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The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

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pricklypear1971 Community Regular
pricklypear1971
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I wonder if they would be easier to train than cats.

We have just the one at home at the moment. She is trained to respond to the command "In!" to go back into the house from the deck. Oliver would too, when he was still with us.

The easiest creature to train is a human.

Said the cat....

My dog isn't too shabby either.

My chickens trained my mom to feed them. Apparently they mastered the art of "looking hungry". She had a pet Banty rooster who thought she was his hen....that monster hated me and I would have gladly roasted him on the grill but the coyotes got him (thankfully I was out of town or I would have been accused of the foul (fowl) deed). Sucker would try to spur me EVERY day.

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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What in hell. .. ...can you not TRAIN chickens? Place them in the neutral, relaxed position, slowly step back a few feet, put up your hand, palm facing them, and in your stern, command voice, loudly say, "stay". You could gradually get them to perform a "long stay", and then they could be out near the tomato plants for extended periods with no worries.

Then you could train them to "come".... . . .."heel".... .. ..."roll over".....

I'll get back to you when I figure out what this is in a chicken... :blink:

I wonder if they would be easier to train than cats.

We have just the one at home at the moment. She is trained to respond to the command "In!" to go back into the house from the deck. Oliver would too, when he was still with us.

My kitties come when I yell TREATS!!!

which fits in nicely with prickley's comment:

The easiest creature to train is a human.

Said the cat....

My dog isn't too shabby either.

My chickens trained my mom to feed them. Apparently they mastered the art of "looking hungry". She had a pet Banty rooster who thought she was his hen....that monster hated me and I would have gladly roasted him on the grill but the coyotes got him (thankfully I was out of town or I would have been accused of the foul (fowl) deed). Sucker would try to spur me EVERY day.

Chickens will come when I shake a white paper cup (with treats). They'll also come when I walk out the door, look out the window, yell TREATS!!!, etc.

elye Community Regular
elye
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Chickens will come when I shake a white paper cup (with treats). They'll also come when I walk out the door, look out the window, yell TREATS!!!, etc.

Hey! My children do that.....

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

Hey! My children do that.....

Yup, and so did all the neighborhood kids. B)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
Posted

Hey! My children do that.....

Yup, and so did all the neighborhood kids. B)

which leads us right back to . . .

The easiest creature to train is a human.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
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So you think you could strut your stuph down the catwalk? Hope you could do a better job than this: Open Original Shared Link

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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So you think you could strut your stuph down the catwalk? Hope you could do a better job than this: Open Original Shared Link

I think the real problem is these girls are so undernourished they can't hold up their own bodyweight! On the other hand, two of those wee the floor giving out. Not exactly the models fault.....

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Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Loved the one where her skirt fell off. She handled it with perfect grace.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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Gads. Spent all day trying to justify myself for a position that I have no professional experience in. Trying to use my ability to manage a catastrophe of actors to indicate that managing scientific clients would be a snap.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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Gads. Spent all day trying to justify myself for a position that I have no professional experience in. Trying to use my ability to manage a catastrophe of actors to indicate that managing scientific clients would be a snap.

Oh yeah, that translates....

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
Posted

Well, I've heard of a cast, company, troupe or ensemble of actors (someone even suggested a murder of actors), but I think your collective term is probably more apt than them all - a catastrophe of actors :rolleyes: - I love it!!! Did you mention your chicken herding abilities too?? :lol:

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

fergot the chicken skills!

Just had a daytime raccoon attack (girls are free ranging). Poor Specs lost her tail. :( No blood, but everyone's pretty shook up. I herded them all back in the coop and locked it up. Think I'll just leave her be and see how she feels tomorrow. Poor girl looks like a truncated chicken. :(

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Raccoon in daylight? That is rather unusual.

On another topic...

Our store is closing on June 23. We have had a big poster in the window for a couple of months, which says in the lower right corner "We're moving to xx Yyyy St." Very few people noticed.

On Friday we put a letter-size notice on the counter. All of a sudden everybody is noticing.

It takes a while to explain it to a customer. We are not, actually, moving. The franchisor originally thought they would move the store, along with us. But for a lot of reasons, that did not work for us (or most of our customers). So there will be a new store opening Wednesday with which we have nothing to do. I have met with that franchisee (who has three other stores) and we are good on the overlapping timelines.

We don't know what we will be doing in the long term, but in the short term we will take some time to rest and regenerate. We have been seriously understaffed, but with the end in sight could not ethically hire anyone. So we have been working long hours.

We are thinking of hitting the road for a vacation. The last real one was in 2000. Don't know where to go. Ardent road travellers prior to my diagnosis, we have driven to 49 of the 50 states (and been to Hawaii by air), all ten provinces in Canada, DC, and, at the time, both Canadian Territories. Since then, the NWT was divided. We have not been to the eastern part (Nunavut), and, like Hawaii, you can't drive there.

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

HEY! How long's it been since you hit the nation's capital, POeter? B)

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

HEY! How long's it been since you hit the nation's capital, POeter? B)

October 2000. We went through New England and then took the ferry to Yarmouth. Driving back we took a detour to Ottawa before coming home to Markham. We wanted to ride the [url=Open Original Shared Link

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

Slide down the Coast. We're here! B)

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

hmm....if we say two weeks vacation per year, over 12 years...sounds like you guys get about six months off to me. You could visit every state and territory again, or drive straight through the middle part and hit every country in South America. Should be a great time! :D

curlyfries Contributor
curlyfries
Posted

Slide down the Coast. We're here! B)

Exactly! Visit psillies, silly!

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

Wherever we decide to go, any members of the silly clan in the area can expect a request to get together.

Other than WardGirl, I have only met one silly--Emily. There is one other registered member here whom I have met in person, but that is a long, phunny story--if you want to know, send a private message.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted

I'm in CT, Peter! Be happy to take you both to my favorite places!

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

Other than WardGirl, I have only met one silly--Emily.

I feel like the lucky one! I have met: Karen, Lynne, Tom, Laura, Molly and Eric, Metta, Chris, Liz and Janet....a pot full of Gold! And some of my most special peeps. I expect to meet more in the near future. :D

Jess needs to come east during her hiatus.

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted

't'would be nice. Did I tell you all the story of my chicken sitter stealing the pirates lights, not watering the plants, and leaving Butch leery of men? I'd have to find a good poultry petter.

kareng Grand Master
kareng
Posted

't'would be nice. Did I tell you all the story of my chicken sitter stealing the pirates lights, not watering the plants, and leaving Butch leery of men? I'd have to find a good poultry petter.

I have 2 boys who need work! They love animals and have more lightbulbs than they can use ( thanks to a FIRST Robotics fundraiser selling lightbulbs)

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
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My poor, truncated chicken. :(

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kareng Grand Master
kareng
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My poor, truncated chicken. :(

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I should send the boys! That poor chickie needs a bionic tail. Cooper could come and scare the raccoons. He doesn't chase birds or bunnies or cats but the presence of a big black dog should keep those nasty raccoons away.

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