Comments on: Crab misunderstands name of event

By: OtherMichael

OtherMichael — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:49:00 +0000

Oh come on, who _hasn’t_ tried cannibalism out of boredom?

And don’t trust those that say “But I never swallowed.”

By: howaboutthisdangit

howaboutthisdangit — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:46:00 +0000

http://books.google.com/books?id=EjZQfRCXxGYC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=pearls+before+swine+crab+feed&source=bl&ots=gYZdlxAyAr&sig=0rS85Om0grszVOIRGXTdch4_E4o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Li4ZUfrYL4iqyAGNz4CwCw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=pearls%20before%20swine%20crab%20feed&f=false

By: Ryan Lenethen

Ryan Lenethen — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:43:00 +0000

I got one of those facebook guilt like photos the other day, showing the differances between different chicken producers. One of them was if they cliped beaks or not. There is a reason why they clip beaks of chickens in close proxminity. They are not doing it to just be mean. I watched a TV show on it one. Disturbing to say the least. Chickens it seems are a bunch of jerks.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:50:00 +0000

I figured out that most* farm animal will try cannibalism pretty much out of pure boredom/ignorance; but pigs are only too eager to try it.

*cows like getting at the stomach contents of cow-corpses.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:47:00 +0000

I always fancied those flying hay bales flambé.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:53:00 +0000

Same as Rotarians.

By: karl_jones

karl_jones — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:59:00 +0000

Trebuchet is a dish best served cold.

By: Petzl

Petzl — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:22:00 +0000

Reminiscent of scene in “Roger and Me” where he sees sign “Rabbits for Sale – Pets or Food”

By: bobtato

bobtato — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:20:00 +0000

My tip for enjoying your life that little bit more is: Don’t ever google “chickens” and “cannibalism”. Tl;dr: they’re not as cute as you think.

By: dr

dr — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:51:00 +0000

We were there yesterday and saw the sign; it inspired us to get a crab for dinner last night. I don’t know whether the crab was expecting something rather different out of the meal.

By: Ernest Valdemar

Ernest Valdemar — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:01:00 +0000

When I was a kid, we were driving out in the country and passed a farm with a hand-painted sign that read, “Rabbits for Sale — Live or Dressed.” I begged my parents to buy me a bunny in a costume.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:55:00 +0000

It sounds strangely utilitarian to me

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:54:00 +0000

I was going to post that.

I have no idea if it’s true but a coworker told me about how his cousins in Maryland would hold crab fights like how you’d hold a cockfight.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:52:00 +0000

When my family raised chickens they’d eat (cooked) chicken we threw out, and one time I found them eating a pigeon that died on the property.

By: allium

allium — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:09:00 +0000

Let me just warm up the trebuchet…

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:13:00 +0000

True. “Zombie Rotarian” is redundant.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:08:00 +0000

Is there another type of Rotarian?

By: brucearthurs

brucearthurs — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:53:00 +0000

And don't forget Attack of the Crab Monsters. (Omighod! Russell Johnson was in that movie! No wonder the Professor could build so many things on Gilligan's Island! He had experience!)

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:14:00 +0000

Yikes! I never thought of that. You know what that would lead to—zombie Rotarians!

By: waetherman

waetherman — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:14:00 +0000

That’s exactly right; this is not a “crab fest” or a “crab feast” or “crab boil” – it’s a crab feed, for which the crab is clearly ready (not prepared, which leads to another set of confusions).

By: cub

cub — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:10:00 +0000

http://www.hulu.com/watch/2317

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:57:00 +0000

Attack of the giant crab (Mysterious Island)

http://youtu.be/EzFLvR4TaOI

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:43:00 +0000

How could I have missed the fork? Seriously, I didn’t see it.
Oh, I lost it in the foreground twigs.

By: Robert Drop

Robert Drop — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:21:00 +0000

Even worse – being fed to zombie crabs. (Though based on the color, it actually looks more like a red rock crab rather than a Dungeness.)

By: Kramski

Kramski — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0000

So… it’s a boiled grinning crab holding a knife. … I am distrustful of your claim we needn’t worry.

By: Robert Drop

Robert Drop — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:16:00 +0000

Since it’s also holding a fork, that appears to be a Rotary Club bib.

By: baronkarza

baronkarza — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:11:00 +0000

Guy walks into a diner and asks the waiter “Do you serve crabs?”
Waiter says “Sure, siddown, we serve everybody!”

No applause, just throw money.

By: bolamig

bolamig — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:07:00 +0000

I think the word “feed” is used in an an ironic way, sort of a hipsterism for boomers. Like we’re too cool to call it a meal, dining, or especially fundraiser. Slumming.

By: bolamig

bolamig — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:01:00 +0000

Some might say the whole capitalistic system that the Rotarians promote is in the end, from an entropic/heat death perspective, cannabilistic.

By: Gunn

Gunn — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:49:00 +0000

This must be why one so rarely sees crabs in Sebastopol: zero survival skills.