Chicken Feed – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Okay. y’all, let’s not waste food. It’s not chicken feed, you know.

Sweetie: It had better not be chicken feed. Do I look like a chicken?

Doodlebug: Wait! What does chicken feed taste like? The chickens seem to enjoy it. Maybe…

Me: Nope. Dog food for dogs. I was using an old expression because chicken feed used to be cheap.

Doodlebug: So we can waste it.

MoonCat: Someone is missing the whole point. Ohhh, bulldogs. My, oh my.

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Waste Not, Want Not – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Lady Human, those long sticks look yucky. Throw them away.

Me: First off, since when does a bulldog think anything looks yucky. Secondly, these carrots can be made into a soup or baked in a casserole, so no, I will not waste them.

Doodlebug: But they’re all limp and saggy and smooshy and…yellowy brown.

Me: But they’re not bad. Waste not, want not.

MoonCat: I definitely “want not”.

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Never Wasteful – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: What is that delicious smell-good that is invading my nose? Ooh, it’s coming from the bag in the kitchen.

Me: No, no, no! That’s trash!

Doodlebug: It doesn’t smell like trash. Well, maybe it does. But that’s not a bad thing. Sometimes.

Me: There are no goodies in there for anybody. You’re probably smelling the greasy food leftovers from last night.

Sweetie: I must have missed that. Give me my greasy leftovers.

Me: Sorry, hon, they would upset your stomach.

Sweetie: Never waste food. A bulldog’s mouth is the perfect trash bag.

MoonCat: An accurate description if I ever heard one.

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