Comments on: In case you were wondering. http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/ In Vietnam Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11597 The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:00:38 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11597 Can you get me a pair of crocodile-skin cowboy boots? Can you get me a pair of crocodile-skin cowboy boots?

]]> By: Thomas http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11573 Thomas Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:54:59 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11573 <p>My encounter with the crocodile heart was actually on a class trip to a place called "Mango Gardens". Didn't see any mangoes, but there were crocodiles and ostriches being bred--and slaughtered--on premises. Some kindly butchers let my intrepid friend Shannon and I get up close and personal with the process. It was horrifying and strangely compelling and I have repulsive photos that I am afraid to post. The butchers also insisted that I smoke from their giant wooden water pipe (filled with tobacco). But Shannon was not allowed to. </p> <p>Also featured on this class trip were bears that I (or any young student) could have walked up to and touched in their wide-barred, unsupervised cages. Oh, and German Shepherds being loudly trained as attack dogs right out in the open. </p> <p>Vietnam--Southeast Asia in general--straddles that fine line between charmingly informal and dangerously negligent. </p> <p>Also, ostriches are the craziest things I've ever seen.</p> My encounter with the crocodile heart was actually on a class trip to a place called “Mango Gardens”. Didn’t see any mangoes, but there were crocodiles and ostriches being bred–and slaughtered–on premises. Some kindly butchers let my intrepid friend Shannon and I get up close and personal with the process. It was horrifying and strangely compelling and I have repulsive photos that I am afraid to post. The butchers also insisted that I smoke from their giant wooden water pipe (filled with tobacco). But Shannon was not allowed to.

Also featured on this class trip were bears that I (or any young student) could have walked up to and touched in their wide-barred, unsupervised cages. Oh, and German Shepherds being loudly trained as attack dogs right out in the open.

Vietnam–Southeast Asia in general–straddles that fine line between charmingly informal and dangerously negligent.

Also, ostriches are the craziest things I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11534 The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:20:45 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11534 Maybe it's part of his initiation into a notorious Sagion scooter gang... Or the culmination of a ritual presided over by a village shaman who has promised to remedy his suffering from some long-lost love... Maybe it’s part of his initiation into a notorious Sagion scooter gang…

Or the culmination of a ritual presided over by a village shaman who has promised to remedy his suffering from some long-lost love…

]]> By: Mark S. http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11480 Mark S. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:55:52 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11480 Your post leaves many questions unanswered. The still-beating crocodile heart -- was this experience medical, religious, or culinary? I mean, hell. Or are you talking "touched" as in "by an angel." Could be. Your post leaves many questions unanswered. The still-beating crocodile heart — was this experience medical, religious, or culinary? I mean, hell.

Or are you talking “touched” as in “by an angel.” Could be.

]]> By: Alana http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11047 Alana Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:32:50 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11047 "Yeah, I know what you'd like to do. You'd like to find the guy who did it, rip his still-beating heart out of his chest, and hold it in front of his face so he can see how black it is before he dies." -- Glen, Manager of Stan Mikita's Donuts Relevant! I am glad to see a new post! Merry Christmas... to your readers. “Yeah, I know what you’d like to do. You’d like to find the guy who did it, rip his still-beating heart out of his chest, and hold it in front of his face so he can see how black it is before he dies.”

– Glen, Manager of Stan Mikita’s Donuts

Relevant! I am glad to see a new post! Merry Christmas… to your readers.

]]> By: Brian http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11046 Brian Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:49:19 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11046 Phew. Long time no post. Thought a croc might've dined on YOUR still-beating heart. Phew. Long time no post. Thought a croc might’ve dined on YOUR still-beating heart.

]]> By: The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11040 The Threadbare Ed Gein Jacket Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:04:11 +0000 http://wherewherewhere.net/2007/11/27/in-case-you-were-wondering/#comment-11040 Did you join up with one of those crocodile posses that were formed to hunt down the crocodiles who seized the opportunity provided by the recent flooding in Vietnam to make a break for it from the crocodile farms? Or was this part of some extreme, exotic eating experience you're tucking away for your travelogue magnum opus? crocodile Did you join up with one of those crocodile posses that were formed to hunt down the crocodiles who seized the opportunity provided by the recent flooding in Vietnam to make a break for it from the crocodile farms?

Or was this part of some extreme, exotic eating experience you’re tucking away for your travelogue magnum opus?

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