…because it’s Monday.
Mr. Bumble the skunk loves his bacon sandwiches, but his new owners have put him on a vegetarian diet to help shed the extra weight they’ve added to his frame.
At 14 pounds, Mr. Bumble is twice his ideal weight. His previous owners, who indulged his love for pork, gave him to the RSPCA and he now lives at Tropiquaria animal park near near Watchet, Somerset, where he’s fed fruit and vegetables.
His new healthy diet, along with a daily exercise regimen, should help him shed the extra 7 pounds that have made his naturally sleek body so rotund. Skunks’ natural diet in the wild is made up of insects, mice, greenery and dead animals. Skunks have become popular as household pets in the U.K., but abandonment rates are up as a new law prevents the removal of their scent glands.
Tropiquaria park owner Chris Noisier says that they’re not sure whether Mr. Bumble has been de-scented. “We’re now working on dieting him down to what he should be. Clearly bacon butties are not a normal part of a skunk’s diet in the wild,” Noisier told the BBC. “We’re putting him on the vegetarian option at the moment.
It’s very much like a human weight watching issue. He is getting to meet lots of new people so there’s lots going on in his life and I suspect it’s making up for the lack of his old favorite food.”
(ed. note: That last sentence must be a lie. Nothing makes up for lack of bacon, right? )
this needs a million notes.
Sarah fucking Silverman.
It’s so true though. You can’t just be born with hatred.
^^THIS
preach
“Mommy, they are just like me.”
My oldest son is six years old and in love for the first time. He is in love with Blaine from Glee.
For those who don’t know Blaine is a boy…a gay boy, the boyfriend of one of the main characters, Kurt.
This isn’t a ‘he thinks Blaine is really cool’ kind of love. It is a mooning at a picture of Blaine’s face for a half hour followed by a wistful “He’s so pretty” kind of love.
He loves the episode where two boys kiss. My son will call people in from other parts of the house to make sure they don’t miss his ‘favorite part.’ He’s been known to rewind it and watch it over again…and force other to, as well, if he doesn’t think people have been paying enough attention.
This infatuation doesn’t bother me or his father. We live in a very hip-liberal neighborhood, many of our friends are gay, and idea of having a gay son isn’t something that bothers either of us. Our son is going to be who he is, and it is our job to love him. End of story.
He is also six. Six year olds get obsessed with all kinds of things. This might not mean anything at all. We always joke that he’s either gay, or we have the best blackmail material in the history of mankind when he’s a 16 year old straight boy. (Take that naked bath time pictures!)
Then the other day we were traveling across the state listening to the Warblers album (of course), and in the middle of Candles, my son pipes up from the back seat.
“Mommy, Kurt and Blaine are boyfriends.”
“Yes, they are,” I affirm.
“They don’t like kissing girls. They just kiss boys.”
“That’s true.”
“Mommy, they are just like me.”
“That’s great, baby. You know I love you no matter what?”
“I know…” I could hear him rolling his eyes at me.
When we got home I recapped this conversation to his Dad, and we stood simply looking into each other’s eyes for a moment. Then we smiled.
“So if at 16 he wants to make a big announcement at the dinner table, we can say ‘You told us when you were six. Pass the carrots’ and he’ll be disappointed we stole his big dramatic moment,” my husband says with a laugh and hugs me.
Only time will tell if my son is gay, but if he is I am glad he’s mine. I am glad he has been born into our family. A family full of people who will love and accept him. People who will never want him to change. With parents who will look forward to dancing at his wedding.
And I have to admit, Blaine would be a really cute son-in-law.
Thank you for giving your son the #1 thing all children deserve most: unconditional love. His future is much brighter because he’s growing up in such a positive and affirming family.
One of the many benefits of being a Creationist.
an ottoman in Rapturous Red would make a really awesome accent piece.
well this is just all sorts of epic win.
St Vincent - Jesus Saves, I Spend
(via La Blogotheque)
Dear Annie Clark, how can I NOT love you? All your take away shows are amazing.
