# Canada's Governor General skins seal and eats heart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897 "2009-05-28T02:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/41 "2010-03-11T09:21:08Z")
I’d rather see Dominique Swain naked than wear fur. Of course, if I stopped wearing fur, Dominique Swain would stop getting naked, so… ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/42 "2010-03-11T10:30:35Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Agreed. And besides, HM has spent a good part of the last fifty-some years travelling the world and visiting the people in her various realms and territories. Even if she’s never actually eaten seal heart herself, I’m sure she’s seen some interesting meals and customs. Let’s not forget that the Queen herself engages in hunting, and has even been known to club the occasional peasant to death [with her walking stick](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-206674/Queen-clubs-bird-death.html). Uhh, pheasant. I mean pheasant! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/43 "2010-03-11T11:58:18Z")
I was just sure when I saw this that it was going to be someone upset about it. I’m glad I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/44 "2010-03-11T14:59:48Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Was the heart still beating? 'Cuz that would have been impressive. I doubt this will lead to Canada hawking it by the pound outside of local Delis. [Still, I could almost hear it…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPj0hoVpYSg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/45 "2010-03-11T15:12:33Z")
My respect for her just increased as well (she was a pretty good egg in my book before). What other head of a country skins an animal and **eats their fucking heart???** Damn! Canada, don’t mess with us, or we’ll **rip out your fucking heart and eat it!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/46 "2010-03-11T15:20:02Z")
Note to self: Do not, under any circumstances, irritate Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/47 "2010-03-11T15:33:24Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I doubt this will lead to Canada hawking it by the pound outside of local Delis. > > [Still, I could almost hear it…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPj0hoVpYSg) 😃 In Newfoundland they sell it from trucks by the side of the road - with a big sign that says ‘CARCASS’ and ‘FLIPPERS’. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/48 "2010-03-11T19:09:32Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > And up until now I had always thought PETA was a top-notch research agency… Heh. Yeah, I guess you pretty much know what you’re getting when you see they’re a spokesperson for PETA. ETA: But wait a second; they’re name is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. What’s more ethical than humanely culling animals so they don’t overbreed and starve to death? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/49 "2010-03-15T03:54:21Z")
Meh. I liked her better when she was opening the Olympics in Vancouver. Nothing had to die for that. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/50 "2010-03-15T04:08:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > ETA: But wait a second; they’re name is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. What’s more ethical than humanely culling animals so they don’t overbreed and starve to death? The same is true for the people of Haiti, but I don’t see anyone proposing that. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/51 "2010-03-15T06:21:29Z")
Heidi Klum must be devastated. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/52 "2010-03-15T22:57:45Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > . What’s more ethical than humanely culling animals so they don’t overbreed and starve to death? But that’s not _why_ they’re killing seals, which means, in technical parlance, this is a self-serving lie they tell. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/53 "2010-03-16T00:49:35Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > But that’s not _why_ they’re killing seals, which means, in technical parlance, this is a self-serving lie they tell. You’re going to get this thread kicked into Great Debates if you keep that up. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/54 "2010-03-16T02:48:01Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’re going to get this thread kicked into Great Debates if you keep that up. Understood. I’m not the one who suggested it was ethical, but I won’t flog it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897/55 "2010-03-16T18:53:13Z")
Sorry - that looks like I was Junior Modding. I just meant that the mods have been on a kick lately to get us to stop debating outside of Great Debates - if you’d like to go debate it, I’m game. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-governor-general-skins-seal-and-eats-heart/497897.md?page=2)