Do You Dislike Animals?

Well a bull in a china shop .... that would be a disaster..

But yes bird brain springs to mind.. In recent tests with food puzzles scientists showed that the common crow was quicker at solving the puzzle than a chimpanzee. Not so daft after all..


I think through history these comparisons were drawn to illustrate common features for people with very little education or knowledge of the world and they date to pre Roman times.

Which does raise the question, if we are now so much better educated and world wise why do we continue to use these outdated insults?

Hehe....I never use animals in that context, I would say fat ass, lazy bums....

Here are a few more. Not many positive ones though.


www.spellzone.com/blog/Fifty_Animal_Idioms.htm

I usually hear "fat cow" more than fat pig. To be fair, cows are much larger than pigs... but fat? Psh!

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It's strange in the Netherlands there's very little fat pig lazy cow name-calling most name-calling here is to wish someone to be afflicted with a horrible illness...
One of the worst is 'go get cancer'
There is a historical significance to this other I can't entirely record it at the moment but basically it's something that is 4oo or 500 years old and no you won't get that out of people anytime soon the veneer of civilisation is an extremely thin one that's obvious whenever you see a panic or disaster situation. All civilised behaviour goes out the window and people think only of themselves.

There's always a reason to insult someone in this world. No matter whether an animal term used or not, it isn't right. Admittedly, throwing an insult is therapeutic, but it still isn't right.

Some people certainly like their insults, unfortunately. Still, letting rip does make a person feel better. Because some people ARE a b*tch.

It's maybe not really and insult but I came across what was described as an old Arab saying yesterday: 'The race is always won by the camel with the longest nose'. It amused me to think of a camel at full stretch lol.

I'm not down with using animals as a way to express insults or dislike of a person. Both the animal and the person have value and should be treated as such...

Sometimes we make up our own goofy insults, possibly influenced by a video we once saw that questioned why it is that God's name is used for swearing. Like we never hear "Oh Pikachu!" or "Benedict Cumberbatch!" (I think his name lends itself well, actually. Makes me smile to pretend-curse that way.) Oh, I suppose we're also influenced by Shakespeare's crazy insults! Some of those are either just totally laughable, or they're harsh! That's how I get kids interested in Shakespeare, you see...

My favourite invention came from my oldest son, who is interested in computers. He came up with "Babbage's cabbages!" That one is just awesome for a fellow geek!

Where do you think that came from? 

Actually I am not but I do respect them, big or small. 

Absolutely. Both the people and the animals.

Elephants kill far more people than tigers, and we are not talking accidentally....

I always remember when I am in the bath and I need to get the razor out.