#changlingsea

I saw this article on Reddit and immediately thought, “@elephantbitterhead is gonna be pissed!”

I can attest: hedgehogs bite hard! And, sometimes, won’t let go with their little peg teeth.

That pond picture, from before you worked on it, somehow is a visual representation of my life. I look at it and think, “yep, that’s me”. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My pet rabbit lives in a large dog kennel and the top ends up covered in stuff (because that’s what happens to any flat surface in our house). I will sometimes try to clear the top because it seems very gloomy in there but he HATES it. He wants the top to be covered because he likes it gloomy and, if the top is open, anything could get him. A hawk! A fox! A dried leaf! So, rabbits are claustrophiliacs and also just weirdos.

That one is almost cute for a hairless guinea pig. The worst ones are the red eyed/ruby eyed with the random sprouts of bristly hair. Like those Mexican hairless dogs that win the ugliest dog competitions all the time.

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Human Rabies — Virginia, 2017

I am terrified of rabies but I also feel compelled to read about it. This case is going to give me nightmares. That other lady that was bitten too is fucking insanely lucky.

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just trying to liven things up as the mornings...

I feel this relates to my reaction to some of the food that is made on GBBO. Suet pudding? Shudder. Game pies? Gag. That one meat pie that poured out grease and meat juices? Barf! But Brits obviously love those things.

I am sorry to report that every bad thing you have suspected or heard about British food is almost surely true. I hope that there is some kind of food Mecca in London, and maybe there is, but I have had so much bad food -- and seen so many bad recipes -- here that it’s hard to believe. And it’s the actual cooking that’s the problem. There are some great raw ingredients available here, and even some nice regional specialty ingredients, but once those things make it into a British kitchen (professional or domestic) they are doomed. ‘Overcooked and Underseasoned’ is the UK food motto.