Was it the village of Foghorn in the country of Warner Bros.

Dave


7 years ago via Forums | Front Porch Forum

The United States.


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You gotta - I say, you gotta keep on your toes. Toes, that is!


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Jerry...now that's, I say now that's funny!


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Indirectly I think I got that one right.

Dave


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Dave, I'd be inclined to agree with you on that count. I'd be willing to say that Foghorn Leghorn has done more to make the last two or so generations familiar with Leghorn chickens than anything else. I mean, most people who are even aware of the fact that eggs come from chickens long before they ever "come from a grocery store", couldn't tell you what breeds of chickens are laying breeds, or even that there is a difference in laying birds and meat birds. But they would just about all know that a white chicken is a Leghorn if given enough time to ponder on it. Of course the darker side of that coin is that it's coming from the same media that tells kids that animals are great conversationalist, develop complex social networks, and that anthropomorphism is the norm. And then is "How can you kill that chicken (cow,pig, deer etc) when you can just go to the super market and get all the meat you want and no animals has to harmed!?" Do they even still make cartoons where animals talk, but also smack each other with hammers, boards, and rocks, Set traps, drop bombs, and occasionally throw one another in giant cauldrons of boiling water with a few vegetables?


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That's a good point. The cartoons that I grew up on(I'm 35) wouldn't pass for todays liberal crowd. I have two boys 4 and 18 months, so I get to watch a lot of cartoons. Today things are toned down and about teaching kids to be a part of this or that. I took my oldest to work awhile back when it rained and set him in front of a computer and turned on some Mickey Mouse from before my time, the first cartoon had Mickey shooting up his house with a double barrel trying to find a noise. Things are definately different.
One thing my kids do understand is how things are. Not everything lives, and every thing that lives isn't a pet. I'd like to say he was taught that, but in thinking about it it's just the way it's always been.
We went to a lady down the street and she gave us a couple dozen eggs awhile back. Of the 22 we had in the incubator we got 14 to hatch(exciting stuff when your 4) but there were some that were never going to hatch and some that just didn't make it.

Dave


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