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to eat a pea because I feel sorry for it.

286 replies

SlightlyJaded · 29/02/2012 14:45

I have just eaten a cherry tomato that I didn't really want (last one, bit bruised and squishy) because I 'felt sorry for it' and thought it would be sad if it didn't get eaten like it's friends...

I often do this with peas as well.

And other small pieces of food

Confused

I try to tell myself that it's ridiculous "Jaded it's just food, it doesn't have feelings FFS"

But still I find myself adding the manky mushroom to the risotto so it doesn't feel left out.

Anyone?

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EvenBetter · 29/02/2012 16:29

Someone I know feels sorry for inanimate objects, they've been know to buy stuff because they felt sorry for it such as:
The last piece of tinsel on a shelf, all raggedy
A teddy with a very sad face
Other crappy old tat no one else would want
Confused

TrinityRhino · 29/02/2012 16:28

totally cheermum Grin

lesley, bless your dp Smile

CheerMum · 29/02/2012 16:27

when you have to sew up a teddy bear the needle transforms into an anesthetic injection just before you start to sew. and it also works when they go into the washing machine - but then it becomes a "breathe underwater and sleep until the end of the cycle" injection.

lesley33 · 29/02/2012 16:25

My DP does this. Insisted on eating a potato I left on my plate last night...as it would feel so lonely being left all on its own. DP attributes feelings to everything though. When DP packs clothes for holidays I am not supposed to talk about the holiday in front of the rejected clothes who are not going along...so they don't realise they are being left behind Grin

WorraLiberty · 29/02/2012 16:17

Oh dear I thought it was just me who eats 'lonely' food Blush

I never want to scrape them into the bin so they die alone...therefore I always eat a single pea or bean.

I like to think of them as 'escape peas' and 'has beans' Grin

takingiteasy · 29/02/2012 16:13

I say sorry to soft toys that fall over...

Haziedoll · 29/02/2012 16:10

When I was 5 I used to do that Grin

NormanTheForeman · 29/02/2012 16:09

Awww, I'm pleased someone is concerned about the Playmobil people, LadyWord. Smile

CuppaTeaJanice · 29/02/2012 16:06

I think if I was a manky old tomato I'd enjoy a trip in a dustbin lorry to the local dump, where I could make friends with everyone else's rubbish, maybe find myself an equally manky potato and we could gently decompose together in the sun.

Sounds much more pleasant than being crushed up, pushed through various tubes following a bath in acid, falling out of a dilated anus from a height into a bowl, then being sucked into a stinky old drain.

You are all misguided and nasty! Grin

LadyWord · 29/02/2012 16:03

I also can't leave any doll, soft toy or poor little playmobil baby lying face-down or crumpled in a heap. I have to tuck them in somewhere comfy. Once I felt really sorry for one of DS soft toys that had fallen out of favour to be replaced by another. I had to take it to sleep in my bed so it wouldn't see Blush

LadyWord · 29/02/2012 16:00

Yes! Exactly like thecrunchunderfoot, I can't bear to leave a bean in the tin so it misses out on the main event - or likewise a lentil or bit of spaghetti in the pan. I actually think about it sitting in the bin going "all that preparation... for nothing... sob"

This is the first time I've admitted this apart from to DP who thinks I'm completely barking.

BarmyBiscuit · 29/02/2012 16:00

You're all crazy! Mad!

VenetiaLanyon · 29/02/2012 15:57

Yes definitely to all of this, glad it's not just me...

Does anyone remember that Bird's Eye Coutry Club advert, with the rubbishy veg getting turned away from the posh gates? Seem to remember that that back-fired on Bird's Eye, as they had completely failed to understand that we're a nation of sentimental vegetable lovers...

WhiteTrash · 29/02/2012 15:57

Its called anthropomorphising things, attributing human feelings to non human objects.

I do it too!!!

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/02/2012 15:55

I think you can fill in scratches in wood with nuts, Proudnscary, a bit like French-polishing... or maybe that's wistful thinking? Grin

Proudnscary · 29/02/2012 15:54
Proudnscary · 29/02/2012 15:53

YOU'RE ALL MAD

But I kinda like it...

NormanTheForeman · 29/02/2012 15:50

Oooh, I do this sort of thing too! It has obviously rubbed off on ds too, as I once caught him having an earnest conversation with a cherry he was about to eat, telling it it was just about to go and join its friends in his stomach! Blush

QuickLookBusy · 29/02/2012 15:50

Oh god you are all madGrin

I've never thought that food has feelings. I must be a hard old cow.

I actually always leave a bit of food on my plate.

I'm going to start feeling really guilty now Sad

Maryz · 29/02/2012 15:48

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DreamingofSummer · 29/02/2012 15:45

I thought it was only me Smile

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/02/2012 15:42

Odd peas and things go in the dogs' dinner. Squishy or wrinkled tomatoes go into a bag and into the freezer for tomato-based sauces. I couldn't eat a wrinkled, squishy one but bashed up in a sauce it's fine.

TheCrunchUnderfoot · 29/02/2012 15:40

...so I understand where all of you are coming from, only too well Grin

TheCrunchUnderfoot · 29/02/2012 15:40

I can't bear it if there is a baked bean left in the tin. I have to scrape them ALL out. The thought of one poor bean, going through all the processing/canning/travelling along with all the other beans and, by cruel chance, being LEFT BEHIND and going straight into the bin and missing the climax of everything they've been 'trained' for - no way man, I couldn't let it happen.

Goodness knows how long they've been canned up together so by the time you've opened the tin they must be all really close friends, like a regiment preparing for battle - and all they must have talked about during the long dark months in the tin is the point at which they will 'go over the top' and be part of a meal.

I couldn't let a single one miss out on that.

Davsmum · 29/02/2012 15:12

My daughter used to feel sorry for her dolls if she got a new doll. She would make a fuss of them and tell them she still loved them. She would also try to ignore the new doll for a few days !