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Dec. 14th, 2008 06:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spookyeviloneA neighbor from down the street did her yearly holiday cookie delivery today. She knocked, I invited her in because freezing rain and sleet and snow are falling from the sky. She took one look at the cages full of quail in my living room and her eyes got very wide. She stammered, "Those aren't.. aren't.. RITUAL.. birds, are they?" Not parsing it, I stared blankly and may have said "Whut?" "You're not going to.. cut their heads off or.. or.. do anything with their .. entrails, are you?"
And here's where I lost a great opportunity to rock the spooky pagan street cred. I busted out laughing right in her face, instead of coming up with some sort of witty, evil retort.
Quail: $3.50/bird
Cages: $500
Feed/grit: $50
Look on your neighbor's face when she sees ZOMG BIRDS in the wacky pagan's living room right before a major holiday: Priceless.
At least she brought cookies. I mean, really. If you're going to accuse me - me, the KNOWN VEGETARIAN - about the reckless slaughter of my pets for arcane divination purposes, you'd damn well better be standing there with a plate of homemade cookies and fudge!
Nom. Fudge!
And here's where I lost a great opportunity to rock the spooky pagan street cred. I busted out laughing right in her face, instead of coming up with some sort of witty, evil retort.
Quail: $3.50/bird
Cages: $500
Feed/grit: $50
Look on your neighbor's face when she sees ZOMG BIRDS in the wacky pagan's living room right before a major holiday: Priceless.
At least she brought cookies. I mean, really. If you're going to accuse me - me, the KNOWN VEGETARIAN - about the reckless slaughter of my pets for arcane divination purposes, you'd damn well better be standing there with a plate of homemade cookies and fudge!
Nom. Fudge!