>>>>>Aye, you could well have a point there. The fox hunting ban, however, was just on hunting with packs of dogs. I undersatnd that a farmer can still shoot the blighters. There was pro-hunt protest before the ban that shooting doesn't ensure a kill and may lead to a fox's dragging itself off to die in agony somewhere. But, of course, they WOULD, wouldn't they.
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>>>>Amazing, what? I guess they felt letting it die like that was inhuman. Listening to it's screams while watching it being torn apart by dogs, on the other hand, is fine sport participated in by great hunters. Contempt doesn't begin describe how I feel about them.
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>>>>Sorry, I'm beginning to rant, so... the end.
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>>>Never mind that! I want to kill now! Coming back from lunch I just noticed a large Santa Claus figure in a cafe across the road!
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>>I know how you feel. Santa should never be associated with evil caffein. ;)
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>Don't mess with me, Alan. When I see out-of-season Santas, snowmen, reindeers, false snow, etc. I see 2 kinds of red. I cannot abide Xmas starting in November, never mind October! Next will be the TV supermarket and dept. store ads, with celebs on, cracking on they're enjoying this Xmas, with all the "family" around, sitting down to tuck into their Xmas dinner, when Xmas is still in the future.
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>Bah freakin humbug!
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>>>>>>end of fox hunt = foxes everywhere???
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Christmas should start 1 week before the 25th . Then anything goes.