Monday, March 26, 2007

How Much Is Your Dignity Worth?

Here are your choices:

1. She has no self-respect and she's trying to cash in.
2. She really did eat dog food, and is simply seeking restitution for her pain and suffering.
3. She's been eating dog food for years and made up this story to try to pretend this is not the case, but really did finally get sick.
4. In addition to a regular dog food consumer, she routinely devours light bulbs, silverware and small pieces of doll furniture for a living on a pornographic website.
5. Other (please explain)

Whatever the case may be, she clearly knew that in order to make a claim for damages resulting from the tainted pet food, she would have to admit to actually eating it. Regardless of what the reason may be, that's fucked. Of course, in high school, a guy named Chris and I drank most of a bottle of coconut rum we found in some couch cushions and probably half a box of dog biscuits. Then again, this lady isn't even claiming she was drunk.



Woman sick after eating tainted pet food
CanWest News Service
Sunday, March 25, 2007

An Ottawa woman is recovering after becoming violently ill after eating some of her dog's food, in a case likely related to the tainted pet food that has killed several dogs and cats and sickened dozens more across North America.

In this case, a canine and its master wound up in hospital — Missy at the Alta Vista Animal Hospital and Elaine Larabie at an after-hours emergency room.

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After adopting one-year-old Missy six weeks ago, Ms. Larabie discovered the little dog refused to eat anything but table scraps.

"I was trying to get her to eat," Ms. Larabie said, but Missy’s protest continued. Desperate, Ms. Larabie tried "just a little bite" of the Iams dog food to make the terrier think it was people food, then gave Missy the rest.

"I said, 'It’s not going to kill me to take a little bite' ... but I guess it could have," said Ms. Larabie, who notes the trick worked.

"When I would take a bite, she’d eat it," Ms. Larabie said.

The mealtime routine continued for about two weeks, until both dog and master became sick on March 17.


Check out the rest of the article here.