Thatababy by Paul Trap for March 03, 2023

the Catholics in medieval times also considered beaver as fish

Is that Suzie or Sam that she stewed?

What?! I had to look this up. It is in fact true.

https://www.detroitcatholic.com/news/the-history-of-detroit-catholics-muskrat-eating-tradition-and-yes-its-still-a-thing

Not as illogical as it sounds. If you go back a thousand years or so, “fish” meant almost anything that mostly lived in water. That would have included muskrats if they’d been known.

And it’s actually no worse a way of looking at things than the current one, because according to at least one notable biologist, Stephen Jay Gould, there’s no such thing as a fish (see, e.g., the BBC QI episode “H for Hoax”). Lots of “fish” are more closely related to land animals than to each other. The modern definition basically boils down to the old one, with caveats of “but not those!”

Except muskrat is meat. Today is a Lenten Friday. Not supposed to have meat today.

But on St. Patrick’s Day, which is a Friday this year, Catholics can have their corned beef. Some Pope gave Catholics a pass on No Meat Fridays for good ol’ St. Pat.

Muskrat Love…haven’t heard that song in years, and probably for good reason.

The same was done with capybaras.

Shades of Granny Clampett!

A rodent on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.

Eating Sammy and Susie?

If you are starving, food is food….

Worst song ever!

And the one that messed up Twitter is a different kind of MuskRat.

Y’all know, of course, that “Muskrat Love” is a goofy song from the 70’s by Captain and Tennille. I suppose that dates me……

I can hear Captain and Tennille right now singing their hit…..Muskrat Love!