. Ever since I moved to California, my mother's razzed me about living in the Breakfast Cereal state [take out the fruits and the nuts and you still have the flakes], and about living south of the Manson-Nixon line. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >I saw that in local newspaper here, but refrained from comments on it due to >the fact that my home state has been a laughingstock and butt of jokes since >last presidential election at least. The only state I know of to equal FL's >infamy would be the Golden State....but not for the same reasons.....we >share only the warm climates predominant in both as to similarities. Oh, Lordy. You should see the new movie "Cockfighting" witth Wilford Brumley and I forget who else. I'm surprised the White Trash/Redneck/Ignorant by Choice police haven't come in to shut the whole state down, if they thought it was an accurate depiction of the people here. Sherry > Veggieville. That's hilarious ...such a weird story that I would have > suspected it was a troll, but I knew it was legitimate when I saw that > Sherry was the author. > > MaryL No, I heard the story as well although I have no idea from where. I think it is a few weeks old. > There''s a town here called "Slaughterville." Where's "here"? Sorry, I can't remember what state you live in. > PETA has stepped in and is lobbying to get the name of the town > changed... They have suggested the alternate name be "Veggieville." Oh god, that is beyond parody! You couldn't write a satire about that!! > PETA has offered to subsidize the town for their trouble by providing > free veggieburgers to the school cafeteria. Yeah right, for how long? > They showed the town council meeting on the news. You should have seen > the reactions of the townspeople, most of whom are just country people. I can imagine! What were they saying? I'm really curious. Too funny! Joyce "Veggieville" conjures up visions like the "walking dead" of 60's horror movies such as "Night of the Living Dead", etc. Gen-X and Y'ers: if you haven't seen it, rent it @ Blockbuster for an evening of hoots......the hairdos alone generate hoots of their own. LOL. : > There''s a town here called "Slaughterville." : [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : : Joyce > "Veggieville" conjures up visions like the "walking dead" of 60's > horror movies such as "Night of the Living Dead", etc. And don't forget those "talking veggie" movies! :) I forwarded this story to a friend of mine, and here's what she had to say: "I understand they also went after the town of Fishkill. Which is doubly ironic because in this case, the word "kill" means "river," so the town's name is actually not "kill fish" but "river with fish in it." I don't think they've gone after the Catskills yet." LOL!! Joyce > Hopitus2 <Hopitus2@comcast.net> wrote: > > "Veggieville" conjures up visions like the "walking dead" of 60's [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > LOL!! > Joyce Sigh...being from near that area originally, I certainly hope they don't decide to take that absurdity to that level. I guess Otterkill will be on the hit list as well...;) PC (not Pine Cone, btw...:) ) takes itself to new levels of silliness....even for a publicity stunt, that's kinda pathetic.... And speaking of silliness, I haven't seen that classic of all time "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" in any of the movie "lists". Tch... how could *anyone* overlook that....;) Hope everyone's having a good week! Purrs- Chris and the Fairfax felines, who'd probably be beside themselves if they saw an otter....;) > > They showed the town council meeting on the news. You should have seen > > the reactions of the townspeople, most of whom are just country people. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Joyce Well, first you have to remember this is Oklahoma, and a big beef state where ranching is a major industry. Small town rural people are for the most part simple, friendly folks for whom PETA's agenda is just too weird. They pretty much stood up and said, "Thanks, but no thanks, we like our T-bones and our leather." One lady who was a Slaughter said, "Whut am I 'sposed to do, change my name to Veggie?" (disclaimer: I don't mean "simple" to indicate either uneducated or not intelligent. You all know what I mean. Sherry >There''s a town here called "Slaughterville." PETA has stepped in and is >lobbying to get the name of the town changed, due to the negative implications >of the name. (BTW, there is no slaughterhouse in Slaughterville. Ridiculous, aint' it? "Slaughter" may be a person's name, not necessarily an "action." Back in ancient days when I was a kid, there was a fine baseball player named Enos Slaughter. Should he have been "Enos Veggie"? Jeanne We have a Slaughter Lane here in Austin, maybe we should call PETA... :) Tom was born in Fishkill, NY. The first time I heard the name I thought, what were they thinking when they named that poor town??? Tom then explained to me (like he has done to dozens of people over the years) that kill means creek in dutch, so the local settlers actually called their town "fishcreek"... :) SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > We have a Slaughter Lane here in Austin, maybe we should call PETA... :) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that kill means creek in dutch, so the local settlers actually called > their town "fishcreek"... :) yes, but still, better supervise Tom round the pond - just to be on the safe side .... ;) :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi Hmmmm, wonder how long until they notice Fishkill, NY???? SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this > witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > sure thhough. > Sherry >I don't know how you all feel about PETA's antics, but I wanted to share this >witth you. It's really quite funny if you think about it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >sure thhough. >Sherry ever heard this one? "The whole world is queer except me and thee -- and I have my doubts about thee!" >ever heard this one? >"The whole world is queer except me and thee -- and I have my doubts >about thee!" LOL!! That's a good one...and very fitting sometimes! Sherry |
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