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March 31, 2006
OFF LEASH: On found food
"Off Leash" is an occasional column by Fiddler. Past columns can be found here.
What is food to one is to others bitter poison. Lucretius, the Roman poet and philosopher, said that. It's a fine point, as far as it goes, but I'd like to offer my own twist: What is food to one is to others -- apparently -- kind of gross.
For example, when I'm on my walk, I have been known to find chicken bones with meat still on them. How these tasty tidbits ended up on the sidewalk I'll never know. Neither do I particularly care about their origin. What I do know is that the discovery of the aforementioned bone/rotting meat is often the highlight of an otherwise humdrum afternoon.
And yet, without fail, I am ordered to "drop" this heavenly manna. If I decline, my jaws are pried apart and the succulent morsel is forcibly removed and discarded. As if this weren't enough, I am then scolded for my alleged poor behavior. To which I say: That sucks.
Posted by teb at March 31, 2006 10:00 AM