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Monday, Apr. 17, 2006 - 6:54 a.m.

I've been having too much fun over at The Doctor Says.

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"In 2006, BT announced that Tom Baker's voice would be used for spoken delivery of text messages to landline phones. Baker recorded 11,593 phrases, containing every sound in the English language, for use by the text-to-speech service."

Some extremely clever and far too inventive wag has assembled a very enjoyable collection of off-color remarks.

This is even more fun than Screaming Jelly Babies.

Jelly Babies have gelatin in them, so they aren't vegetarian, but if you can get ahold of them, they'll remind you of gummi bears.

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Speaking of vegetarians...

Over the last few weeks, I have been running the following banner:

And WOW am I finding out the true nature of people who claim to be 'vegetarian'.

The short story is -- holy smokes, do these people have hissy fits when I point out some awful truths.

Here's the deal: If you have consumed the flesh of ANY animal, warm-blooded, cold-blooded, or anywhere in between, you simply do not fit the definition of vegetarian. You are, however, a semi-vegetarian if you do not consume red meat while continuing to consume poultry and/or fish -- but you are NOT a vegetarian in the accurate definition.

For those who have said "It's okay if the animals are slaughtered humanely / kept in free-range conditions / allowed to swim free before they are harvested.." ad nauseum -- that makes absolutely no difference. In fact, this borders on being in denial. This is like telling somebody "I am not a smoker because I only smoke low-tar cigarettes," or "I don't drink alcohol except for beer."

If you are claiming to be a vegetarian but at the same time are still eating fish or chicken that has been harvested and slaughtered, you are eating something that used to be a living being -- living beings which were murdered so you could eat them. I don't care how happy their little fishie and chickie childhoods were or whether they were allowed to listen to music or play with toys, or whatever strange anthromorphic justification is being designated for these creatures by you as an easment of your conscience -- that doesn't change the fact that they still ended up dead. People who consume chicken and fish and call themselves vegetarian are defacing the definition, and more accurately fit the definition of semi-vegetarian.

By no means am I berating the ethics and lifestyles of people who are not eating red meat. However, I really have to wonder about people who are so confused they don't even know what to call themselves.

All I am doing is asking the people who eat only fish and chicken meats to relinquish the title of vegetarian as a sign of respect for people who actually DO avoid all meat.

Now then. Before you "vegetarians" out there leave any comments, I need to clarify something. Life is life and death is death. Disagreeing with me won't change science. I mean, go ahead, if you are in that kind of a mood, but when you are done -- I'll still be right.

Meanwhile, I'll still eat all the damned meat I feel like eating, thank you very much.

Why? Because I'm a carnivore.

See? I'm not afraid to use the correct word.

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