Poor Veggies. :(

[Brucelles]

It is more important to me that food is labelled correctly than whether or not my aunt calls herself vegetarian but eats Turkey at Christmas.

This is because I used to work with a guy who was peanut allergic and nearly died after eating a peanut-free sandwich.

I am allergic to crustaceans (Crabs, lobsters, prwns etc.. Not oysters, mussels, cod etc.) but all it does to me is make my face get red and blotchy and then vomit. I am still pissed off though, if I buy a vegetarian pizza and find prawns in it. Worse was a chinese takeaway that had minced prawns in the sauce.

I'm not saying that a bit of ham in a pasta salad would kill a vegetarian, but it could piss one off.

[Brucelles]

As Kalniel has pointed out - there is no universal definition, so we can't blame the terminology. In such a situation I can only suggest that people stating that they are vegetarian whilst then going on to order fish or whatever are causing confusion. Hell, my Mum asks me if I eat fish from time to time. MY MUM. And I've been vegetarian for almost 14 years now.

Have you heard of those people who will eat anything without a face? So mussels, oysters, but not snails are vegetables to them. It's almost as vegetarian as ovo-lacto-vegetarianism.

Faceless-arianism.

[MadduckUK]

Have you heard of those people who will eat anything without a face? So mussels, oysters, but not snails are vegetables to them. It's almost as vegetarian as ovo-lacto-vegetarianism.

Faceless-arianism.

potatoes have eyes, does that count?

[Kezzer]

I just avoid meat when I can, although I haven't been strict enough recently mainly because I was trying to make a good impression on my girlfriends parents, and her mum scares me sometimes so I didn't want to risk turning their food down.

I know it's 'natural' to eat meat to a certain degree, but I just disagree with the ethics. I'll eat all of that natural farm meat which isn't animals bred to be killed.

Plus, my diet is usually cheaper without the meat in it And there's loads of veggie options nowadays anyway.

[arbitor]

I just avoid meat when I can, although I haven't been strict enough recently mainly because I was trying to make a good impression on my girlfriends parents, and her mum scares me sometimes so I didn't want to risk turning their food down.

I know it's 'natural' to eat meat to a certain degree, but I just disagree with the ethics. I'll eat all of that natural farm meat which isn't animals bred to be killed.

Plus, my diet is usually cheaper without the meat in it And there's loads of veggie options nowadays anyway.

ALL cows are bred to be killed, unless theres a shop that specializes in lighting struck pet cow meat.

[Brucelles]

And road-kill. There's nothing unethical about munching down on a hedgehog flat-pie.

[Kezzer]

ALL cows are bred to be killed, unless theres a shop that specializes in lighting struck pet cow meat.

Don't they do game cows? (game being the meat produced from hunts)

[MadduckUK]

so what your saying is that there would be a market for animals killed by motor vehicles? well its a crazy idea but might just work.

strip of private road, herd of animals, push herd of animals into road one by one. sell as road killed animals for weirdos who would eat that.

Don't they do game cows? (game being the meat produced from hunts)

hunting cows? who the hell hunts a cow? they just stand there!

[Kezzer]

the hell hunts a cow? they just stand there!

LOL! I actually just laughed out loud in the office. Yes, you're right, I think they'd thank you for killing them if they could speak... and if they could speak AFTER they've been killed.

[Clunk]

Humphreys are well known for cow stalking.

[Brucelles]

So are hedgehogs, ironically.

Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant, but are accused of stealing milk from sleeping cows.

[tiggerai]

Oi, do you lot HAVE to post ROFL worthy comments when I'm sitting next to the CEO!

*titter*

[arbitor]

Oi, do you lot HAVE to post ROFL worthy comments when I'm sitting next to the CEO!

*titter*

this thread has got somewhat more intersting in the last day

[Brucelles]

It's a sure sign that someone's skiving. Well, more than one.

[Stewart]

So, to sum up:

In Spain, ham is a vegetable.

Some veggies consider fish to be a vegetable, or, like the geezer from Belgium’s wife, eat them because they have been swimming in the rivers and having ikkle baby fish, and so when caught, were not sad - boo-hoo, but were happy - ye-har!

Chicken is also a vegetable.

As are crisps. But only the ones that haven't got a face.

htid considers the act of eating a Big Mac as a greater crime than hacking someone to death with a machete.

arbitor hasn't got a Caps Lock or Shift key on his keyboard, likes shooting animals in the face, and cares little for humans as well, which seems fair, given his outlook on life.

Anyone get the feeing the forums are slowly going mad? I withdraw from the thread, right now. In another 50 or so posts, someone will claim beef is a vegetable, but only if it was killed by a farmer who hasn’t got a face, in Spain.

Let’s all have a Mars bar and forget about it.

[chicken]

I R not veggible!