Silly/Annoying/Funny Things Omnis Say

[Amy SF]

Someone online asked for advice of what to feed her newly veg Granddaughter at a Bonfire party and this was a response:

Use a different brand of ordinary sausages just for her. Tell her it's Quorn and according to their adverts - you can't tell the difference!

I assume it was a joke but it is so disrespectful.

This makes me very angry.

 

[shyvas]

Someone online asked for advice of what to feed her newly veg Granddaughter at a Bonfire party and this was a response:

Use a different brand of ordinary sausages just for her. Tell her it's Quorn and according to their adverts - you can't tell the difference!

I assume it was a joke but it is so disrespectful.

I'm not sure that it was a joke. Just proves that it is better to bring your own food along.

 

[thefadedone]

This makes me very angry.

Me too. Lying to someone about the food you serve them is NEVER okay.

Yesterday a friend was telling me how he took his ex's dog to the pound after they broke up. I flipped out on him for not taking responsibility for the dog and told him the dog was most likely euthanized . He didn't care because the dog was a "POS". I asked him to explain how the dog was a pos. He said it was because it peed all over the house. He then proceeded to send me pics of a new puppy he just got. I asked him how long he was going to keep it before he declared it a POS and have it killed also. He stopped talking to me after that.

 

[shyvas]

Me too. Lying to someone about the food you serve them is NEVER okay.

Yesterday a friend was telling me how he took his ex's dog to the pound after they broke up. I flipped out on him for not taking responsibility for the dog and told him the dog was most likely euthanized . He didn't care because the dog was a "POS". I asked him to explain how the dog was a pos. He said it was because it peed all over the house. He then proceeded to send me pics of a new puppy he just got. I asked him how long he was going to keep it before he declared it a POS and have it killed also. He stopped talking to me after that.

What a jerk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish they had pounds for humans !

 

[Moll Flanders]

Yesterday a friend was telling me how he took his ex's dog to the pound after they broke up. I flipped out on him for not taking responsibility for the dog and told him the dog was most likely euthanized . He didn't care because the dog was a "POS". I asked him to explain how the dog was a pos. He said it was because it peed all over the house. He then proceeded to send me pics of a new puppy he just got. I asked him how long he was going to keep it before he declared it a POS and have it killed also. He stopped talking to me after that.

So sickening.

 

[thefadedone]

I love my local Mexican restaurant. I appreciate the fact that the owner caters to his vegetarian and vegan customers and has many options for both. His vegan dishes are also outstanding as well as cruelty free. He's always been awesome at making sure everything that I ask for is vegan and animal product free. So I was highly disappointed today when I went to check out this week's Meatless Monday special on the restaurant's Facebook page and saw Chicken Taquitos as the special. I don't know wtf he was thinking by promoting chicken for the Meatless Monday special. He's never featured meat as a special before. It's disappointing and I hope it was a mistake.

 

[Amy SF]

I love my local Mexican restaurant. I appreciate the fact that the owner caters to his vegetarian and vegan customers and has many options for both. His vegan dishes are also outstanding as well as cruelty free. He's always been awesome at making sure everything that I ask for is vegan and animal product free. So I was highly disappointed today when I went to check out this week's Meatless Monday special on the restaurant's Facebook page and saw Chicken Taquitos as the special. I don't know wtf he was thinking by promoting chicken for the Meatless Monday special. He's never featured meat as a special before. It's disappointing and I hope it was a mistake.

1. Maybe it wasn't his idea but somebody else's, and someone else put it on the FB page, and the owner was unaware of it.
2. Maybe it's not real chicken but a meatless chicken substitute.
3. Maybe he's genuinely confused and thinks chicken is vegetarian.

In any case, I suggest you to contact the restaurant about it and try to set them straight about chicken NOT being a vegetable.

 

[thefadedone]

1. Maybe it wasn't his idea but somebody else's, and someone else put it on the FB page, and the owner was unaware of it.
2. Maybe it's not real chicken but a meatless chicken substitute.
3. Maybe he's genuinely confused and thinks chicken is vegetarian.

In any case, I suggest you to contact the restaurant about it and try to set them straight about chicken NOT being a vegetable.

1. I'm really hoping that is the case even though he is in charge of creating the specials of the day and maintaining the facebook page.
2. I wish it was "fake" chicken, but he doesn't cook with meat substitutes .
3. He's got a good amount of loyal vegetarian customers so I don't see how he could be confused. The only thing I can assume is that there's been an influx of the obnoxious chicken eating "vegetarians"* so now he is starting to be confused.

I sent him an email asking about it, so we'll see!

*I'm seeing an increase in chicken and fish eating vegetarians and the dairy eating vegans all over FB with the rising popularity of plant based eating. Apparently fish , chicken, eggs, cheese, and milk grow on trees. This is why I hate the phrase plant based. It seems to include everything and anything.

