April 04 2008
Billy Goes Hunting and Crocodile Steak
posted by Ana Samways at 9:48 am
Irony alert: Billy Goes Hunting is a new children’s book about “a boy’s journey to discover the traditions and values of hunting.” The author says: “… It seems that so many people associate hunting with cruelty or unfairness to animals.” Via Adfreak
Picture this: Crocodile steak anyone? (Warning: brutal image)
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April 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I love this from Billy Goes Hunting:
“The deer they killed would provide most of the meat the family would eat for the entire year.”
Really? That’s either one BIG deer or else they don’t eat much meat – which is hard to believe from a hunting family…
April 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
One big deer? Where did you go to school?
The ‘deer’ is plural, as in more than one. E.g. they shot a lot of deer.
April 17th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Re: Cookie…
What??
If Deer is only plural, then what is singular for deer?
I’m glad I didn’t attend your educational institution.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
the word ‘deer’ is both singular and plural. just like the word maori. you can have 1 maori 2 maori, 4 deer, 7 deer…
j and the dancing cookie are both wrong. so congratulations to you cookie muncher, one of the few literate people in this forum!