Budgies! Budgies! We don't nee......................
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All this talk of personages much in need of facial re-arrangement has reminded me of my Grandmothers' Budgie. It was named Billy, with great originality, and it was the most vicious example of the species that I have ever encountered. The thing about it was that it was a sneaky little b..ba...bas.. budgie. It would allow anyone to pick it up on their finger, in the traditional 'picking up a budgie' way. It would even allow them to stroke its' breast feathers or tickle it, all the while chirruping and whistling away contentedly. Then when their attention was diverted it would take a great chunk out of some part of their hand, or even more painfully it would climb up their arm, sit on their shoulder and take the chunk out of their ear-lobe. Really, really painful! Anyway, when it would do that to me I would look at it and say "Do that again, and I'll smash your beak in!". That turned out to be the only phrase it ever learned to say. No "Who's a pretty boy then" just "I'll smash your beak in". Still I got my revenge. I actually volunteered to flush it down the toilet but they made me wait until it was dead. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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All this talk of personages much in need of facial re-arrangement has reminded me of my Grandmothers' Budgie. It was named Billy, with great originality, and it was the most vicious example of the species that I have ever encountered. The thing about it was that it was a sneaky little b..ba...bas.. budgie. It would allow anyone to pick it up on their finger, in the traditional 'picking up a budgie' way. It would even allow them to stroke its' breast feathers or tickle it, all the while chirruping and whistling away contentedly. Then when their attention was diverted it would take a great chunk out of some part of their hand, or even more painfully it would climb up their arm, sit on their shoulder and take the chunk out of their ear-lobe. Really, really painful! Anyway, when it would do that to me I would look at it and say "Do that again, and I'll smash your beak in!". That turned out to be the only phrase it ever learned to say. No "Who's a pretty boy then" just "I'll smash your beak in". Still I got my revenge. I actually volunteered to flush it down the toilet but they made me wait until it was dead. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
My ex had one like that, except that it never was friendly enough to sit on a finger without attempting to dismember the perch. When she tired of that, she asked me to kill it, but I didn't have the heart to snap the bugger's neck. So I dissolved one of those over-the-counter sleeping pills (Sleep-eeze, I think it was, the blue one) in the monster's water bottle and let nature take its course. The bird can be truthfully said to have died in its sleep. :)
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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All this talk of personages much in need of facial re-arrangement has reminded me of my Grandmothers' Budgie. It was named Billy, with great originality, and it was the most vicious example of the species that I have ever encountered. The thing about it was that it was a sneaky little b..ba...bas.. budgie. It would allow anyone to pick it up on their finger, in the traditional 'picking up a budgie' way. It would even allow them to stroke its' breast feathers or tickle it, all the while chirruping and whistling away contentedly. Then when their attention was diverted it would take a great chunk out of some part of their hand, or even more painfully it would climb up their arm, sit on their shoulder and take the chunk out of their ear-lobe. Really, really painful! Anyway, when it would do that to me I would look at it and say "Do that again, and I'll smash your beak in!". That turned out to be the only phrase it ever learned to say. No "Who's a pretty boy then" just "I'll smash your beak in". Still I got my revenge. I actually volunteered to flush it down the toilet but they made me wait until it was dead. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Well, it's funny you should ask that, because I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your budgie down, and apparently you can either hit them with the book, or you can shoot them just there, just above the beak.
