Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[Aunt ruth]

Actually that bit about how they "just google the answers" is made up.

As for leather eggs, that's the exception, not the rule. One of my aunts thinks that all eggs are completely soft and instantly harden when the air touches them. I didn't have the time to explain to her the mechanics of egg making and that her brothers were pulling her leg when they told her that.

sort of like the blood is blue unitl it hits air then it instantly turns red myth. My grandma believed this until I asked her what color it was when the drew it out for blood work. "But look at my veins! it's blue!" Well, your not wrong. Bless her heart.

 

[sepaditty1]

You guys are forgetting one very important thing. They can't put anything on the internet if it isn't true. My french model boyfriend told me so.

 

[Aunt ruth]

You guys are forgetting one very important thing. They can't put anything on the internet if it isn't true. My french model boyfriend told me so.

Did you meet him on an online dating site?

 

[Kelsykin]

Quote: Actually it is mostly. The people at snopes use Google for their source of information and it is like two people. They have been busted numerous times with the wrong information on their site.


http://www.usacarry.com/forums/off-topic/12469-snopes-exposed.html

 

[yinepu]

My mother-in-law used to wrap cookies, doughnuts, etc. in white butcher paper and label them dog food before putting them in the freezer. That was her way of keeping goodies from her two hungry sons who would have quickly demolished them. It was many years after we were married before I let my husband in on the secret He said he always wondered when he was growing up why there were so many packages of "dog food" in the freezer.

Around here those packages would be marked "pig head".. "squirrel".. "opossum"...
nope.. not what's for dinner.. just dead critters I need the skeletons and skulls from..

guess it's a good thing I don't have kids!

I still like my dogs better than most people. At least if they bite me I know I probably had it coming.

yup.. I like my dogs a heck of a lot better than people too..

Yep...they are much nicer. I lived a while in Rhode Island...it was like swimming with great white sharks every day. Give me a "bless your heart" any day over "________ you!!!".

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Having lived several places I have to agree that the worst of the bunch that I have dealt with are in the great North East (New York City, Phili, Jersey, all of Delaware, D.C. and a good bit of Maryland)... customer service is pretty much dead there.. cashiers who look at you as if you are wasting their time and who act like it's beneath them to try to be the least bit nice or pleasant.. here in Texas it's completely different.. much nicer and even if they are working at Walmart they have time to give you a smile and wish you a good day...

You guys are forgetting one very important thing. They can't put anything on the internet if it isn't true. My french model boyfriend told me so.

 

[Beekissed]

Having lived several places I have to agree that the worst of the bunch that I have dealt with are in the great North East (New York City, Phili, Jersey, all of Delaware, D.C. and a good bit of Maryland)... customer service is pretty much dead there.. cashiers who look at you as if you are wasting their time and who act like it's beneath them to try to be the least bit nice or pleasant.. here in Texas it's completely different.. much nicer and even if they are working at Walmart they have time to give you a smile and wish you a good day...

They have a chain of restaurants up north called Dick's Last Resort, where you have to be rude or they will not serve you and they are rude to you all the while you are there. 'Nuff said.

Any place that glories in insulting and rude behavior and thinks it's entertaining has a serious screw loose. Call it culture, call it attitude, call it what you will but in the end it's still rudeness and bad manners under the guise of being "in your face" and being proud of it.

I worked up there for three months on a travel nurse job and only found one nice person in that whole time...the rest were extremely hateful, cursing and unprofessional in everything they did. The very first day I was there, the very first thing someone said was, "What the f*** do you want and why are you smiling???"....that was the assistant director of nursing.

She promised to wipe that smile off my face~I must have missed the part where I had enrolled in the military boot camp~and she sure enough did...took them a couple of months but by the time I left there I couldn't muster up a single smile until I headed the truck for home.

All the while I had to deal with insults to southern folks...about how stupid we were to smile and be nice to folks all the time, how slow our fast food restaurants were, how they hated it that we hunted or ate wild game, they made fun of my hair and my accent...the litany goes on. Suffice to say I was not impressed with the kindness of the folks in Rhode Island. The further south we drove from there the more friendly folks were and we were never so glad to get home in our lives.

Interestingly enough, even their dogs were unfriendly and cold. We'd go to the beach and see folks walking with their dogs and the dogs walking ahead and not on a leash. Not a one wagged a tail or approached us for greetings..it was strange. We'd bend over to offer petting or greeting and the dog would just turn its head and walk by like we didn't exist. Not a single dog acted like it was enjoying itself, running, wagging, etc. Never saw such undog-like dogs in all my days. My dogs would have greeted everyone on the beach and all their dogs too, just happy to see folks.

