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spiritwoman45
22314 posts
9/25/2014 9:32 am
Which Would You Be?




I’m apologizing in advance for making light of something that is obviously important to a few folks but my silly, childish side wants out. No need to analyze. I am fully aware that seeing the absurdities in life and making jokes out of them is how I deal. I’d rather laugh than get upset. This is how my brain processed the crap of late.

All of the recent blogs about clucking and pecking set me off on a mental tangent (very common for us ADD folks). I grew up on a farm. There is more to it than chickens. My mind ran with the thought. Picture SFF as a barnyard. How would each of us fit in?

My first thought was that I would be the mama cat in the barn but then I realized I would not like a diet of mice I had to catch myself that much. I settled for a goose, preferring to hang out, eat and swim unless threatened. When threatened its head back and it rushes the attacker hissing all of the way.

I’d like to hear how others see themselves. We can all ascribe animal personalities to others but I’m asking folks not to do that. Feel free to come up with a new animal analogy for me but other than that only tell us what your animal would be.


Spiritwoman ^i^


bijou624

9/25/2014 10:00 am

Hi Spirit: Oh, this sounds like fun. I think I might be a quiet little mouse, but then every once in awhile I would run out in front of someone and scare the crap out of them. HehHehHeh


Abelle2 83F
31203 posts
9/25/2014 10:31 am

I would want to be the pinafore wearing maiden gathering eggs....probably because that is all the farm thing I ever did and that was when I visited my Aunt and Uncle.


GLUMO 88F
9730 posts
9/25/2014 10:50 am

Mmm...I really don't know... I don't like cats or wild animals, neither mice, nor insects.


Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:51 pm

    Quoting  :

Much better to be a cow than the mule. I also considered a mule for me and my "Testa Dura". (Italian for hard head )

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:51 pm

    Quoting  :

Never considered that one but it is great for you.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:52 pm

    Quoting bijou624:
    Hi Spirit: Oh, this sounds like fun. I think I might be a quiet little mouse, but then every once in awhile I would run out in front of someone and scare the crap out of them. HehHehHeh
A little mouse just doing it's own thing would be fun especially the scaring people part. Just be careful to stay away from the cat.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:54 pm

    Quoting  :

Nothing like German Shepherds for working dogs. My dad bread them for a while. I have a great pic somewhere of my youngest sister as a toddler curled up with the biggest one.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:56 pm

    Quoting  :

Just don't so what one of my cats did - catch a half grown chicken and leave it in my bed. Nothing like stumbling to bed to be greeted by the dying noises of a chicken.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:57 pm

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Sheep are gentle and cuddly. They also keep the grass mowed.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:58 pm

    Quoting  :

A true working dog. We had a collie /spitz mix who was like that.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 12:59 pm

    Quoting Abelle2:
    I would want to be the pinafore wearing maiden gathering eggs....probably because that is all the farm thing I ever did and that was when I visited my Aunt and Uncle.
Perfect for the adorable little girl in your tbt photo.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 1:00 pm

    Quoting GLUMO:
    Mmm...I really don't know... I don't like cats or wild animals, neither mice, nor insects.
I agree with Masie, you can own the farm but live in the city.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 1:02 pm

    Quoting  :

Since you are a Canadian Goose and I am the standard American plain white one we will both be unique.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 1:02 pm

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Running free in the wind - sounds wonderful.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 1:04 pm

    Quoting LeafTreat:
    A hummingbird for me. I'm very gentle, never one to hurry up and end up doing something careless or reckless. All I need is enough to sustain me and I step away for others to enrich themselves as I watch and marvel from afar and then rise above the masses that fight for more than their share and then flutter to a modest branch to rest in peace.
Good one for you - your prolific way with words shows someone as busy as a humming bird as well.

Spiritwoman ^i^


lilium6 74F
4498 posts
9/25/2014 7:08 pm

Ideally a shiftshaper and become whatever takes the whim or need at time. Failing that, a mountain bluebird as have a fondness for mountains and flights of fancy, lol


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:37 pm

    Quoting lulugravy:
    I have never seen myself in a barnyard.......always in the wilderness.......There have been a few exceptions......I can see your SFF farmyard analogy in George Orwell's Animal farm........many similarities there........Jim Henson's Muppet special.....the Traveling Muppet Musicians of Bremen has some obvious correlations as well........But I will turn to my favourite American children's farmyard story, Charlotte's Web.......I named my daughter Fern, after all......I would be the wise spider in the corner crafting her web......
I never thought about it until you mentioned it but there are always spiders in the barnyard - and everywhere.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:42 pm

    Quoting  :

A llama, I like that. They can spit like camels too!!!!

I remember an "old grey mare" we had when I was 11 or 12. She was a retired polo pony put out to pasture but we kids could till ride her. She was small, gentle and neck broken - would turn on a dime the second she felt the reins on her neck - but stubborn? The minute she knew we were headed back to the barn she would take off in a full gallop and not stop for anything until she was back inside.


Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:43 pm

    Quoting  :

A real fun creature.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:45 pm

    Quoting  :

For a thorough bred the declining years ware best. Work all done.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:46 pm

    Quoting lilium6:
    Ideally a shiftshaper and become whatever takes the whim or need at time. Failing that, a mountain bluebird as have a fondness for mountains and flights of fancy, lol
Best idea yet.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 8:48 pm

    Quoting  :

Ah, the open gate - what we all want.

Spiritwoman ^i^


friendly133 76M
5418 posts
9/25/2014 9:25 pm

Only if the farm is somewhere near sea, I shall be a versatile seagull,

Good evening, Mama Goose !!


"To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" - Zarathustra


friendly133 76M
5418 posts
9/25/2014 9:28 pm

Good evening - Pegasus is what I settle for, Mama Goose !! ##

"To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" - Zarathustra


spiritwoman45

9/25/2014 10:59 pm

    Quoting friendly133:
    Only if the farm is somewhere near sea, I shall be a versatile seagull,

    Good evening, Mama Goose !!

Well, if Lucy is going to be the owner but not actually live there the farm can be anywhere so a seagull it is - although Pegasus is better. You can be a friend to the group that wants to be horses and to those of us who want to be some kind of bird.

Spiritwoman ^i^


spiritwoman45

9/26/2014 11:08 am

    Quoting  :

Then this one was a guest. Not exactly the one I wanted in my bed but hey, they knew I was lonesome and tried.

Spiritwoman ^i^