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Would you wear a coat made of rat fur?
Asked at Hy-Vee, 3504 W. Clinton Parkway on April 28, 2010
“No, some of my best friends are rats.”
“Ooh, the thought of it just makes me cringe, NO!”
“Would not, positively no, not ever, thank you very much. … Maybe rabbit.”
“No. … It’s gross.”
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Comments
RoeDapple 3 years ago
Could I get that to match my gerbil skin gloves?
75x55 3 years ago
Matt - answer of the day!
pizzapete 3 years ago
+1
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
Pass
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
It's Specter Switch Day! One year ago today, where were you when the Senate stood still... And Specter announced he would switch parties?
Rex Russell 3 years ago
Seriously. I have a few questions of my own. 1.Who writes these questions ? 2. Did the writer eat paint chips as a child? 3. Is the writer in 3rd grade? 4. How low on the LJW staff foodchain do you have to be to get the job of -Question on the Street- writer?
sourpuss 3 years ago
I've said this before, but if the question is derived from a story, they should provide a link to the story like every other newspaper does.
bwoody 3 years ago
http://www.newser.com/story/87163/this-rat-could-provide-your-next-fur-coat.html
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years ago
BTW, TOB, I'm still waiting for you to send your measurements for the custom lemur-skin thong you wanted.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
Rex, Someone who reads some foo foo venti skinny no whip sugar free mocha cinnamon soy dolce latte drink inspired rag like Vanity Fair, or has looked into the real cause of the levee failures in New Orleans.
Imported Asian nutria rats.
Brought to this country just after they banned marijuana. They used to send out the SWAT teams for nighttime shooting practice to reduce the numbers of these invasive rats. And someone kept one as a pet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBkXlj...
xbusguy 3 years ago
I just want a hat with the Tail hanging down..
Liberty275 3 years ago
What color rat? I could pimp hard in a white ratfur overcoat. LULZ.
"I actually saw a dude with a rat tail style hair cut yesterday"
The mullet is coming back baby! Mine rocked in the 80s and so did my IROC.
consumer1 3 years ago
Think about it, if we all started wearing rat skin coats, the supply of lawyers would soon run out. Then we would all have to start thinking on our own again. Just say no to rat skin coats. How about an O'possum coat? The other white meat.
somedude20 3 years ago
Wonder if PETA would stand up for a rat or if they have no problem with this
RoeDapple 3 years ago
PETA Puts Rats First & People Last
http://article.nationalreview.com/266834/peta-puts-rats-first-people-last/deroy-murdock
somedude20 3 years ago
After reading that Roe, I now want a PETA skin jacket!!!
consumer1 3 years ago
Personally, I like Peta pan the best. Then come's skippy, then HyVee brand. Chunky peta pan is my fav.
bad_dog 3 years ago
Hmmm. How about peta pan in a pan-fried pita?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
multi, It's like beaver...
consumer1 3 years ago
The question on the street today is. Does beaver taste like chicken or fish? Since it is a mamal but it lives in water? He he...
Did_I_say_that 3 years ago
It depends on how well it was cleaned.
rodentgirl16 3 years ago
Hell no! Bunch of barbarians...
CWGOKU 3 years ago
Isn't that how the black plague started?
Great answer Matt!
And, stupid question
Newell_Post 3 years ago
When you get right down to it, there really isn't all that much difference between a rat and a mink......
whats_going_on 3 years ago
No, I'd rather wear one made by child slaves in China.
rodentgirl16 3 years ago
Thanks TOB. I can't speak as to the taste, but rat meat looks just like chicken based on high school biology. Male rats get a musk and greasy streak down their backs, just like minks. That should probably be taken into consideration before coats are made out of them.
JerkStore 3 years ago
I probably wouldn't but my friend Bob Sacamano would.
rodentgirl16 3 years ago
Did Bob Sacamano wear the rat hat? I can't remember.
Kontum1972 3 years ago
if u were a rat would u wear human fur?
VC like rat meat.. cat and rat taste pretty much the same..except rat needs nookmam sauce to kick it...
riverdrifter 3 years ago
I've got a muskrat coat I bought from Eddie Bauer when it was a real company thirty years ago. Come to think of it, where IS that coat?!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
Squirrel is just a tree rat, and we have all ate those before.
beatrice 3 years ago
Only if they had spots like a leopard.
Boston_Corbett 3 years ago
Woof, woof.
somedude20 3 years ago
Woof, woof, woof!
Tom Miller 3 years ago
I have a really warm marmot-fur coat I wear in the winter, but I draw the line at rat fur...like the guy above said, some of my best friends and closest associates are rats, and that would just be gross...LOL!
