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Fat Balls

Thursday 23rd March

Today in town, I saw a box upon which was the legend “Fat Balls”. I found that statement rather surprising, not to say boastful. Then I realised the box was filled with balls of fat, rather than being a statement of anatomic superlative.

Unfortunately, I then saw the contents of the box. There were, not surprisingly, plastic vacuum-sealed packs of balls of fat. Upon those was the legend “HJ pet products - Fat Balls for your Wild Birds”.

It was then that my brain returned to it’s original line of thinking and began coming up with advertising slogans.

“Wild birds flock for HJ’s fat balls!”
“HJ’s fat balls are great for satisfying wild birds.”

I blame TV. Or my parents. Or … um … I dunno.

Written by stu

March 23rd, 2006 at 3:21 pm

Posted in Curiosities

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12 Responses to 'Fat Balls'

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  1. How can wild birds be pets? if they were pets they wouldn’t be wild. And doens’t wild mean that they have no owners? so that surely can’t mean that they are “yours”. Argh!

    Sarah

    23 Mar 06 at 4:04 pm

  2. I buy lots of fats balls for the birds in our garden… the starlings love them

    Mr Hedgehog

    23 Mar 06 at 4:44 pm

  3. Can you get reduced fat balls for birds on diets?

    Rich

    23 Mar 06 at 4:46 pm

  4. Lol, this is funny, but now I have a problem: I see birds flocking wildly around fat balls :) I can’t get the image out of my mind…..sigh!

    Dakota

    23 Mar 06 at 5:03 pm

  5. Sounds rather uncomfortable

    Lordhutton

    23 Mar 06 at 5:06 pm

  6. I blame your dirty mind! :)

    Code Monkey

    23 Mar 06 at 5:31 pm

  7. I tend to have a problem with different birds hanging around my house in the morning and fighting over who gets first taste of my fat balls. I wish they wouldn’t make such a fuss as there is plenty to go round. Fat enough for any bird, I like to say.

    sweavo

    23 Mar 06 at 5:49 pm

  8. Wild birds… Does that include great tits?

    DoGGa

    23 Mar 06 at 8:39 pm

  9. Birds pecking at a chaps fat balls? Ye gods. Sadists everywhere these days.

    Omally

    23 Mar 06 at 9:03 pm

  10. *ahem* I meant masochists, of course.

    Omally

    23 Mar 06 at 9:04 pm

  11. I knew i wasn’t the only person that particular product amusing.

    chrisb

    26 Mar 06 at 8:22 pm

  12. I mean, ‘that found that particular product amusing’

    chrisb

    26 Mar 06 at 8:23 pm

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