tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post113033175650884641..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Excuse me while I kiss the skyThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130429956063705882005-10-27T17:19:00.000+01:002005-10-27T17:19:00.000+01:00Mr Dawson's comment reminds Lady Bracknell of some...Mr Dawson's comment reminds Lady Bracknell of something she once read in The Penguin Book of Comic and Curious Verse. It goes something like this:<BR/><BR/>"Unlike the wild ducks, I cannot fly<BR/>And skein the satin of the sky<BR/>But I can do what they cannot:<BR/>Decoy them, and shoot the lot."<BR/><BR/>Lady Bracknell will get her coat now...Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130421114807294812005-10-27T14:51:00.000+01:002005-10-27T14:51:00.000+01:00The sound made by Canada geese cause Rocco to lite...The sound made by Canada geese cause <A HREF="http://timmargh.net/2005/04/the_love_of_my.php" REL="nofollow">Rocco</A> to literally go mental - I one spilled his pint once ... or something.<BR/><BR/>There have been many, many starlings flying around here, so much so that I thought they were auditioning for a part in the remake of <EM>The Birds</EM>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130359696462094912005-10-26T21:48:00.000+01:002005-10-26T21:48:00.000+01:00There has been much honking of geese above Brackne...There has been much honking of geese above Bracknell Towers in the last week or so.<BR/><BR/>The editor spotted some geese from her office window on Monday, and complained to her colleagues that they were flying in a "rubbish v".<BR/><BR/>One young wag suggested that that might be because they had bird flu...Lady Bracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140991035663374911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130352722662311962005-10-26T19:52:00.000+01:002005-10-26T19:52:00.000+01:00Sometimes I've been lucky enough to see a skein of...Sometimes I've been lucky enough to see a skein of wild geese passing overhead; it always gives me a thrill.<BR/><BR/>Maybe those birds know something we don't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130345513879154972005-10-26T17:51:00.000+01:002005-10-26T17:51:00.000+01:00Dark here as well down south, only big birds on th...Dark here as well down south, only big birds on there way to Heathrow.<BR/><BR/>James Marshall Hendrixpetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162001029968518442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1130344609950192892005-10-26T17:36:00.000+01:002005-10-26T17:36:00.000+01:00But it's gone all dark down here. I shan't see the...But it's gone all dark down here. I shan't see them :-(marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.com