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[ladyiapetus]

So at dinner tonight Dad announced that he'd had an idea, one that no one else had thought up before.

Penguin ranching.

"It could be like the other white meat," he explained. "Instead of a Thanksgiving turkey you'd have a Thanksgiving penguin. They'd be easy to take care of, and if they ever got loose they wouldn't get very far, because they can't walk that fast."

...

Of course, what else can one expect from a person who whistles "If I Only Had a Brain" while sitting in his cubicle at work, and not realize he's doing it?

Comments

[griffinguy24.livejournal.com]

I'm scared... that actually almost makes sense...

Hell the Great Auk (read: North American penguin) was killed because it was a quick and easy food source for sailors...

And climate? Penguins aren't all in the absolutely LOVELY Antarctic. There are penguins in the quite tropical Galapagos or the black footed penguin which is found on the temperate coasts of South Africa... They'd be littler than their Antarctic cousins, but a little selective breeding would fix that...

Care might be a problem. It's not easy to raise penguins and believe me if it was, there'd be people with penguins on a leash. They require water and lots of it. And if you were to camp out in a reasonably dry area, penguins wouldn't escape as they NEED water...

Oh, and penguin would actually be a dark meat. Dark meat is muscle and penguins are the Olympic swimmers of the bird world.

[jonathlee.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but it's white vs. red, not light vs. dark. Dark meat is still white meat, kinda. ;)

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

Hee. Hehehehehehee!

My mom and I only threaten to wallop hamburger at the neighbors.

*sunny smile*

[ambobuddha.livejournal.com]

I wonder how penguin would taste?

[drteeth26.livejournal.com]

Hate to say it, but I think the Muppets beat your dad to the punch on that one. How many penguins hang out backstage at the Muppet theater anyway?! Makes me wish Floyd would take a toke so we'd have a precise count.

[ladyiapetus]

I think you missed the point, Matt. The penguins at the theatre are there just to hang out and get thrown around.

Dad's idea including the consumption of penguins as food.

Of course, that doesn't mean the Swedish Chef probably wouldn't try that...

[drteeth26.livejournal.com]

Swedish Chef: *mock Swedish*

Scooter: "The Chef says thanks for the idea!"