And They Say To Keep PETS On Leashes

[JoitheArtist]

I knew so many people who were bored with that book because it wasn't just a slap-dash blood fest. Part of what I love about the zombie genre is the way it lets you see people as they really are; how they handle things, how far they'd really go to save themselves/friends/family. WWZ was fantastic because it examined every part of the scenario in an intelligent, clever way.

I'm cautiously hopeful about the movie. I've been burnt by movies based on books before. (I was actually relieved when they decided NOT to make a movie/series based on Preacher) The concept art I've seen is gorgeous though.

That's what I loved about the book: it REALLY felt like an oral history. You had brave people who sacrificed everything to help others, profiteers who made what money they could and skipped town, soliders who were just doing a job...Loved it! I have pretty high hopes for the film, as the screenplay is being written by J. Michael Stracynzski (I'm a HUGE Babylon 5 fan), and I trust him to keep the oral history feel. I hope they make it feel like a documentary, because that would be cool.

[Cookiesaur]

Stracynzski? Really?

Well, now. That certainly points in it's favour.

Have you read Midnight Nation? It's an absolutely gorgeous piece of work. (So is "Precious Things")

[Dreamstalker]

They sound like the kind of people who see pets as decorations you feed, a novelty item that you keep so long as it's cute and doesn't do much to your house, but get rid of as soon as it becomes "inconvenient." Or as soon as it no longer matches the furniture or something. ::grumble::

I despise people like that. Volunteering as I do at the MSPCA shelter, I see that a lot. I've had to intervene and rescue fuzzballs from quite a few rowdy clueless kids.

Everyone at our vet office adores McGriff, and we've had other clients ask to pet him (we have a soft-sided carrier and sometimes unzip the top and let him look around). One thing the vet will not tolerate is adults or kids being mean to any of the animals there. I was raised to always ask if you can touch someone else's pet ans if they say no to respect that.

[LingualMonkey]

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Woo! Zombie fans! Woo!

Last Father's Day, I got The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead as a gift.

It rocks.

http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Zombie-Bet.../dp/1602391874

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[JoitheArtist]

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Woo! Zombie fans! Woo!

Last Father's Day, I got The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead as a gift.

It rocks.

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You should get this one: http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Haiku-G...pd_sim_b_njs_3 it's hysterical!

[JoitheArtist]

Stracynzski? Really?

Well, now. That certainly points in it's favour.

Have you read Midnight Nation? It's an absolutely gorgeous piece of work. (So is "Precious Things")

Yeah, I have confidence that he can keep it from being a mere hack fest. It's really gonna depend on the director, though. And no, I have not read that...augh, too many good things to read!!! *goes crazy*

[HowMayIHelpMe?]

I think you did the absolute best thing you could have done
when you threatened that child. The child had it coming.
And the mother deserved a threat, too, especially the way she
was treating that poor person at the desk.

[blas]

I'm willing to bet money that this little bastard is already the type of kid who goes around putting his dirty little hands on everything that catches his eye (even if it isn't his or is bolted down) and probably grabs and snatches shit from other kids, and if he hasn't already, one day he will graduate to shoplifting and then somebay grand larsony......

And of course, when he's in court for stealing a car or breaking in to someone's house and stealing everything, his Momma will be right there, scolding the judge "He just wanted to look at it!"

[pile of monkeys]

The day someone, of any age, opens my dog's crate at the vet, they will be appropriately rewarded with six pounds of fury in the form of a cranky chihuahua launching himself at them, and it won't be pretty. My reaction wouldn't be pretty, either. I think you did the best you could, much more restrained than I think I could be.

Also (OT), I love zombies. I have a plan for the zomibie apocalypse, and a separate one for an actual apocalypse. I don't think that makes me crazy. WWZ is going to be a great movie. io9.com had some of the concept art from the movie up a while ago. Battle of Yonkers. Awesome.

[Kitten in the box]

So that was my day. Met a crazy woman, almost eviscerated someone with a cat. I guess it all balances out in the end.

I commend you for being so calm when that kid opened up Herbie's cage and proceeded to mess with him. Me of course would have ened up in a fist fight with the woman coz I would have said :

GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE CAGE....NOW!!! DON'T FUCKIN' PUT THAT SHIT IN HIS CAGE!! YOUR MOM'S GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT THEN I'LL DEAL WITH IT RIGHT HERE AND NOW!! BACK THE FUCK OFF!!

But thats me. Yeah I know its not cool to curse at a kid but if he keeps messing with your pet...then who gives a crap what is said to him...he should have left Herbie alone!!

On a side note I was taking my dog to the vet once and he kept messing with my dog when I wanted the dog to be left alone. PLus the dog was muzzled for a reason he had a tendacy to bite those he didn't know. Kid or not. I finally got mad and said "HE BITES!! LEAVE HIM!
There was no confrontation...but when his mother heared what I said to her kid she glared at me like I called her kid a fucking bastard for no reason. She called him over and just said "leave the dog alone. SOME PEOPLE don't want "their dog" to be touched.

Yeah I don't want your kid touching my dog because I am trying to keep your kid from being bitten. My dog did NOT like many people except for me, my mom and my aunt.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Are you perchance reading World War Z? Because that would make me VERY happy, it's one of my fav books.

And, yes, I am (re)reading World War Z. My husband got it for me last Valentine's Day along with "The Zombie Survival Guide".

. . . we're strange people.

Such glowing recommendations caused me to visit Amazon and order the book. I look forward to being enthralled by it.

[protege]

I never really had that problem when I'd take Kitty to the vet. He simply hid in his carrier, and tried to be invisible. How a rather large Maine Coon can be "invisible," I'll never know! He was abused before I got him, and didn't take kindly to most 'strangers.' Hell, he bit my then-girlfriend the first time she came over (if I knew then what I know now...) and bit the vet once or twice. Anyway, if you'd stick your finger through the door or vent holes on his carrier...look out! He was usually very sweet...but he'd also bite and/or scratch any stray fingers

[Nyoibo]

I admire your restraint, any one messing with my animals like that would result in physical violence, no one messes with my animals.

[Buglady]

Herbie, for the record, was spooked but fine. He demonstrated this by showing he's also part velociraptor as he launched himself off the vet assistant's chest with his hind claws for purchase as she picked him up.

So that was my day. Met a crazy woman, almost eviscerated someone with a cat. I guess it all balances out in the end.

Pickles does the velociraptor launch. I have scars all down my thighs - you'd think I'd learn not to let the cat on my lap while wearing yoga pants...

Oh, and the kid could be a budding sociopath, I'm sorry to say - although there's also the distinct possibility that he's never had the chance to learn how to behave around animals and really doesn't have a clue that they don't like to "play" with rubber tubes. Some kids that are "mean" to animals show huge improvements in programs with therapy animals so they can learn how to relate to them. The "meanness" in these cases is just interest without any clue how to direct the interest.

But given the maternal genetics in this case, yeah, probably option A...

[draftermatt]

Last time we took our Shar Pei to the vet there was a kid walking around petting all the dogs.

Thankfully his mom told him to stop when he was getting in our way (we were trying to pay). But all I could think about was "ask kid, how do you know this dog won't bite your arm off?"

He wouldn't, but could you imagine?

My mother's dog is quite aggressive towards other dogs (except my Shiba Inu because she bit him back, but that's another story). So she muzzles him when he goes to the vet.

I'd hope that deters kids from approaching him, but of course that could just add to curiosity.