# The sun rises..the Cubs swoon in June..PETA goes wacky. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134 "2003-04-25T15:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/1 "2003-04-25T15:50:11Z")
[Predictable](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20030425/od_nm/odd_animals_dc) > [@](#): > > LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of a prominent U.S.-based animal rights group said she had drawn up a will directing that her flesh be barbecued and her skin used to make leather products in protest at man’s ill-treatment of animals. > > Ingrid Newkirk, 53, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said on Thursday she had chosen to donate her body to her organization for use in a variety of startling protests. > > Newkirk also suggested her feet be removed and made into umbrella stands similar to those made from elephant feet that she had seen as a child. BBQ? People Eating Tasty People? Who’s got dibs on her internal organs? I’m thinking the intestines would make a great draft blocker for my front door in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/2 "2003-04-25T15:55:28Z")
[Flanders and Swann] People have always eaten people/What else is there to eat?/If the Joo-Joo hadn’t meant us to eat people/We wouldn’t be made of meat! [/Flanders and Swann] ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/3 "2003-04-25T16:07:44Z")
She’s pobably all tough and grissly by now. And scrawny from only eating veggies. Not worth eating. Just like PETA to not come up with something practical. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/4 "2003-04-25T17:32:30Z")
PETA goes Dolcett? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/5 "2003-04-25T18:00:17Z")
Sure I can use a good umbrella stand. I don’t want no liver though someone else can have that. I’ll take her left arm too if no one minds. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/6 "2003-04-25T18:02:23Z")
Why are you bringing the Cubs into this? Bad poster! Bad! ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/7 "2003-04-25T18:40:43Z")
[homer simpson] Mmmm… corn-fed long pig… [/homer] **DeVena** , the trick to making tough, old, gamey meat edible is a long, slow, moist cooking process. Grilling is right out, but soups, stews, even a slow, moist, South Carolina-style barbecue might work. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/8 "2003-04-25T19:31:15Z")
It’d be a much more shocking protest, methinks, if she just reported to the slaughter house now. I’d venture a guess that she wouldn’t make much of a fur coat. I don’t look good in blue anyway. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/9 "2003-04-25T19:46:20Z")
Can we just turn her over to a shampoo research facility for testing? ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/10 "2003-04-25T20:06:19Z")
Pet food. Grind her into pet food. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/11 "2003-04-25T22:45:22Z")
That’s _animal companion food_, thank you very much! “Pet” implies ownership and we should not enslave our animal brethren for our personal enjoyment. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/12 "2003-04-25T22:51:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kallessa \* > \*\*That’s _animal companion food_, thank you very much! “Pet” implies ownership and we should not enslave our animal brethren for our personal enjoyment. 😉 \*\* Wel aren’t we being “specist” by using the term “animal” as an adjective? Aren’t we all animals? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/13 "2003-04-25T22:58:28Z")
Maybe she should jump into a bathtub full of sauce and start marinating right now. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sun-rises-the-cubs-swoon-in-june-peta-goes-wacky/171134/14 "2003-04-25T23:55:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*Wel aren’t we being “specist” by using the term “animal” as an adjective? Aren’t we all animals? \*\* Well, **[I](http://members.aol.com/shrewnews/shrew.html)** certainly am.