Mr D - bizarrely, it's social inequality that leads to bad nutrition among the poor of the UK. They so desperately want the trappings of status, like a car, a widescreen HDTV, a playstation etc, that they'd neglect their nutritional needs in order to get it. Insane but true.

I quite like the Treasure Hunting pirates costume. Did you know that 30% of a pirates crew were blacks, and it was they who did all the work while the white guys spent their time drinking punch.

Do you think that a large dog costume would also fit a goat? I'm surprised that they don't have any special costumes for goats. My goats are British Alpine and they have a really cute bum, white and upturned. A frilly costume would enhance their appeal no end.

I'm afraid the restraining order from the RSPCA stops me from commenting on this.

bestiality, even...

Well, pit ponies to France is just market forces, balances the books. And very lean tasty meat they were too, after all that hard work they did, fetched top prices. There was no complaints, reportedly top quality.

I just lurve a bit of banter with Buckskins. Quite amusing.

a word in your shell like sciamachy,tighten up your internet security on facebook,i have just read comments of yours flagged on your account with the evening mail in birmingham,looks like you have let key stroke loggers onto your site, reinstalled your programmes mate for your own good.

Mr. Devine, prawns don't thrive in a carpeted spare bedroom, unlike lambs.

Anyway, if I started to keep lambs in my spare bedroom, I might attract the local constabulary, since being a citizen in Wales. Us welsh have to be careful there, otherwise the neighbours might gossip.

Jeez, don't anyone show this to Carl Paladino.

@stuart, how about high vis jackets for the hedgehogs? They'd be a bugger to take off, though.

There's more than a whiff of cultural supremacy, if not racism, in French attacks on Korean dog-eating. When Bardot's radio interviewer told her that some Western visitors eat dog meat in Korea, she replied: "French people, German people, and Americans never eat dogs. If they did, it is most likely that South Koreans served them dog meat, saying it was either pork or beef."

http://www.slate.com/id/2060840/

lox,hedgehogs are lovely creatures and in fact are part of the eco system,so my respect goes to the hedgehog community and maybe they have a happy hibernation until the spring.

@Buckskins: thank you very much for your pink tutu suggestion but I have my heart set on the pirates outfit. Did you know that a group of about 70 pirates came ashore in the north of Scotland in the 1720s and with pockets awash with booty made their drunken way towards England.

@helen_back: Lets hope your boss at the psycho ward where you are a nurse doesn't find out that you are promoting the sexual use of sheep for an ex-psychotic patient. I don't think your superiors at Middlesborough General Hospital would be happy if they found out that not only have you been sniggering at an ex-patient's attire but also encouraging him to shag sheep.

@stuart: You'd be pleased to know that according to a recent RSPC report hedgehogs were well down the list of animals preferred by bestiality aficionados. Reasons were not given.

Get the frying pan out for me lassie, oops, i have just put you in it, so you can't..

Capitalism seems to have been reduced to selling crap that nobody needs, to idiots with a bit of money, so that the wealthy make even more money, while those with no money can buy neither sexy dog outfits, nor food. The more absurd it becomes, the more certain we can be that it's last days are upon us.

In a truely progressive-run state, there will be no dog outfits manufactured, while there are people going hungry or unclothed.

Mr D: The answer to your question is 'yes'.

David Vinter said we could all have a sheep in our gardens so that we could eat it, and it'll keep the grass down. However, it appears that some other members of the blog have decided that dog ala Asian is an ideal animal for home cultivation. I've actually had it other places apart from Korea .. Lake Toba, if you know where that is?.. that's a dog eating place.

The island is in the middle of the lake and has old fashioned homes shaped like very large wigwams but made of wood and brilliantly coloured. Their roofs were like big triangular shades but constructed of thatch.there were small windows and a small door. A balcony rested over the water and colourful boats playing beautiful music passed you by occasionally.
I took this really good mushroom trip with three tripped out young female travellers. They were really tripped out as they had been on a magic mushroom binge for a couple of weeks. A German woman was an ace diver. She obviously did competition and she dived off balconies.

The woman were staying in a place that had a little bunk room that you get to by climbing a ladder. Here you could lay in a bed and look out of the window. The window had lots of different flowers in it and it looked from the outside like a cuckoo house.

The owners of the property kept dogs which my friend (Dave S) and I nicknamed "Chicken Curry' and 'Vindaloo'.

"Have you noticed that Chicken Curry is starting to shape up a bit."

"Yes coming along nicely. Do you think that leg would go down well for Sunday roast?"

The owners of the dogs didn't actually kill them. A man in a beautifully coloured boat comes with beautiful music playing and he takes them. I saw the boat once with big dog cages and quite a few dogs inside yelping sadly. Chicken Curry and Vindaloo joined them.

Being Welsh I wouldn’t expect any better from you. When your pit ponies came out into the sunlight after years of backbreaking work underground 24/7 how were they rewarded? A nice green Welsh pasture for the twilight of their hardworking lives? No, you shipped them to France where they were slaughtered for the dinner table. I say it again. You’re fuking disgusting.

Well my great great grandfather said, " It's best to be a pirate. And if you can afford it then you should dress yourself up as a pirate as well buying matching attire for your favourite pet. Only the best for you and your pet."

He was a very wise old man and I have taken his advice ever since.