Well, dirtywrong100's week 36 challenge is closed,

[camwyn]

but I went ahead and did it anyway. I don't think anyone else did, though. I'm not posting mine there because a) it's at 141 words rather than 100 and b) it's not particularly dirty or wrong despite the name. Nevertheless...

Challenge Thirty-Six

Wacky Legal Hijinks! Somewhere in your drabble, incorporate the phrase, "Well, you see, officer...."


"Ugh! What are you doing to that poor animal?"
"Miss, I'm a furrier. What'd you think I'd do?"
"I've never seen anyone do that to a rabbit before!"
"Do you mean to tell me you've lived all your life up here and you've never seen a rabbit skinned?"
"No!"
"Why not? I know your father hunts- don't you like fur?"
She winced, turning away from the grisly scene. "I like babies, too, but that doesn't mean I want to watch them getting made!"
He snorted with laughter despite the half-peeled rabbit in his hand. She cringed as she realized what she'd just said.
Then came the third voice, deep and curious and all too familiar: "Hello, Miss Delaney. Ought I to ask what I've just walked in on?"
It was the furrier's turn to wince. "Well, you see, Sergeant-"
Louise fled.


Like I said, not really dirtywrong100 material. But I had fun.

Comments

[kyrielle]

*GIGGLES* I love it.

[ebony14.livejournal.com]

Speaking as the grandson of a beef rancher, I find people like this to be just silly.

[camwyn]

I've never actually seen a land animal in the process of being skinned, but I used to own a copy of The Complete Guide to Tanning Furs and Hides. It seemed like a useful skill to pick up, just in case.

Meat, fur, and leather all come from somewhere, people. Just because you pay a big burly man in Chicago to hit the cow with the hammer doesn't mean the cow isn't getting hit with the hammer, and just because the first time you see the leather is after it becomes a jacket doesn't mean that someone didn't have to take a knife to the cow or pig and peel the hide off.