Lord Ludikrous posted:

Given your reaction and usage of “oval office” against anyone suggesting putting dogs on a lead, yeah that was pretty much what I expected you to do.

If you go back and re-read my posts you will say I mentioned I wouldn’t expect it in a park. I am referring to being in public, which I would take to mean in heavily populated areas with lots of people, such as streets, high streets etc.

Again you’re looking at this through the lens of a dog lover; I have plenty of experience with the outdoors but would struggle to identify dogs outside the most popular breeds. I couldn’t tell you what attacked me other than it had white blotchy fur and a very angular face/about.

But you’re right; we are just arguing past each other at this point so I’m happy to leave it. I do hope you enjoy your walk together while the good weather lasts.

Ah yes, if someone is attacked it’s the victims fault. I’m glad that the thread has reached that conclusion.

Jakabite posted:

I would love to see you try and exercise a healthy, active, young dog without taking it off the lead. Likewise id like to see you try and keep a dog who needs that happy while depriving it of that. You can’t. It’s impossible.

Tesseraction posted:

mongrels are better off genetically

Rustybear posted:

I'd say the opposite frankly: mongrels are prone to health issues from inadvisable breed mixes all the time and are notorious for behaviour issues. Breeding lines exist for a reason.

For example, many guarding/shepherding breeds have been carefully selected for things like trainability and territorialism while minimizing other traits like aloofness or prey drive to make sure the dog is traininable and managable for it's original purpose.

If you haphazardly cross that breed with another breed with a totally different genetic history and low trainability or high hunting drive; you taken two breeds that in themselves are managable and combined them into a one nightmare dog. Likewise if you take a breed that has issues with idk elbow displasia and cross it with a breed that has heavier build or shorter legs, you've made the problem worse.

Failed Imagineer posted:

Dog on a lead is way more likely to trip someone up or get in the way of a passing bike, so I don't bother. I'll roll the dice on my 4.8kg lil terrier mutt sniffling somebody's foot too hard. Or accidentally making eye contact with a goon, killing them instantly

kecske posted:

Jakabite posted:

God we really have been arguing past each other cos in general I’d agree, dogs on leashes in busy streets and such.

I was using the big C because of how people approached it - JC particularly has a rep for this sort of thing and you didn’t help by coming in accusing people of just being selfish awful people who don’t care about anyone else.

Anyway, thanks, and I hope you have a nice day as well. Sadly in Manchester the weather has roundly failed to last and is back to chucking it down

feedmegin posted:

In my opinion pickled onion monster munch is the best monster munch also chocolate oranges are Good Actually

kecske posted:

a chocolate orange is a good dog deterrent, simply keep one to hand and offer a piece to any dog who approaches you

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

my expression at this thread

Jakabite posted:

Yeah I could see that happening tbf.

With flavoured cigs though it did kind of work. You can get the straights that you put a (menthol) filter in but they’re a gently caress on and I only know one person who uses them, or you can smoke rollies. You can’t get menthol cigs ready to smoke anymore (unless you go to the right shops and ask specifically with a wink). It briefly stopped me smoking anyway, and I’m now trying to quit again after going to play 5 a side and literally throwing up outside the cage after 15 minutes. Lifting weights and smoking cigs does not a healthy cardiovascular system make, it turns out.

E:^^^ my dog is lovable and friendly but still likes to chase her ball across a field or just have a bit of zoomies

forkboy84 posted:

It's why Stalin isolated him and withheld his Last Testament, revenge for the cat poo poo.

https://twitter.com/mgshanks/status/1701513186258649308?t=TbCDZhjxczbxJKbrXjOFLQ&s=19

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

my expression at this thread

feedmegin posted:

In my opinion pickled onion monster munch is the best monster munch also chocolate oranges are Good Actually

Clyde Radcliffe posted:

I was thinking more along the lines of how they replaced menthol cigs with 'ice' or 'cool' as a flavour stored inside a breakable capsule in the filter, so that technically "they were unflavoured when we sold them".

Mega Comrade posted:

Its a very lazy appeal to the public but I genuinely think they should just be banned, even if people bin them they end up in a landfill.
And it's not like it's a ban on all vapes, just the ones that are mostly used by children and encourage huge amounts of ewaste.

Clyde Radcliffe posted:

They'll likely gently caress up the definition of 'disposable' and the companies involved will find a workaround. Like keep the form factor roughly similar but allow liquid refills, making it technically reusable, but still to be thrown away when the battery/coil dies.

Kind of like how flavoured cigarettes are banned in the UK, but even before the ban was enforced the tobacco companies had legal workarounds ready to go.

Chubby Henparty posted:

My son is over the moon, King poo poo of gently caress Mountain because mum finally bought him a small bottle of PRIME. Like this is the status symbol that apparently all 8 year olds aspire to. His friends are apparently counting down the days till they turn 18 and can Legally Buy the energy drink version.

It's £3 for some cherry cordial.

History Comes Inside! posted:

There was some gigantic motherfucker with at least a 3 inch legspan on my kitchen wall the other day

I made my wife catch and release it at the end of the street to try and make sure it couldn’t find its way back

I don’t even know if spiders can do that but I wasn’t about to take any chances

feedmegin posted:

In my opinion pickled onion monster munch is the best monster munch also chocolate oranges are Good Actually

Jippa posted:

I have found myself going slightly out of my way to go to this motorway service station for petrol because of these crisps:




Has anyone else tried them? I feel like it could just be my part of the country being 10 years behind every where else.

Chubby Henparty posted:

My son is over the moon, King poo poo of gently caress Mountain because mum finally bought him a small bottle of PRIME. Like this is the status symbol that apparently all 8 year olds aspire to. His friends are apparently counting down the days till they turn 18 and can Legally Buy the energy drink version.

It's £3 for some cherry cordial.

kecske posted:

I thought all prime drinks were caffeine horror shows, lol that there's a squash version

thebardyspoon posted:

They look like Jalapeno Wotsits from the bag? Is that basically what they are cause I could see that being alright if they are textually better than Wotsits possibly, maybe more like Nik Naks in consistency would be good.

I've not tried those specifically but I feel like I have heard about them from somewhere, whoever it was was raving about them. I really like the bags of smashed up jalapeno pretzels you can get in some places as well.