Y'know, I'm not so sure about this "shirt's gotta go" thing. I mean, if that shirt were just released, unsupervised, into the wild who knows what might happen? Empires crumbling, entire ecosystems destroyed, the planet turning backwards on its axis . . . the mind reels.
Yes, the shirt has to be dealt with, but it needs to be a careful process. It should be removed slowly, in a darkened room, so as not to startle him -- er, it.
Much more fun -- I mean, much safer, that's right, safer -- for everyone that way!
The worst thing is if a feral shirt interbreeds with local wild shirts, it could permanently ruin the gene pool, causing defects for generations. My Danny & Jack rescued a couple of mullets that were released into the wilds of Malibu, and while ours was a success story (they now are popular cartoon characters), I cannot guarantee the same for a shirt that closely resembles "old lady" housecoats that my mother was always trying to foist off on me. Better it is mercifully refashioned into a shower curtain, as it was obviously meant to be.
Interbreeding might seem somewhat unlikely, provided the wild shirts have the characteristic tendency of most creatures in that they reject otherwise sound individuals with abnormal coloration.
But given that this is southern California, the indigenous wild shirts have probably already been tainted with occasional strains of escaped polyesters. If you hadn't rescued those mullets, they might have cross-bred with the local seaweed by now.
Yeah, I'm originally from SoCa, so I know just what happened with the botched Polyester Integration Experiment. That was a result of too many research grants being handed out indiscriminately to "scientists", whom I suspect had sampled some of the local vegetation prior to the release of the test subjects...you don't *really* think those polyesters got out all on their own?
Given how lazy and sluggish the average polyester is, I can well believe it; they rarely leave their cages unless tempted with deep-fried treats or threatened with irons. I personally suspect it was the work of bored graduate students. Or possibly eco-terrorists.
The worst part of it is, knowing how little Daniel loves taking up lost causes, I'm afraid my cartoon kid is going to come home with a rescued shirt...(evil plot bunny looming!). Stay tuned.
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Y'know, I'm not so sure about this "shirt's gotta go" thing. I mean, if that shirt were just released, unsupervised, into the wild who knows what might happen? Empires crumbling, entire ecosystems destroyed, the planet turning backwards on its axis . . . the mind reels.
Yes, the shirt has to be dealt with, but it needs to be a careful process. It should be removed slowly, in a darkened room, so as not to startle him -- er, it.
Much more fun -- I mean, much safer, that's right, safer -- for everyone that way!
Releasing the shirt
The worst thing is if a feral shirt interbreeds with local wild shirts, it could permanently ruin the gene pool, causing defects for generations. My Danny & Jack rescued a couple of mullets that were released into the wilds of Malibu, and while ours was a success story (they now are popular cartoon characters), I cannot guarantee the same for a shirt that closely resembles "old lady" housecoats that my mother was always trying to foist off on me. Better it is mercifully refashioned into a shower curtain, as it was obviously meant to be.
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Re: Releasing the shirt
But given that this is southern California, the indigenous wild shirts have probably already been tainted with occasional strains of escaped polyesters. If you hadn't rescued those mullets, they might have cross-bred with the local seaweed by now.
Re: What a load of shirt
Yeah, I'm originally from SoCa, so I know just what happened with the botched Polyester Integration Experiment. That was a result of too many research grants being handed out indiscriminately to "scientists", whom I suspect had sampled some of the local vegetation prior to the release of the test subjects...you don't *really* think those polyesters got out all on their own?
K@
Re: What a load of shirt
Re: Piling the shirt on deep
...or my mother.
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Re: Piling the shirt on deep
Re: Piling the shirt on deep
(Anonymous) 2009-11-09 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)The worst part of it is, knowing how little Daniel loves taking up lost causes, I'm afraid my cartoon kid is going to come home with a rescued shirt...(evil plot bunny looming!). Stay tuned.
K@