February 23, 2006

special ingredients

A colleague told me something shocking today - certain grade/type of perfume actually uses a whale’s bladder (or something like that) as part of it’s ingredient to produce perfume. I was of course astounded! I mean.. like… PERFUME! How in the world could I imagine that the redolent nectar that makes one smells and feels good… may contain a part of a dead animal that once was running (or in this case, swimming) and frigging like any of us warm blooded human beings?? Not in my wildest dream!

Alright alright, I don’t actually wanna sound like I give a fuck about animals or whales. I don’t really care if it’s made of some tribal’s pubic hair either coz that’s just so transparent to me (it was just bizarre and as good as an entertaining fact… nothing more). But I did give a lengthy thought about it a bit… how would those animal-lover fanatics and or die hard environmentalists take this… that they’re actually indirectly contributing to killings/poachings with every spray of a perfume? Kinda interesting isn’t it?

Well, these people can act like they’re a consummate bitch about everything regarding the welfare of animals, but do they actually scrutinize every conveniences that they use everyday to check if it’s ‘animal free’ or something like that? I don’t think so. They can’t be doing that for every fucking thing. Who knows your soap could be made of an elephant’s lard? Or your paint brush made of a swine’s bristles? You will never know. (I don’t know either).

A very good example would be that piece of news about McDonalds getting sued (again). Some hardcore vegans recently filed a lawsuit against the American fast food giant over some purported dairy ingredients in their fries. Like, after eating for so many hundreds of strips of good tasting fries, suddenly to discover that they’ve been hurting them cows all along their each awakening minute! How ‘potong stim’ is that? It came as a shockingly horrifying discovery for them. So, they sued Mac to redeem their ‘loss’ and hoped hard that the cows would be resurrected back into this world by winning the lawsuit.

See the problem with these people? Why would they be eating inside McDonalds if they’re so anal about what they fucking eat everyday? How could a vegan expect a fast food restaurant - that sells burgersss - to serve something that’s ‘animal free’? That’s so fucking ridiculous and stupid.

And that’s just one example to be reckoned with. There are many more unknown ingredients out there in our consumer products that makes everything ‘animal free’ next to impossible.
- lipstick made of crushed bugs
- ‘herbal jellies’ made of turtle shells (instead of herbs)
- medicated plasters made of animal parts
etc etc

You get the idea.

Well the conclusion is, these ‘kind hearted’ people can label us as barbaric or cruel ass motherfuckers or anything they like. In reality, we all know that they’re not much different from us ‘bad’ people… as long as they keep spraying perfumes or apply that tested-on-animals lotion on their bums. (in fact, they’re more fucked up because they bitched about everything)

So to you environmentalist/animal-lover buffoons out there, shut up and get a fucking life.

Just feel like ranting today

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14 comments: “special ingredients”


  • To add to that, some Indians that I know here are very particular about their diet. Whatever taht has Vitamin B they wont take, just in case they may come from milk or something. But she didnt sue anybody (yet) la…

    #  | 100  | February 23rd, 2006, 10:13 pm

  • Michael for president! Michael for president! Don’t ask; I have no effing idea what I was shouting about either….

    #  | mahagurusia  | February 24th, 2006, 9:35 am

  • i think on the mcd case…
    u r right….
    why would a herbivore eat in a omnivore restaurant?

    #  | zbjernak  | February 24th, 2006, 9:57 am

  • But i beleive they didn’t go around bitching about it right? There is no relevance in ur comment, 100.

    #  | Double S  | February 24th, 2006, 10:27 am

  • Suprised to read a post like this from u Micheal..Thought u are a little more rational than that..whatever…

    #  | Double S  | February 24th, 2006, 10:31 am

  • I think the perfume ingredient from a whale your friend told you about must be ambergris. It’s not an organ of the body. It’s just a bunch of greasy crud that accumulates in the whales’ stomachs then they regurgitate it up occasionally. Lagi best…whale vomit.

    #  | megabigblur  | February 24th, 2006, 11:05 am

  • 100 - I wonder… how would they know if anything contains vitamin B or not? How do they ascertain that?

    mahagurusia - President of Playboy? Awww cmon… I humbly beg to be declined

    double s - If it’s ‘whatever’, why bother commenting? (FYI - I am irrational most of the time)

    megabigblur - Yeah I was lazy to google it up. But after I did it this morning, I found out that some whales are actually being CUT UP… because none of them has been puking enough… go figure.

    #  | michaelooi  | February 24th, 2006, 11:57 am

  • eh, its actually whale puke. those who find these on beaches will be richhhhhhhhh richhhhhhhh!!!

    #  | dSaint  | February 24th, 2006, 12:15 pm

  • Ever seen Fight Club? They were making soap from tha fat of fat ladies.

    #  | Unladen Swallow  | February 24th, 2006, 2:07 pm

  • Then don’t use any lippie or blushers or make-up lar. Made of some whale stuff also what.

    #  | Primrose  | February 24th, 2006, 2:35 pm

  • ouh i know that musk contained in most perfumes is like the smelliest part on a deer. i don’t know which part but that is the fact. irony eh?

    #  | uculer  | February 24th, 2006, 4:28 pm

  • sure ah
    whale bladder ?? never heard of it

    U guys got it wrong man …
    whale puke lah.. its vomit lah …

    Ask ur frend again bladeer or puke ???

    hehe more revolting ..
    those sweet smell r actually ur friendly whale puke.
    yuk yuk ……..!!!!

    #  | doc2mee  | February 24th, 2006, 10:46 pm

  • hmmm d layout looks like a devil’s den now :p

    #  | tyra  | February 25th, 2006, 8:42 am

  • Fark those pretentious bastards :D

    #  | bongkersz  | February 27th, 2006, 10:18 pm