LadyJ 3 years ago
"Does beaver taste like chicken or fish?" Now when I made an innocent remark (I thought) on the Ferral Hog blog the other day, people were quick to point out it could be taken another, not so innocent, way. I took some good natured teasing over that one, all in fun of course. So I can't believe you let consumer1 sneak by on this one, you guys are slipping.
denak 3 years ago
Ewwww, no. I have had rats as pets and they are hands done some of the best animals to have as pets. They are friendly, highly intelligent and rarely if ever bite. They are very people oriented so if you have a child who wants a pet they can play with a lot, get a rat. They (the child and the rat) wil have a lot of fun together.
Dena
LadyJ 3 years ago
OK, that guy is just scary looking.
somedude20 3 years ago
I found a story on this whole rat coat thing. "These 20-lb. river-dwelling rats are the latest in line to die in the name of fashion: Apparently designers dig their "badass" fur. (TheFrisky)"
http://www.lemondrop.com/page/2/
btw, Bob Dylan looks like a 150lbs rat
bad_dog 3 years ago
I'd rather give a bald rat a human-hair toupee...
somedude20 3 years ago
Mr. Rat Man Hey! Mr. Rat Man, can I make a coat from you I’m not warm and there is no heat where I’m going to Hey! Mr. Rat Man, I’m making a coat from you In the cold winter morning I’ll come cut you Though I know that you’re a big rat my my scissors are quite sharp The parts I don’t use can be made into a rug Your hairiness amazes me, I’m knocked off my feet I have no coat to meet And the fur you have is great and your face is not meant for dreaming
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
space that was Arlen not Phil. Because that rat bastard Specter’s blind obedience to Harry Reid’s big-government agenda, hardworking Americans will be saddled with trillion dollar deficits, sky-rocketing taxes, increased government control over their health care decisions, and more taxpayer-funded backroom deals.
Did_I_say_that 3 years ago
Is that today? I thought it was next week! Who was supposed to send out the avatar calendar?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
These invasive imported nutria nearly irrevocably damage wetlands. I say put the pelts to good use.
Calliope877 3 years ago
Rats are cute and squeaky...
LadyJ 3 years ago
So I go looking for funny or cute rat pictures and go to this website for cute pictures of rats. Now I just can't decide if the advertising was intentional or if it just ended up that way.
http://www.funny-potato.com/cute-rats-pictures.html
Boston_Corbett 3 years ago
Rat coat? Coyote coat? Both better than a dog coat....Woof, woof.
I'm beginning to like this Texas governornator... He wants to protect dogs from low life varmints. Woof, Woof.
Texas Gov. Perry fatally shoots coyote
By Associated Press Wednesday, April 28, 2010
AUSTIN -- Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog.
Perry (R) told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin.
Perry said he carries his .380 Ruger -- loaded with hollow-point bullets -- when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. But when a coyote came out of the brush toward his daughter's Labrador retriever, Perry charged..........
LadyJ 3 years ago
So do you think the Terminix ad was a coincidence?
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years ago
space, When I mention the anarchist thing they all shy away like it is a bad thing.
booyalab 3 years ago
If I was cold enough, sure.
Pywacket 3 years ago
Oh, lord, no! Not because I care about the little rodents, but because I am allergic to the damned things. Discovered that in a biology class...
If I had any doubts, they were confirmed a few years later when my boa constrictor got big enough to go from eating mice to young rats. Rats make me break out in red bumps, make my eyes red & watery, and make me sneeze. I had to grab them by the tails & give them to the boa, then scrub my hands real good to avoid breaking out.
Now that I don't have a boa, I have no need of rat contact, and would just as soon keep it that way. My little corn snake eats mice and I am not allergic to them. In fact, I do fine with guinea pigs, gerbils, rabbits, squirrels, and any other rodent I've ever met. How about a squirrel coat--with several bushy tails hanging from the hem? Would that be considered Midwest haute couture?
notanoobhere 3 years ago
ONLY IF IT WAS ENDANGERED
independant1 3 years ago
Better double check that fur the hubby gave you.
LIO was bred— the first rat of the colour I termed “lilac”. He was a capped with too much colour, but that colour which started out looking rather like Mink, turned into a lighter bluer shade. His children, when bred back to a Pastel doe, were also self (non-agouti) rather than agouti, and some were even more lilac-y, developing a lovely pink tinge when adult.
Critiques from the shows were directed at the minkish colour they appeared to be— they got short shrift as poor minks but I remained unconvinced; if the appearance was deceptive, I knew that genetically they were not mink and not cinnamon, they were something different. I kept Blue Vinney firmly in mind. If the “lilacs” looked Mink, the “lilac” pastel agoutis were definitely more of a difference from Cinnamon.
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