Bless me forum, for I have sinned ...?
I have had torturing thoughts recently of ... Burger King giant Whoppers, oozing with cheese and grilled onions. And fries.
It could be that little ? whispering in my ear who knows that I have sworn off fast foods and red meat, mainly because of my aversion to the environmentally destructive cattle industry... and suspicion of (?) horse meat being in burgers ....
(Feel free everyone to drop it off here ...may your heart be lighter?)
@stargazer i just love you, and the idea of this thread cracks me up! Now i gotta go do something real bad, so that i can confess it.
ps- the Impossible burger is meatless, and it tastes just like a Whopper- you know, ... bland. (I gave up red meat 30 years ago for the same reasons as you.)
...it tastes just like a Whopper- you know, ... bland.
Bland??? A Whopper, bland??? Blasphemy! ?
Thank you Unk ?
I hope the god of mirth blesses us all with a little more humor right about now...
I must confess that I can't get into holidays this year, but I did order the Cinnamon Gift Box from our favorite spice purveyor. Maybe I'll get into baking lotsa cookies ....
As for that burger thing ..I tried the Beyond brand (?) bad!! But haven't tried the 'Impossible' yet. Make like Don Quixote ...
Hey, you don't have to do anything really bad to visit the Confessional Booth, like step on baby praying mantis' or pick up your kitty cat by the tail ... just smile ?
like step on baby praying mantis
I have something to confess. When I was 11 years old, my extended family rented a house on the NC Outer Banks. The day we moved in, there was a really unusual, large butterfly sitting motionless on the the side of the house in the pool area. It was mostly brown, but had white, yellow, and black spots on its wings; I bet it was endemic only to the Outer Banks. I reached down to stroke it and was surprised to find out that butterfly wings are actually soft and silky. I pinched it, I guess to check the thickness, and the butterfly reflexively started flapping its wings. Unfortunately, because I was pinching it, one of its wings ripped. After that, it just flopped on the ground, and I'm assuming it died soon after.
I still feel bad about that butterfly ? .
I can guarantee that horsemeat isn't in hamburgers. First, my wife is a food scientist(the one responsible for all those chemicals you can't pronounce on the ingredient label) and she has done work with many fast food chains. Secondly, horsemeat is an extreme delicacy in several countries. Put bluntly, it's way too expensive to let get mixed up in cheap hamburger. Plus, there is specific licensing you need to produce horsemeat in the US and no cattle farm is going to pay for that license and no licensee is going to waste their time producing beef when horsemeat makes so much more money.
Now for my confession.
I stay up well after everyone has gone to bed for the sole purpose of being left the hell alone for a couple hours. With a wife, an 8 year old, and twin 2 year olds and all the drama of fostering and keeping those 4 sane during covid I need it to keep myself sane. My wife thinks its because of my back hurting that I'm up late and I have never corrected her because if she finds out the real reason she's going to stop allowing me to do it and nag me to death to go to bed at a reasonable hour.
Aww ... it's sad ?... I had a similar experience as a six year old, and have never forgotten it either....
I'm sure you have been forgiven, Coyote, but if you are still wincing over it, try planting a buddleia bush or other butterfly attracting plant, and bless the memory ?
Please don't get me started on the horse slaughter for 'human consumption' issue right here, my friend.
I am a long time and very concerned advocate for anti-horse slaughter, in our country and others such as Mexico, Japan, Canada, France, etc ...
It's a terrible, terrible issue that has, (and still does) ,caused me untold grief, dollars , blood sweat and tears, for a very long time ... so I'll do an update on that sometime...
It sounds like your 'guilty pleasure' of a little solitude and me-time is well deserved Mas ... give yourself a pat on the back and say three Hail Spirits ?
@mas1581 - 100% the same. Only, I only do it on weekends (Friday and Saturday nights, though with work from home being the norm right now I often stay up weeknights too since my commute is nonexistent.)
Only difference is my wife knows it has nothing to do with back pain. She is a "The television must be on for background noise at all times" person and I can't handle that, so this is my time away from everyone to enjoy the quiet.