 

[Gryphon]

Actually it is mostly. The people at snopes use Google for their source of information and it is like two people. They have been busted numerous times with the wrong information on their site. 


http://www.usacarry.com/forums/off-topic/12469-snopes-exposed.html

As I thought, it was a source that has no documentation, no real research, and the site that THEY say is a "real deal", Truth Or Fiction, has said that the information given there is not true. In fact, in just about every case, Truth or Fiction and Snopes has identical conclusions, so that means either Truth or Fiction is equally as bad as Snopes, or as good. You might be interested to know that the owners of Snopes is a Canadian, and not involved in U.S. politics, and a Republican, who leaves his political party out of his work.

This rumor (along with the owners of Snopes being members of Obama's think tank and other nonsense) was going around for a while because people were getting ****** with having their chain letter emails getting blown full of holes, usually uber conservative slander.

Also, native born Rhode Islander right here, although living in Iowa. I've met rude people in every state I've been in. I personally think it's creepy and dishonest to smile to someone's face while really sneering.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

They have a chain of restaurants up north called Dick's Last Resort, where you have to be rude or they will not serve you and they are rude to you all the while you are there.  'Nuff said.    Any place that glories in insulting and rude behavior and thinks it's entertaining has a serious screw loose.  Call it culture, call it attitude, call it what you will but in the end it's still rudeness and bad manners under the guise of being "in your face" and being proud of it. 

I worked up there for three months on a travel nurse job and only found one nice person in that whole time...the rest were extremely hateful, cursing and unprofessional in everything they did.  The very first day I was there, the very first thing someone said was, "What the f*** do you want and why are you smiling???"....that was the assistant director of nursing.    She promised to wipe that smile off my face~I must have missed the part where I had enrolled in the military boot camp~and she sure enough did...took them a couple of months but by the time I left there I couldn't muster up a single smile until I headed the truck for home. 

All the while I had to deal with insults to southern folks...about how stupid we were to smile and be nice to folks all the time, how slow our fast food restaurants were, how they hated it that we hunted or ate wild game, they made fun of my hair and my accent...the litany goes on.  Suffice to say I was not impressed with the kindness of the folks in Rhode Island.  The further south we drove from there the more friendly folks were and we were never so glad to get home in our lives. 

Interestingly enough, even their dogs were unfriendly and cold.  We'd go to the beach and see folks walking with their dogs and the dogs walking ahead and not on a leash.  Not a one wagged a tail or approached us for greetings..it was strange.  We'd bend over to offer petting or greeting and the dog would just turn its head and walk by like we didn't exist.  Not a single dog acted like it was enjoying itself, running, wagging, etc.  Never saw such undog-like dogs in all my days.   My dogs would have greeted everyone on the beach and all their dogs too, just happy to see folks.   

I think it all depends on the type of place you live. I live in PA and for my whole life, I've lived in a good sized city (not like Philly or Pitt) and people were generally ignorant to anyone else. People basically ignored each other or tended to be rude. Their Own agendas were everything and everyone was always in a hurry. Playgrounds were vandalized and damaged and even brand new ones looked horrible within a couple months. Though there was still a mix of friendly people that went out of their way to help or make your day or just stop and talk. But then, last year, we moved about 20 miles away to the country outside a tiny little town. The type where the school is in the next town over and covers all the kids in the 6 nearest towns. The change of pace and attitude has been amazing. I have not encountered a single rude person, everyone smiles and waves, everyone is polite and helpful or just wants to talk. Playgrounds are spotless with no vandalism. Even the dogs, like said before, are now friendly and just excited to say hi. I think everything just depends on the attitude of the area.

 

[aart]

......... I've met rude people in every state I've been in. I personally think it's creepy and dishonest to smile to someone's face while really sneering.

Absolutely!!......and agree 100%.

To condemn, or condone, an entire state.... region..... culture based on the behavior of a few is the definition of bigotry.

 

[cassie]

Actually it is mostly. The people at snopes use Google for their source of information and it is like two people. They have been busted numerous times with the wrong information on their site.


http://www.usacarry.com/forums/off-topic/12469-snopes-exposed.html

Oh for heaven's sake!! I wasn't trying to start a debate on Snopes. I just wanted people to read about the KFC internet hoax because I thought you all would find it as funny as I did.. And snopes didn't make that one up. I remember it although it was some years ago. As I recall, KFC wasn't happy with the whole thing and my niece still believes it.