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Just watched that program on BBC2 about the woman who talks to cows. An interesting portrayal of autism/aspergers but there were a couple of points I found bewildering. 

1. Lying down in the cow field - haven't we all played that game as children?  Its just Chicken but with cows. Of course they come over eventually, if you don't move.  No moving until your really scared they are about to trample. Some of my best bruises as a ten year old were from Cow Game. It was some years before I really made the MacD burger slaughter connection to the gentle nosing creatures nibbling at my Donny Osmond Cap.
2. The womans celebrity seemed to be based on her ability to advise meat sellers on how to reduce the stress in murdering the cows.  So the murdering meat sellers don't get upset by Moo Cow being hesitant at going in the Killing Shed. She may have understood the cows, but she had no empathy with their plight, but hey, she has Aspergers, so thats expected. Watching her sign autographs of grateful, admiring cow murderers - was like watching the designer of gas chambers signing for Nazis.

There was one of those things at the end of the program "if have been affected by the issues in this program ring this number" - but I don't think they meant my issues.........

Best leave this LJ to Canine Ramblings - otherwise it gets a bit maudlin.

There is an afflicted tree post on its way though.........

 

Afflicted Tree

At the risk of turning into Derrick from BBC3's excellent Ideal series (for the non-Ideal watchers, Derrick is a boring gardening allottment bloke, who talks (even more) endless, tedium about vegetables and his allotment when stoned)  

Here at Canine Feminist Collective HQ we have two Japanese Acer Trees - a red one, and a yellowy one. Yellowy one appears to have..........measles. Behind the cut  are some photos - hippy reckons the spots are some sort of creature, they are soft and when removed look like half a grape inside. A woodlice with no leggys or facial features.

I reckon its some sort of mould. 

Trees are just wee little fellas, kept in containers, well out of the way of Slippy Dog Shrapnel.

Whatever it is - its making Yellowy Tree poorly bad

bhigman ?  grega ?  Anyone?

( poorly bad acer tree )