I just want to put in a good word for the Crocs to keep the comments balanced. I saw some geese being force fed on a travel show…a long necked funnel was employed to quickly pour a cup of grain in the bird ‘s crop. The geese seemed accustomed tl the practice. That said, I won’t eat foie gras or caviar.
I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:And on the pedestal these words appear:‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”4
@BrassOrchid Thankyou for this interesting and useful perspective.