In the news here today, there was a segment saying that the animal protection ministry (which hasn't existed in its own right for a number of years, it's been outsourced so to speak) has come out with a... umm... just a declaration really, it won't (yet) be passed as a law or something - they say that lobsters need to be in an aquarium for the few hours between they're caught and until they're sold. It's about an average of four hours. The ministry goes on to say that each individual animal should have a tank of its own, with rocks and the like for natural habitat likeness, and no rubber bands on their claws. WTF??? I'm all for animal protection but if this went through, the fish shops would be filled with lobster tanks and the price would soar to even more ridiculous levels than it already is.
I feel that this is the largest pile of shit to come out of this, especially since politicians here refuse to outright outlaw sex with animals because, and get this, "it's hard to know at what point it hurts the animal". I'm highly ashamed of my country for this. (but that's for another thread)

Thoughts on the lobster issue, please?

Note: There's no point in me linking to this because it's in Swedish and very few would understand it.

on the subject of sweden can I just mention how fucking great henrik larsson is?

thank you

OMG when i first read thru this i was like OMG THEIR HAVING SEX WITH LOBSTERS??

I'll have to come back to this after dinner... no its not lobster!

tinaz said:

WTF!!!!! Well, if some people want to they can feel free - in that case I agree with the no rubber band thing.

that's crazy

next they'll be saying fishermen will have to get the lobster's permission to be caught in the first place.

"excuse me mr. lobster, do you mind me catching you with my net?"
"not at all! please go ahead!"
"will you any special dietary requirements upon your pre-consumption detainment?"
"well let me think, I've always wanted to try broccoli! and will I have a colour tv in my aquarium?"
"I'm certain that could be arranged! Will Gold plated cutlery be to your satisfaction?"

sermwanderer said:

You can He quit footie now, last game this spring. I like that cause he played for a team I fucking hate, but.... and I don't know if you know this yet, but...

..rumour has it he's going to Scotland to take a training course. I don't think we have to think very hard about what team he'd like to coach, do we?
There there, don't cum in your pants over that.

ZombieKitten said:

I know, right? They interviewed a fish shop owner in Gothenburg (booo) and he said flat out "if they make that dumb thing a law I'm not putting any individual tanks in here. So sue me." I think that's the only good thing I've ever heard a west-coaster say.

Teacher said:

I was watching Ladette to Lady last night and at the finishing school they were showing the girls how to kill live lobster by stabbing them in the brain, more humane than cooking them live



still awful!!!

On a popular cooking show here they once dispelled the myth that lobsters suffer when thrown into boiling water.

For the squeamish they recommended to put them in the freezer for 5-10mins. which would effectively stun them.

They also provided evidence that lobsters as a species are not too many "branches" removed from the common cockroach.

Ever since that show I've been a lobster-eatin'-muthafunka!!


what I'm trying to say is "FUCK THAT SHIT!" stoopid ass rule, to say the least!!

RenHoek said:

they used to say fish felt no pain, and that was why even Jesus said it was OK to eat fish, but since then they have proven fish feel just as much pain as any mammal

ZombieKitten said:

Sorry, top o' the food chain here... I'll eat just about anything...

Ren:

Charlotte: I don't care if they feel pain, I wanna eat them! But if there would be squeamish fish shop owners, I could carry it home myself and cook it here... would I need to carry a tank with me then though?

RenHoek said:

did you eat crocodile yet? shark? ostrich?

Teacher said:

would this be OK? or will they change the law for goldfish too?

ZombieKitten said:

You eat goldfish? Who are you, Kevin Kline?
Well, if they apply the no rubber band-rule, then I think plastic bag is a non-issue.

ZombieKitten said:

Ostrich

RenHoek said:

I've heard that about the lobster coming from the same family as cockroaches. This was actually stated on the TBN station. One of those TV evangelist shows. I never liked the taste of lobster anyway, but when I heard about the connection to cockroaches, it made my stomach turn. Gross.
[Edited 11/10/09 16:04pm]

2elijah said:

Well, I hope the government doesn't hear about the close relationship between them cause then they'll withdraw food stamps and tell poor people to cook the roaches and pretend it's lobster.

What the hell were you doing wathing a televangelist show?

ZombieKitten said:

Croc: In a gumbo... delightful!

Shark: As a steak... too dry...

Ostrich: Did you know that's a RED meat??? I was stunned but the steaks were AWESOME!!

RenHoek said:

shark, not as a steak battered and deep fried and served with chips

croc as in pie or in a salad

osctrich and emu medallions


OK, what about kangaroos and wallabies?

Teacher said:

what if it's a really BIG bag?

or an esky filled with water for transport!

in all our chinese restaurants, until they get eaten lobsters are in an aquarium as far as I know - you can choose the one you want killed and served up to you

Teacher said:

Actually the program was already set there when I turned the tv on around 6:30am in the morning, because I was watching a different program the night before. I just happen to catch them talking about that when I turned the tv on, and when I heard them talking about cockroaches related to Lobster, It made me want to throw up. I'm glad I don't like lobster anyway, it just has a funny smell to it. The other type of seafood that I don't touch or eat that makes my stomach crawl when I look at it is "crawfish"...damn if those things don't look like the cockroach's prehistoric cousin with all those creepy-looking legs.
[Edited 11/10/09 18:39pm]

ZombieKitten said:

I'd eat them too!!! Can I get a leg??

Teacher said:

yes I knew that. So you hated Helsinborgs then?

I have just came in my pants.

sermwanderer said:

I'm not washing them. And yeah, I hate HELSINGBORG (spelling lesson over ) with a vengeance. The fuckers are half Danish anyways, I can hardly understand their accents. Sorta like Scots vs the English.

RenHoek said:

I think there is good meat in the tail

Teacher said:

they talk like they have a mouth full of porridge

ZombieKitten said:

Hell yeah - seriously, when there's something on the telly from that part of the country I need subtitling. I say let Denmark have them, the lot of them are racists too.

RenHoek said:

You've been goin' to Red Lobster in Fremont, haven't you?

and didn't call me or nothin'....


BBOY LIKES CHEDDAR BISCUITS TOO!

2elijah said:

Ewww,

Lobster is on my list of things too ugly to eat.