 

[Mikkel]

I've seen chicken under the vegetarian section on the menu a couple of times here in Norway, and when I read discussion on other forums, and talk to people in RL, it's surprisingly many that think vegetarians eat chicken. From an Norwegian forum I'm at, there is a post about if you could live as a vegetarian. And some have answered that it would be no problem, but they would eat fish or chicken.
Had a discussion on that topic some years ago, and one of the women had a friend that said she was a vegetarian, but ate chicken. And when we linked to different sites about beeing a vegetarian, she only replied that they didn't have the monoply to define vegetarian. Instead of just saying "I'm wrong" (hard word to say/write).

From the first "MasterChef" in Norway, they had to make a vegetarian dish. And one of the contestants said "I don't have any vegetarian friends. I don't even want to have any vegetarian friends." I guess no vegetarians want to be his friend either.

 

[Clueless Git]

Don'teatanythingthatisnottaxanomicalyavegetabletarian.

Bit long, but I think I've cracked it there

 

[peacefulveglady]

maybe he was pressured into it? to list that crap???

 

[Mikkel]

A long rant about vegans can't own pets...

 

[Ann Chovie]

News presenter on breakfast tv. today discussing whether Prince Charles 'cranky ' attitudes lead him to be perceived as an innovative , wise potential future king or mocked as an air headed hippy.
And the wonderful quote is..'he fights for the struggling little people such as farmers' Dear Lord!!!

 

[Moll Flanders]

I'm not sure that this is stupid or just very annoying. I was just reading through a thread about Christmas food and lots of people were saying they enjoyed the side dishes more than the dish considered as the main event, the turkey or beef joint. People were saying that the meat wasn't that tasty, it lasts for days after so they get sick of leftovers and that meat was expensive but they all said that they were still going to have meat for their Christmas meal.

 

[Spoonerism]

This young guy was telling my coworker about a hunting trip he'd just been on, and I overheard some of the conversation. I didn't hear everything, but this is what I did hear.

Guy: Then I reached down to grab it and it moved, so I kind of jerked away. I thought "It's still alive", and it surprised me cause I'm not used to that. Then my mom said "Be a man!" (He looked kind of sheepish at this point) So then cause my mom said something, I grabbed the deer and threw it in the back of the truck. It's being processed right now.

Wow did that ever **** me off. So not only was that poor deer apparently not even dead, that young guy (who is always very nice to me btw) has a sexist mother, and is no doubt made to feel as though he can't have emotions without feeling as though he is "less than a man" whatever the Hell that even means. Anyway, after he left I turned to my coworker and said something like, "So he's not a man just because he was disturbed that the deer was still moving?" She smiled and said jokingly, "Yea a girly man." This exchange did not help my mood, and I turned away dismissively saying that I didn't believe in those kinds of stupid stereotypes. I was angry for hours afterwards.

 

[AeryFairy]

I'm separating the posts about companion animals being un-vegan into a new thread in the debate forum. This thread isn't really the place for them

Edit: done. New thread can be found here

 

[TreeHugger]

I normally really enjoy a local Indian restaurant (raggle - you'll probs know it, the black lion in Shenley) which used to have a vegetable version of all their curries and all but three of three were vegan. They've refurbished lately so after a long wait me and the boyfriend ate in. After i explained my vegan ways to the waitor he suggested the black lion special which contains both chicken and lamb and it took a full five minutes for him to grasp why this wouldn't float my boat.
No more black lion for me as who knows what meaty/dairy horrors are going into their 'vegan' options!

 

[Amy SF]

I normally really enjoy a local Indian restaurant (raggle - you'll probs know it, the black lion in Shenley) which used to have a vegetable version of all their curries and all but three of three were vegan. They've refurbished lately so after a long wait me and the boyfriend ate in. After i explained my vegan ways to the waitor he suggested the black lion special which contains both chicken and lamb and it took a full five minutes for him to grasp why this wouldn't float my boat.
No more black lion for me as who knows what meaty/dairy horrors are going into their 'vegan' options!

I'm sorry that happened. I hate it when a dependable place gets a makeover and/or changes hands and suddenly becomes not so dependable anymore.

 

[Clueless Git]

I normally really enjoy a local Indian restaurant (raggle - you'll probs know it, the black lion in Shenley) which used to have a vegetable version of all their curries and all but three of three were vegan. They've refurbished lately so after a long wait me and the boyfriend ate in. After i explained my vegan ways to the waitor he suggested the black lion special which contains both chicken and lamb and it took a full five minutes for him to grasp why this wouldn't float my boat.
No more black lion for me as who knows what meaty/dairy horrors are going into their 'vegan' options!

Shenley make you Watford area?

That's my old stompin' ground

Not particularly 'on topic but it looks like you had a taste of Indian Restaurant listening skillZ there, TH.

Typical at my local Curry House ...

Me: Hello Kahn, quick takeaway please

Kahn: Hello Git, you on your own tonight?

Me: Yes, the missus was going to come but she got eaten by Lions Kahn

Kahn: Lovely lady your missus, she still doing the same job?

You can say whatever you like basicaly ..

 

[TreeHugger]

I know it os really annoying. But almost comical at the time. I was like no I won't eat that as it has meat it 'I can make it only with lamb' *face palm* the conversation went on for agessss. No idea where I will get hangover curries from now