I’m sure they would if they could.

Exactly what I told my wife.

How do you keep the ducks from flying off? Do you have to keep their wings clipped? Our chickens are smart enough and lazy enough to realize just how good they have it, and stay close.

There’s no way I’ll be able to convince my bride to eat Henrietta or the others. She already feels marginally guilty about eating their unborn young. Well, until I put the bacon next to them.

Yes, it’s interesting how smart animals can be, within a certain scope (generally “how do I get to that food?” and “where else can I poop?”).

Man, I miss Schludwiller.

My wife’s wanted chickens for years. We finally moved to where we had a bit of yard and privacy, and now have four “chickums” (as one of the kids calls them*). We luckily didn’t have any of the issues you did, other than rampant pooping. Our dogs are mixed Australian Shepherd/spaniels, and have heavy herding…

The first time I heard it, I thought a critter had gotten into the cooop! Occasional cluck.... occasional bawk... LOUD LOUD LOUD OMG ALL THE CHICKENS ARE YELLING SOMETHING IS WRONG THEY ARE DYING.

I’d appreciate an ungreying!

Everyone knows the best way to get a servers attention is to place a stack of $1s on the table, announce that it is the servers tip and then take some away for every transgression.

Some addictions are truly worse than others.

Argh - week 3 of keto and THIS enters my life?

Welcome, and thank you for bringing over and sharing a ton of stuff from AV Club. It’s great to see stuff to browse through already!

Praisins. Why is aunty’s chicken salad amazing? Praisins. What raises the punch to the next level? Praisins. What’s made this cider-braised pork so heavenly? Praisins.

One thing to bear in mind is that there used to be infrastructure around hats. Hooks and racks and coat/hat check booths were everywhere. This isn’t the case today. Some high end restaurants have a coat/hat check, but don’t expect it as a norm. So, where do you put your hat? If you’re not at a table, it goes on your…

Thank you for not going down the “Tiki = rum” path that so many people do. Even though rum is life! (Yes, and gin is life, and scotch is life, and... ok, yes, fine, I hear you.)

Yes, and most companies already have enough rifts.

We ended up naming our main rooms after rivers (1st floor) and mountains (2nd floor). I was not expecting the questions “Is Everest a river or a mountain,” or “So, Nile is upstairs, then?”

In teeny amounts, it can be good. Otherwise, there’s that tang of foot funk that builds and just doesn’t fit in.

Never really had the funds for a real cookbook when we started, so for years the #1 go-to was the ancient Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, the Art of Chinese Cooking by the Benedictine Sisters of Peking, Dutch-Indonesian recipes from my mom, and handwritten recipe cards jotted down while I was watching shows on PBS:…