Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

[chickencrazy429]

Here is something a "city slicker" once asked me while about to travel up into the rugged mountains here..."Do the Deer turn into Elk the higher in elevation you go and at what point do they do this"??

That is just sad!!!

 

[earlybird10842]

Quote: X2!!

 

[TwoCrows]

X2!!

The saddest thing about this is that I am not sure the guy actually believed me when I told him that Deer and Elk are two different species. He just kind of glazed over and possibly thought I was the crazy one. LOL

 

[oldrooster]

Quote:
well you should have told him they where different breeds, like hound dogs and poodles he would have bought that.....

 

[7 Biddies]

7 biddies, my parents noticed my spelling wasn't doing well in 2nd grade and couldn't figure out why I copied the word only three times after copying it from the book instead of the "standard teen times" I told them the teacher wanted that and she said if we copied it more on our page she would subtract points for every time we copied it extra and if we did it ten times for each word we would end up with NEGATIVE POINTS for our homework assignment they didn't believe me and wouldn't call the parents of any of the kids in my class because they thought I was telling a lie. well two weeks later and getting negative points on the homework but improved tests they called the teacher, and she told them she didn't have time to grade each word and it was easier to mark it wrong until the students did it her way so she had less work to do. my parents the decided to hand me 2 sheets of paper one with words copied 3 times for the class dunce, I er, mean the class's teacher, and 7 more times for me to learn the word. they both where raised where the teachers wanted it done 10 times and it worked most for most of the students on most of the words.

Things sure have changed in education, haven't they?? Cursive writing is going the way of the wind, and spelling is almost ignored in my school. I can't read kids' work samples and have to have the teachers translate for me. They don't seem bothered by the idea that others can't read the horrid writing and misspellings, either. Of course, when the principal was working on her Ed.D., she called me almost daily, asking how to spell words for her dissertation. The one I can't forget was "ado", "you know; as in much ado about nothing". I was so flabberghasted, that I gave her the correct spelling. Only afterwards did I realize I should've told her "adieu". (rats)

 

[7 Biddies]

The saddest thing about this is that I am not sure the guy actually believed me when I told him that Deer and Elk are two different species. He just kind of glazed over and possibly thought I was the crazy one. LOL

Welllllll ... ONE of you was crazy ....

 

[Mike Winters]

Kids are already starting to spell in Instant message language (texting)

 

[nikki1]

Before is spelled B-E-F-O-R-E, not B4. We speak English, not bingo.

 

[KristyHall]

Someone delivered something I ordered from craigslist to my house the other day. His whole family came along to see all my animals. They piled out and stared around in wide eyed at the fact I had animals... everywhere.

They saw my pig and asked if she was friend. I said yes and told them her name. They called and called her but she ignored them. He asked if I could get her to come over. I whistled and said her name and she started running over. They laughed at how quick she came.
They wanted to see the horses so I whistled and over came my girls for a head scratch.

One of the guys said " wow they come running like dogs!" and another one said " my dogs don't even come like that.
Then I decided to let the dogs out no them. By now I was showing off a little. I got the dogs doing their tricks and showing off their skills. Then I released them and the dogs scattered but none left the yard despite the dogs being in the part that was only fenced in cattle wire. (because they know if they cross the marked boundaries, I will go get them and they will be pinned up while the other dogs get to run around. the do NOT want me to go get them.)

They started asking questions like " how do you know horses can understand you." another was convinced one of my mares was angry because she was stomping, and I couldn't convince her that she was stomping to get an annoying fly off her leg.

I offered them some eggs but they were afraid they would have baby chickens in them and i had to explain the incubation process. They were very nice and excited but I could tel they had little experience with animals. It really blew them away I had cats that would rub up against my big dogs without the dogs chasing or snapping at them.

Finally one of the men wanted to see my chickens so I called them, and they came racing over. He was not expecting to see this. he thought they were fenced off somewhere instead of hanging out in the muscadine orchard eating pests. His grown son muttered in his ear " she's like some kind of animal whisper.. talker.. person kinda' thing"

I kept a strait face and said " no.... food goes a long way in influencing how fast animals come running." and that got them laughing. The grown son started talking about getting a pig, his mother said " no you do not want a pig" and he said " why not?! look how cute hers is" I spoke up "she's cute now but training them can be tough. It sometimes involves a lot of screaming from both of you" I was exaggerating, but the crazy thing is, only just a little. When a young pig pitches a tantrum they can get loud!

I enjoyed the visit but I felt a bit sad that these people had so little experience and knowledge of animals and our natural world. Training well behaved animals is not all that hard. You just have to be consistent, vigilant, use lots of positive reinforcement, and take the time to handle them every day. Even if it is only ten minutes to work on something a day. It is surprising how often I have had to explain this to people. My animals are not miraculous, and I don't have some magic touch, they are just loved and know the rules and know I will be consistant so there is no confusion.

 

[TwoCrows]

Very nice! I too am a little saddened that much of the people in this country have gotten so far away from nature and the lifestyle that we all once were a part of. It comes so natural for folks like the ones here on BYC. But many people just don't understand and actually prefer to be that way. Pretty sad.

But having folks come around like they did for you the other day, only reinforces just how great you have it AND know it! Sometimes we have to step out of our boundaries to remember where we are and incidences like this can give us the perfect opportunity to do so.