My kids' dad fed them badger

[Loulamummy]

I'm not joking. We are separated and he sees them for the day once every few weeks. Last week he took them for the day in London and when I picked them up they told me, very casually, that Daddy had given them badger with rice for lunch. He had sent me a picture a few days earlier of a dead badger so it is totally plausible, and given that he has been homeless for the last couple of years and often 'lives off the land' I am certain he would not think twice about eating a badger. He told the kids that he steamed the meat for 4hrs but now i'm really worried about the whole TB thing. They seem fine but not sure if I should get them checked out. Any words of wisdom?

That bunny is freaky

Oh I quite like the bunny!!! And the badger talk, of course. But mainly the bunny.

Wowsers.

That is all.

I smell a badger rat.

It's presumably more like taxidermy than rotting meat? I think it's quite cool too.

That's terrifying

The bunny reminds me of something you’d find on the Facebook fail threads 😂. Just needs some glitter 😉.

Another vote for MN Classics please

Your dc will have some extraordinary stories to tell about their childhoods. It's sort of the opposite of a Disney dad...Roadkill dad?

er well that took a turn

everybodypuuuuulllll chill out mate x

Everybody.

I agree that eating from the land and giving your child homemade toys is great.

However chopping bits off dead rabbits and sewing them to an existing doll is nuts.
Google Ed Gein.

1. Im guessing this is the result of jobseekers allowance being about £300 per Month

1. All of the ducks have disappeared from our local river. Literally every duck.

@HHLimboo you think the ducks are being eaten on picnics or sewn into toys???

I may be missing sometching, but what on earth is wrong with eating roadkill? Sounds sensible to me.

themanisajerk They've obviously gone into delicious dinners and probably those puffy jackets..

However chopping bits off dead rabbits and sewing them to an existing doll is nuts.

Depends on the context. Killing a rabbit to make a toy for your child, that's pretty sick, yes.

Killing a rabbit to eat for dinner, and giving your child some the left overs to play with - no different to a "lucky" rabbit's foot except it's not culturally something we do usually.

Resisting googling Ed Gein! Have learnt not to google things I'm invited to on MN! I didn't heed the warning to never google dragon butter. Nor a few other things. Not enough brain bleach!!

Did the rabbit put the lotion in the basket?

howdyholdthedoody ODFOD

At our local country fair, there was a stall of taxidermy for sale, including many squirrels in various 'comic' poses such as dressed up riding a bicycle, smoking or fishing. They were modern, very recently done. Despite having a well developed sense of humour about most things, to me they seemed just awful.

That rabbit is the stuff of nightmares 😱

I think I would have to name that 'Frankenstein's Rabbit' or similar.

Classics
That is all

Killing a rabbit to eat for dinner, and giving your child some the left overs to play with - no different to a "lucky" rabbit's foot except it's not culturally something we do usually.

Nope. That is still odd. Lucky rabbit feet were odd. But then I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years. Perhaps meat eaters give their children giblets or chicken skin to play with, but I doubt it.

But then I’ve been a vegetarian for 25 years.

Me too.

But still - there really isn't a lot of difference is there? If people are OK with a rabbits foot, or a leather jacket - why not a rabbit's ear? There's no difference really except culture - is there?