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While eating a meal consisting of leg of lamb, the six year old asks, “But… how does the lamb walk with only three legs?” (source)

Assuming you don't know them well (perhaps they were brought by your guest), but everyone looks to you to answer, what do you say?

With a Lamb as nice as Hoppy, it would be a shame to eat him all at once.

I'm not a parent, but I'd explain to the kid what meat is.

stienman said:

While eating a meal consisting of leg of lamb, the six year old asks, “But… how does the lamb walk with only three legs?” (source)

Assuming you don't know them well (perhaps they were brought by your guest), but everyone looks to you to answer, what do you say?

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"Not very well."

Ask your parents. They're sitting right there.

Not very well. In fact, since the maiming, he's the black sheep of the family.

We're usually pretty blunt about those things in our house, but since it is someone else's child I'd probably make a joke about the lamb needing a pegleg and living its life out as a pirate on the high seas as Captain Fluffy.

I think it would depend on how well I knew the kid's parents, and if I knew anything about how they were raising the kid. If I knew that they were being blunt, like WasabiPoptart I'd probably tell them the truth, though I may wait until after dinner to get into specifics. If I didn't know how they were raising the kid, or if I knew that they weren't being blunt/forthcoming with real life answers (or if I just felt like being an ass), I think I'd probably go the whole "grocery stores have magical meat that doesn't come from real animals" route, a la the quote that I read somewhere (likely Failblog) where some lady was bitching a guy out for hunting because you shouldn't be killing animals when the grocery stores are so full of meat that doesn't require killing helpless little animals.

stienman said:

While eating a meal consisting of leg of lamb, the six year old asks, “But… how does the lamb walk with only three legs?” (source)

Assuming you don't know them well (perhaps they were brought by your guest), but everyone looks to you to answer, what do you say?

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Allow me to share a personal story;

"Uncle HCGLNS these are the best veggie hotdogs I've ever tasted!"
"Vegetarian? These are all beef hotdogs."
"Beef? But Mommy said they were veggie dogs."
"She is mistaken."
"So I'm eating a cow."
"Yep."
""

I'll share a family story...

When my Uncle was six years old, my Grandfather purchased some chickens to use for eggs and meat. My Uncle found one chicken that the others were pecking at and ostracizing. He noticed that the chicken had a broken wing, that was likely the cause of that chicken's troubles. So he took it away from the other chickens, cleaned it, took care of it... he even began to treat Wingy like she was a pet. He would even tie a bit of string around its neck and take her for walks.

Then during one Sunday Dinner my Uncle found Wingy's broken wing on his plate.

WWWIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just pictured a young person referring to you as "Uncle Aych See Gee El Enn Ess".

I have never run into this being from farming country. But I'd probably say something like:

Ask your parents.[DOUBLEPOST=1355434113][/DOUBLEPOST]And that's because you are having us make the assumption that we don't know them that well.

Gusto said:

I just pictured a young person referring to you as "Uncle Aych See Gee El Enn Ess".

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Trying to say his name as a word makes me choke on my tongue. HUKGLINS.

It's awesome, you can admit it.

Scary thing is that HCGLNS could also equally apply to Mrs HCGLNS.

Hugglins.

"A tricycle works perfectly well with just three wheels, right?"

bhamv3 said:

"A tricycle works perfectly well with just three wheels, right?"

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So they removed a front leg and then grafted the remaining onto his sternum?

"The lamb gave us her legs when she was finished using all of them."

"Ask your mother."

No, seriously. I would say just that. It's not my job to break the dreams of children.

North_Ranger said:

"Ask your mother."

No, seriously. I would say just that. It's not my job to break the dreams of children.

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You shall never take your place as North Ranger, Killer of Dreams with that attitude, mister!

Fine by me. I prefer being North_Ranger, the Silencer of Asshats.

The Wearer of Sauna Pants?

I don't think you silence any asshats, north_macDuderino_ranger.

Captain Fluffy never broke anyone's dreams!

"Ask your parents, I'm not your goddamn dad, no matter what your mother says."

Well boy, the lamb was taken behind the shed away from the others so they wouldn't see, and then his neck was cut open so he could die peacefully. Then butchered for his meat.