Funniest Things A City Slicker Has Ever Said To You?

[oldrooster]

Don't remind me. My nephew just married the only daughter of a local congressman who squashed Georgia's Right to Grow Act. He's from a small, rural town in NW Georgia, but is trying to become a *sophistocated city slicker*, otherwise known as a "citiot".

"We don't want none of them tacky chickens or tomato plants in our residential neighborhoods. Nosiree! Why, next they'll be wanting to put cars up on blocks out in the front yard. NO! We want our yards over-fertilized and consuming disgraceful amounts of water so they can look like Astro Turf!".

I thought that was what covenant restricted neighborhoods where for. If you don't want that or see that you move to an area that is restricted and that way you and the others who buy there agree to live that like minded way, also sometimes zoning can be used that way if the politicians can control themselves and can see that some areas should be restricted on some items and very liberal in other areas of their community.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

The right to grow act would block zoning from having any power there.


By the way, I am for the right to grow act an hate zoning...

 

[oldrooster]

The right to grow act would block zoning from having any power there.


By the way, I am for the right to grow act an hate zoning...

The right to grow is a result of stupid zoneing.

 

[7 Biddies]

I'm not talking about cookie cutter subdivisions with covenants that every home purchaser is made aware of and agrees to when they move there. For people who want to live in a sterile neighborhood, they're perfect. But, for those who would like to have the freedom to choose what they do and do not grow on their property, the Right to Grow Act affords those options. Isn't that what freedom is all about?

 

[7 Biddies]

The right to grow is a result of stupid zoneing.

I don't get your statement. The Georgia Right to Grow Act was designed to rectify "stupid" zoning laws.

 

[Moochie]

Some fella on Facebook who I guess is a "city dweller" sent me a message asking why I like chickens so much and told me to get a dog. I told him why (and that I do have dogs) and he replied that chickens "were bred to be retarded and unfeeling animals, they were bred to only be used for eggs and meat" I tried to educate him about the world of poultry and he replied "oh really? my step-dad owns a farm and i've been around the chickens long enough to learn that all they do is eat and poop everywhere when something enters their pen that isn't their own kind. and as an apprentice butcher i know that they sure as heck don't feel anything when i chop their heads off".

It sounds like he just hates chickens and won't develop a tolerance for them. My chickens don't poop on me when I'm petting them on my lap. Yes my chickens love to eat but in no way are they "unfeeling" creatures.

 

[aoxa]

Some fella on Facebook who I guess is a "city dweller" sent me a message asking why I like chickens so much and told me to get a dog. I told him why (and that I do have dogs) and he replied that chickens "were bred to be retarded and unfeeling animals, they were bred to only be used for eggs and meat" I tried to educate him about the world of poultry and he replied "oh really? my step-dad owns a farm and i've been around the chickens long enough to learn that all they do is eat and poop everywhere when something enters their pen that isn't their own kind. and as an apprentice butcher i know that they sure as heck don't feel anything when i chop their heads off".
  It sounds like he just hates chickens and won't develop a tolerance for them. My chickens don't poop on me when I'm petting them on my lap. Yes my chickens love to eat but in no way are they "unfeeling" creatures.

That's just a shame

Chickens are bred to be fancy as well. They have 3 different types of chickens: Meat, Eggs and Fancy. Some are dual purpose, some fit in to all 3 categories. Some only 1.

Lots of chickens love people attention. Obviously he is very ignorant.

 

[aoxa]

I get a lot of comments even from farm people about my Naked Neck Turken chickens. They seem to think they were crossed with a turkey. Some people even thought I shaved their necks.

I have had rooster is not a chicken before many times. I have had the "Hens don't lay without a rooster". I have had people say that only roosters have combs and wattles (they called them something I can't say on a family forum).

I think it's sad that so many people don't know anything about where our food comes from. I try not to laugh. I educate them. My nephew is convinced that only white eggs have chicks in them. That may be my own fault for telling him we don't eat the white eggs because we hatch them. That way he leaves the white eggs alone while collecting.

I love watching him play farmer.

I guess this chicken is trying to hatch a brown egg

 

[7 Biddies]

My nephew is convinced that only white eggs have chicks in them. That may be my own fault for telling him we don't eat the white eggs because we hatch them. That way he leaves the white eggs alone while collecting.

Your nephew appears to be about 4 or 5 years old, so he has a lot of time to learn. At this age, children haven't learned to differentiate very well, so he pretty much generalizes everything. I'd venture to guess he already knows more about chickens and where food comes from than most American adults.

 

[aoxa]

Your nephew appears to be about 4 or 5 years old, so he has a lot of time to learn. At this age, children haven't learned to differentiate very well, so he pretty much generalizes everything. I'd venture to guess he already knows more about chickens and where food comes from than most American adults.

Yep!

He is 4 years old. He knows how to properly handle a chicken, and is not afraid of them. He knows that eggs don't have chicks in them until a chicken sits on them for a "long time" and that store eggs can't hatch.

And that is what I find sad about our society today. We should know these things.

Sooo many people believe a brown egg is healthier than a white egg, and that it tastes better. Lots of people think that white eggs are brown eggs bleached. It's really mind blowing to me. My father grew up on a farm, so I often visited as a kid to my uncle's farm.

My mom thought my eggs would be unsafe to eat because they were not pasteurized. She has learned a lot from me.