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Archive through December 05, 2003

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Whoami

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmmm....didn't the previews show one of the girls having to stick their arm up the cow's butt? I didn't see that last night. Maybe they go back to the dairy farm for a second chance (or maybe another farm?). OK, I know that veterinarians do that to cows....but why?

Sherrie

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who: You are right.....they did show it in the previews but I did not see it in the actual episode. I was also trying to figure out if when the dairy farmer said "not as gross as what is on your cheek" was he talking about her blush or some cow part. He made comments about her perfume and suntan so I was left wondering. I also assumed that the show producers had to buy the milk shipment that day. I just can't believe that they would let something happen to that mans business because the girls destroyed his product. They really were like Lucy and Ethal...

Ketchuplover

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In WI we don't eat chickens,we just pluck 'em :)

Pamy

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't think it was funny watching that dog on the slide, I felt so sorry for it. If someone did something like to one of my animals I would be pissed. The Mom should have watched her kid.

Sherrie

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy - I am sorry. I have a cat and love her to death. I did not mean it mean, honest. I think the dog was fine, just not used to kids. Over at the Fox website they have a section featuring pictures of Tinker Bell with his/her own storyline so I know she is safe.

Chieko

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tishala it is fun to hear other people's opinions and comments and that's why I wonder who do you think actually wears wrangler jeans and what kind of a costume would you be in to wear wrangler jeans with it?

Chieko

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
When they are sticking their arm inside the cow they are probably preg checking or checking to see if the cow is bred.

Pamy

Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sherrie, I wasn't referring to your post or anyone's. People at my wk thought it was funny too. I am just a big softie when it comes to animals!

Thanks for the info on the Fox site, I never even thought to look there for stories!! Is the Tinkerbell storyline funny?

Scorpiomoon

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 1:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy: If it makes you feel better, I didn't think it was funny either. I thought it was ridiculous and the dumbest things we have ever seen on "reality" TV.

Whoami

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 1:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll have to admit I was slightly disturbed when poor Tinkerbell slid down that slide. She whimpered and had her tail between her legs. She wasn't enjoying that experience at all! Its one thing for these pampered girls to be exposed to "the other side." They are expecting the culture shock cause they signed up for it. But poor Tinkerbell probably has no idea why her pampered life has so suddenly changed.

Frogichik

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 5:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami, as Chieko mentioned, I don't think its the the cows but Nicole has her hand up. I had a friend in college who was from a farm and her brother was going to school to be what she called an AI technician and which I later found to mean (after I was shown some pictures, ughhh) artificial insemination. In one picture her brother had a giant condom on his arm that went all the way to his shoulder. I don't consider myself a snob, I do shop at Wal-Mart, but there is no way in hell I could EVER pluck a chicken or kill my own dinner (that includes cleaning fish) No way! I want it cleaned, wrapped in plastic and I want to look as far away from the animal it once was. LOL!

Scorpiomoon

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
AIing a cow takes special know-how. I don't think any farmer in their right mind is going to let someone who hasn't got a clue what they are doing trying to AI one of their animals.

Semen doesn't come cheap!

Sweetbabygirl

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<SBG giggles like a naughty child, gimps out of folder before saying something she shouldn't>

Lori

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm with you Pamy. Poor Tinker! He could have broken a leg or his neck...nothing funny in that. The toddler is adorable but needs to be told how to treat a pet.

Djgirl

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
There are cows and such on the Leding's farm where they're staying. I have had those long up to the shoulder gloves on to reach in and pull a calf out of the heffer... When did they go out there, in the late spring? If so, that would be exactly what Nicole is doing.

Marymc

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH MY GOD DJ! she could have broken a nail!

Alisons

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am surprised that PETA hasn't closed down the show because of the way that <IL> was treating Tinkerbell! That type dog (can't even begin to spell that one) has a very fragile skull.

As for the arm up the whatever, I bet there was no real purpose than that other than to gross out the girls. It didn't seem like that guy was too thrilled with them.

I think it is so strange that those girls have no idea what it is like to have a job! Don't they at least watch TV??

My grandmother had a farm, and we used to kill, pluck and eat the chickens. Not a big deal. If you ever actually had to deal with chickens on a daily basis, you would have no trouble with it as they are truly disgusting animals. Ditto with sheep.

Daydreamer

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree that Tinkerbell seemed like she was in pain after the little boy put her down the slide. I actually let out a scream myself, that really disturbed me.

Scorpiomoon

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Alisons:

" If you ever actually had to deal with chickens on a daily basis, you would have no trouble with it as they are truly disgusting animals."

So very true!

And I would add: killing and plucking chickens is NOTHING compared to killing and plucking turkeys! Good gravy! Those birds are heavy and it takes forever to get even one finished!

And I have to say, even though I hated every minute of plucking poultry when I was growing up, now, I miss it because at least I know we didn't feed our poultry total crap or force them to live in horrid conditions. I knew what I was eating. I really do miss that.

Texasdeb

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think I was all of 10 when I got to be part of my 1 and only chicken butchering experience. My family had several freezers & when they did a "project", they did enough to last for awhile. I mean: when they butchered a cow, pig, or lamb, we had that meat in the freezer for more than 1 meal. So when it was time for chickens, many were done at one time. I honestly didn't believe that people still "process" their own chickens. I'm 46 & my elders stopped this whole process probably 30 yrs ago because of the work involved & the fact that chicken was one of the cheaper meats to buy at the grocery store. I thought that most folks don't even butcher their own livestock these days. They take them to the packing plant & tell them what cuts they want & go pick up the packaged meat in a couple days. This Simple Life family is behind the times for most of the USA. IMO

Just the way that family lives reminds me of my early childhood - why wouldn't modern 22yr olds be mortified.

Realitynut

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was so upset about that little boy being in charge of Tinkerbell that I almost quit watching. Where was his mother and why has he not been taught how to treat animals. The kid's grandmother made a cheese sandwich for Tinkerbell - she could have choked to death. <IL> If I were Paris, I would be really upset when I watched the show and saw my dog being tortured <IL>.

Tishala

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ITA Reality, esp. about that cheese sandwich--which he fed her on the TABLE, of all things. Wow.

Spot

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Staged? For sure - I imagine the farm families are for real, and the dairy farm is for real. But the actions are soooo scripted. Did anyone notice that the chickens they were plucking were stiff as boards? For those of you who have never dressed chickens, those babies would have to sit around a very long time to get stiff. Like if you were waiting for the production crew to tell you "action!". And at the dairy farm, "calling" the cows in to be milked??? First of all, the girls were over an hour late getting there - the cows would have already been breaking down the barn doors wanting to be milked. They certainly don't need to be reminded with a bell!

But I guess only we of the "flown over" portion of the country would know that, not the uninformed coastal producers.

Azlen

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wouldn't say the actions are necessarily scripted but the situations are definitely set up. There isn't a dairy farmer in the world who would just let them do what they did. I am sure the production company paid him plenty to let them on his farm.

Chieko

Friday, December 05, 2003 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<IL>

I never perceived anything he did to Tinkerbelle as being mean. He wanted to feed and play with her. He is a little young is all, and I don't believe he hurt her. Actually, I was a little concerned that Paris brought her in the first place. Wouldn't she have been better off left at home. Paris must have known that she would be busy all day. Most people don't expect their hosts to have to put up with their pets when they are guests in their homes and I don't think it was the Grandmother's responsiblity to look after her all day. I'm also quite sure cheese sandwiches would not choke her. The little brother looks like a sweet little boy to me and I surprised others would see it so differently.