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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 08:28:21 PM

Title: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 08:28:21 PM
tyrannosaurus rat

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A huge rat measuring around 4ft has been found by workmen near a London playground.



Gas engineer Tony Smith said he spotted the giant rodent while working at a block of flats - describing it as the "largest I've ever seen in my entire life".



The 46-year-old said the animal was dead when he found it on land in Hackney Downs that backed on to a railway track.



He took a picture of the creature being held by his electrician friend, James Green.



Mr Smith said: "This is the largest rat I've ever seen in my entire life.



"I've got a cat and a Jack Russell and it was bigger than both of those put together.



"I'd say it was about four foot.



"We were going to stick it in the bin, but before we did we thought we better take a picture as people won't believe it's real."



Tony said the estate where he was working had an infestation of rats, and poison was left around to catch the rodents.



"The bins get left open nearby so these little fellas have a pretty good diet," he said.



"They eat fried chicken and rice all the time."
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: RW on March 16, 2016, 08:30:24 PM
*cringe*
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 08:32:54 PM
Quote from: "RW"*cringe*

You would need a cat like this one to kill that one.

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Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: RW on March 16, 2016, 08:34:00 PM
We have cats like that where I live which is probably why we don't have giant rats.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 08:41:05 PM
Quote from: "seoulbro"tyrannosaurus rat

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A huge rat measuring around 4ft has been found by workmen near a London playground.



Gas engineer Tony Smith said he spotted the giant rodent while working at a block of flats - describing it as the "largest I've ever seen in my entire life".



The 46-year-old said the animal was dead when he found it on land in Hackney Downs that backed on to a railway track.



He took a picture of the creature being held by his electrician friend, James Green.



Mr Smith said: "This is the largest rat I've ever seen in my entire life.



"I've got a cat and a Jack Russell and it was bigger than both of those put together.



"I'd say it was about four foot.



"We were going to stick it in the bin, but before we did we thought we better take a picture as people won't believe it's real."



Tony said the estate where he was working had an infestation of rats, and poison was left around to catch the rodents.



"The bins get left open nearby so these little fellas have a pretty good diet," he said.



"They eat fried chicken and rice all the time."

Is that real?

 :shock:
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 08:48:35 PM
^^I dunno Fash. I know two legged rats better than the the four legged kind.



The gross factor is there even if it is a fake.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on March 16, 2016, 08:49:14 PM
Ew...still, nothing else gives me the creeps than opposums. AAAAAAAA!!!!



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Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: @realAzhyaAryola on March 16, 2016, 08:51:10 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!



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Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 09:06:28 PM
Quote from: "Azhya Aryola"Ew...still, nothing else gives me the creeps than opposums. AAAAAAAA!!!!



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I have seen those before including dead on the road in North Carolina. They look like a giant rat and have the courage of a wolverine.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: easter bunny on March 16, 2016, 09:30:24 PM
That reminds me of pizza rat.  :laugh3:  



Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 09:34:20 PM
Quote from: "easter bunny"That reminds me of pizza rat.  :laugh3:  




That piece of pizza wouldn't be a meal for the Amazonian rat in the op easter bunny.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Renee on March 16, 2016, 09:40:47 PM
4 foot rat??????.....Since when do Brits measure shit in feet and inches?



I call horseshit.



BTW, what's the difference between a chicken and an opossum?.......



Chickens can make it across the road. ac_biggrin
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 09:48:29 PM
Renee, it might be bs. But, Britain uses imperial and metric.

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Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Renee on March 16, 2016, 10:34:32 PM
I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 10:48:12 PM
Quote from: "Renee"I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:

There you go Renee. It was bogus. We have to face it, we may never see jockeys riding giant rats at the Kentucky Derby. :sad:
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 11:05:17 PM
Quote from: "Renee"I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:

I am relieved to know that scientists are not breeding super sized rats.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 16, 2016, 11:37:11 PM
Quote from: "Renee"I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:

I remember a restaurant in Guangdong China that served rats. They were not feral Norwegian rats, they were the pet shop variety---I hope.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 12:56:54 AM
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:

I remember a restaurant in Guangdong China that served rats. They were not feral Norwegian rats, they were the pet shop variety---I hope.

You ate rat? ac_wot
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 01:50:54 AM
Quote from: "seoulbro"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"I suspect it's bullshit. Probably should have been in the Weekly World News. It was probably Bat Boy's lost pet. :001_rolleyes:







"They are never handed to experts and photographic evidence is often misleading," he said.



"For example, the rat is relatively close to the camera, making it look much bigger in reference to the man behind"



//http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/giant-rat-found-in-london-expert-casts-doubt-on-four-foot-rodent-the-size-of-a-child-claim-a6925881.html



But hey, if it really was a 4 foot rat, some local Chinese restaurant missed out on a windfall. :laugh3:

I remember a restaurant in Guangdong China that served rats. They were not feral Norwegian rats, they were the pet shop variety---I hope.

You ate rat? ac_wot

No, but I know of a place in Southern China that sells it.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 09:02:18 AM
eeewwww

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Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 10:49:52 AM
Quote from: "Fashionista"eeewwww

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Fried vermin.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Renee on March 17, 2016, 12:19:59 PM
Quote from: "Fashionista"eeewwww

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Aw....look at their little ears.   :sad:



How could someone eat that?  :beurk:



OMG....I just realized that they are the same color as TD.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 12:24:28 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"eeewwww

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Aw....look at their little ears.   :sad:



How could someone eat that?  :beurk:



OMG....I just realized that they are the same color as TD.

He might think they are iguana and chow down.
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: keeper on March 17, 2016, 05:50:07 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Fashionista"eeewwww

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Aw....look at their little ears.   :sad:



How could someone eat that?  :beurk:



OMG....I just realized that they are the same color as TD.


 :laugh3:
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 09:40:49 PM
Beware of that lamb you order.
QuoteThe latest food scandal in China - which has seen rat meat passed off as lamb - has raised more questions about food safety in the country.

It seems that barely a day goes by in China without news of yet another food safety scandal.

But the latest case - even by Chinese standards - was truly stomach-churning.

Hundreds of people were arrested after passing off rat meat as lamb.

Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the scandal has given rise to a round of stories about rodents.

I heard one anecdote about a restaurant in southern China that serves up rat meat dishes. Believe me these establishments do exist.

At this particular restaurant, the owners reassured the customers their rats had been caught in the countryside and not in the sewers.

Now, whether the story is true or not, it gives you a flavour of public concern over food safety.

When you eat at cheap restaurants - or roadside stalls for that matter - you are always left with that queasy feeling you may have consumed something you did not order.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22467484
Title: Re: You Dirty Rat
Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2016, 11:03:34 PM
Quote from: "Shen Li"Beware of that lamb you order.
QuoteThe latest food scandal in China - which has seen rat meat passed off as lamb - has raised more questions about food safety in the country.

It seems that barely a day goes by in China without news of yet another food safety scandal.

But the latest case - even by Chinese standards - was truly stomach-churning.

Hundreds of people were arrested after passing off rat meat as lamb.

Perhaps, unsurprisingly, the scandal has given rise to a round of stories about rodents.

I heard one anecdote about a restaurant in southern China that serves up rat meat dishes. Believe me these establishments do exist.

At this particular restaurant, the owners reassured the customers their rats had been caught in the countryside and not in the sewers.

Now, whether the story is true or not, it gives you a flavour of public concern over food safety.

When you eat at cheap restaurants - or roadside stalls for that matter - you are always left with that queasy feeling you may have consumed something you did not order.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22467484

How could lamb pass as a rodent?
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