Originally posted by Petrushka
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....go for it...I bet that one will not be on TV CCTV RENTA COP shows....bong ching -
Me (this morning, outside chemist's) - You go fiirst
Mum (with twins on double buggy) - No that's all right.
Me - Yes it's all right.
Mum - But you were here first.
Me - Yeah, never mind...
Mum - (looking up to the sky) But...
Me - It's all right: God's not looking.Comment
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....and i bet that went down like a stone attached to many stones...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
....I have the habit of saying such things to strangers....
....this week I have been suffering from walking stick elbow....same as tennis elbow.... and doing a routine in COOP about Novak Djokovic having walking stick elbow....
....if you aren't capable of producing a 'routine' every now and again in life....well I mean, What are you?....
....This week - suffering from packaging, and the poor text/writing on packets in complimentary colour, and small size text, which make it almost imp' to readLast edited by eighthobstruction; 02-07-20, 10:42.bong chingComment
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I have a new hobby. For the last three days, in the morning before breakfast I take a large yoghurt pot with lid (an HSSDU) into the back garden, pick off all the snails I can find clinging to plants and pop them into the pot. Then I transport them to a common about a quarter of a mile away, empty the pot about 2 metres from the wildlife pond and return home. I discover snails' homing instinct is poor over more than 20 metres. https://www.theguardian.com/environm...20-metres-away
Is this sanity or madness?Comment
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....this was covered a couple of years ago inR4 Inside Science....I'll see if I can find it....http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features...ls/snail-swap/bong chingComment
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Thank you. I'm indifferent as to which type of snail. They all seem to eat my plants, especially hellebores. I do wonder whether they are like cats, though, and will be attracted to my garden if there are no other snails there. They seem more communal than cats, thoughOriginally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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I tell them first: "Don't you realise that in ten minutes' time, you'll be completely de-hydrated when the sun comes out, you silly things?" But they only get chucked into the weedy corner of the garden, by our compost heap, where they'll be at oneness with their more customary habitat. Slugs, being slippery, are more difficult to pick up.Originally posted by Count Boso View PostComment
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Yesterday:Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Me: You shouldn't feed them [ducks and geese] bread.
Woman: I know, but we've been doing it for generations.
Me:
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That is exactly what I used to do! Sling them into the bushes in the corner where I reckon they went forth and multiplied or, at best, crawled back on to my plants overnight. It took me some time to register that. (I'm on very good terms with all my near neighbours, so being caught throwing them over the hedge would mean I would have to move, deeply shamed). In these times of less than usual exercise the walk over to the common goes some way to making up for lack of. And since a damp morning is the best time for collection, it gets me up in the mornings. That said, I've only been doing it for three days. It may pall.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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Neighbours, eh?! Last year I found a large branch from next door's mature sycamore lying across our lawn. There was no way it could have been blown that distance, so I hauled it back over the fence, only to be met with a tsunami of bad language from the other side: doubtless they were lying in wait for it to be returned. I said "Your branch, not ours", and fortunately nothing further happened or I'd have got onto their landlord, so, lesson learned there, one hopes!Originally posted by Count Boso View PostComment
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You probably know this already, but it’s actually ok to give bread to ducks and geese, as long as they have other food as well. The main issue is that it’s nutritional value is quite low, so if they fill up on bread, they are potentially missing out on the vitamins and minerals they get from other foods.Originally posted by Joseph K View PostYesterday:
Me: You shouldn't feed them [ducks and geese] bread.
Woman: I know, but we've been doing it for generations.
Me:
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said it was fine to feed small amounts of bread to ducks but people should also feed them sweetcorn, porridge oats, peas and bird seed.
"Just like us, birds need a varied diet to stay healthy," said Tony Whitehead from the charity.
"Although ducks and swans can digest all types of bread, too much can leave them feeling full without giving them all of the important vitamins, minerals and nutrients they need.
"So, although bread isn't harmful, our advice is to only feed small amounts to birds.""I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being EarnestComment
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Pigcasso - latest artistic genius discovered:
I would say her work is more Abstract Expressionist than Picasso.Comment
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Perhaps, but the bread is bad for the water as well. There's more than one sign up in Redditch asking people not to feed the ducks bread (though not where I told this woman).Originally posted by LHC View Post
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More like Hogarth, I thought....I would say her work is more Abstract Expressionist than Picasso.Comment
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