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All this talk of personages much in need of facial re-arrangement has reminded me of my Grandmothers' Budgie. It was named Billy, with great originality, and it was the most vicious example of the species that I have ever encountered. The thing about it was that it was a sneaky little b..ba...bas.. budgie. It would allow anyone to pick it up on their finger, in the traditional 'picking up a budgie' way. It would even allow them to stroke its' breast feathers or tickle it, all the while chirruping and whistling away contentedly. Then when their attention was diverted it would take a great chunk out of some part of their hand, or even more painfully it would climb up their arm, sit on their shoulder and take the chunk out of their ear-lobe. Really, really painful! Anyway, when it would do that to me I would look at it and say "Do that again, and I'll smash your beak in!". That turned out to be the only phrase it ever learned to say. No "Who's a pretty boy then" just "I'll smash your beak in". Still I got my revenge. I actually volunteered to flush it down the toilet but they made me wait until it was dead. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
My Uncle Tom and his wife had a Canary for years, they called it Sean!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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My Uncle Tom and his wife had a Canary for years, they called it Sean!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Boooooo! Boooooo!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Boooooo! Boooooo!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
These were the same people who had a dog called 'Deefur' and a cat called 'The General'. They were like that.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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These were the same people who had a dog called 'Deefur' and a cat called 'The General'. They were like that.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
I used to have a White Rat called Arthur (don't forget, I'm from Norf Lunnon).
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I used to have a White Rat called Arthur (don't forget, I'm from Norf Lunnon).
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
So you 'ad arfur rat? What did you do with the other half?
Henry Minute wrote:
don't forget, I'm from Norf Lunnon
Whilst I was born in Belfast, I was raised in Pimlico until I was 14 before coming to Luton. So I am more a West Ender than a norven, (At least the right side of the river eh?), not for me the delights of the Northern Line and such idyllic backwaters as Camden Town and Islington. I had to rough it in St James' and Chelsea.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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All this talk of personages much in need of facial re-arrangement has reminded me of my Grandmothers' Budgie. It was named Billy, with great originality, and it was the most vicious example of the species that I have ever encountered. The thing about it was that it was a sneaky little b..ba...bas.. budgie. It would allow anyone to pick it up on their finger, in the traditional 'picking up a budgie' way. It would even allow them to stroke its' breast feathers or tickle it, all the while chirruping and whistling away contentedly. Then when their attention was diverted it would take a great chunk out of some part of their hand, or even more painfully it would climb up their arm, sit on their shoulder and take the chunk out of their ear-lobe. Really, really painful! Anyway, when it would do that to me I would look at it and say "Do that again, and I'll smash your beak in!". That turned out to be the only phrase it ever learned to say. No "Who's a pretty boy then" just "I'll smash your beak in". Still I got my revenge. I actually volunteered to flush it down the toilet but they made me wait until it was dead. :-D
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Was it a matter of Faith?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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These were the same people who had a dog called 'Deefur' and a cat called 'The General'. They were like that.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
We had a cat temporarily named "Stir Fry" his name was a warning. He didn't believe us.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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These were the same people who had a dog called 'Deefur' and a cat called 'The General'. They were like that.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Dalek Dave wrote:
a cat called 'The General'.
Not 'Chairman Meow' then?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
a cat called 'The General'.
Not 'Chairman Meow' then?
Funnily enough, Mao (as in Chairman) is the Mandarin word for Cat! (Check this, it may be Hokkien). So the leader of the peoples revolution was a pussy!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Was it a matter of Faith?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
I am adamant that it was not! Now excuse me whilst I get in my Helicopter and leave.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I am adamant that it was not! Now excuse me whilst I get in my Helicopter and leave.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
By all that is holy, spirits will be needed if this turns into a pun thread.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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I am adamant that it was not! Now excuse me whilst I get in my Helicopter and leave.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why does he have only four limbs?[^] Surely he must have six?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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By all that is holy, spirits will be needed if this turns into a pun thread.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
Looking at the Numbers, and being Ruthless, it may well do so.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Why does he have only four limbs?[^] Surely he must have six?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
He only appears to have two fore limbs? Two and four make 6. Obvious really!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Looking at the Numbers, and being Ruthless, it may well do so.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
A Biblical effort. Now I'm getting out of here before the Exodus.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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He only appears to have two fore limbs? Two and four make 6. Obvious really!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
two fore limbs
Two fours is 8! Plus 2 legs is ten!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Henry Minute wrote:
two fore limbs
Two fours is 8! Plus 2 legs is ten!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Which is why he also has two ant-ten-a. Two tens are twenty, plus the ten legs makes thirty. I think it is possible that he is in fact a swarm of 5 ants, each with the requisite 6 legs.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
