-[I]- Were we talking about ducks?
Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-origins@moderators.isc.org
involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four newsgroups?
Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
T Guy
Was the 'ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra' item
someone complaining that the female duck was referred to as a 'hen'?
If that wasn't here, it was in rec.arts.sf.fandom. Or somewhere other
than Usenet.
Quadibloc
> On Sep 27, 1:16 pm, "Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-
> orig...@moderators.isc.org" <rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote:
> > Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
> > Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
>
> Was the 'ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra' item
> someone complaining that the female duck was referred to as a 'hen'?
There was indeed a discussion in one newsgroup I frequent about
newspapers getting technical terms wrong that referred to the
Australian War Memorial at Canberra. It wasn't clear to me which
technical term was involved, but the article had a title referring to
the memorial as a "chick magnet".
John Savard
Quadibloc
The thread was titled "B. T. W. & F. Y. I.", and included a link to
this news article:
John Savard
Frederick Williams
>
> Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
> involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
> public spaces.
Not in uk.media.radio.bbc-r4, I think.
--
Needle, nardle, noo.
Gary R. Schmidt
in *any* of the four groups you mention. (I responded to it, but can't
find my own copies!!)
Cheers,
Gary B-)
Lesley Weston
ducks in worse danger than usual? I can partially answer that, actually:
In Vancouver, Canada there is a bylaw forbidding people to feed ducks
and other birds outside their own gardens. If this law were actually
enforced, Vancouver's duck population would be in enormous danger, but
luckily it's totally ignored by everybody including the police and Parks
officials, and the ducks are prospering.
Lesley.
Mark Zenier
From: Robert Carnegie <rja.ca...@excite.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: B.T.W. & F.Y.I.
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <5b0ccc5e-9766-4452...@c21g2000vba.googlegroups.com>
Mark Zenier mze...@eskimo.com
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
T Guy
>
> John Savard
Yes, that's the one of which I was thinking. A pink wafer biscuit to
both you and Mark Zenier.
bpuharic
i had ducks breed on my boat once. but i called the wildlife service
and they told me to move them to a more secure location
does that help?
chris thompson
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:16:03 -0700 (PDT), "Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc
>
> >Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
> >involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
> >public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four newsgroups?
>
> >Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
> >Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
>
> i had ducks breed on my boat once. but i called the wildlife service
> and they told me to move them to a more secure location
>
> does that help?
What kind of ducks? What kind of boat do you have?
Chris
chris thompson
> Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-orig...@moderators.isc.org wrote:> Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
I think Gurgle Groups ate some posts (I don't know if you use GG tho).
Certainly one of mine in a mass-transit group disappeared without
warning.
Chris
chris thompson
<brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
"These are not the ducks you're looking for."
-Obi Wan Quackobi
Robert Carnegie
Ah! Thank you!
And how nice to see that other people share at least some of my
problems! ;-)
Anyway, the Spokane ones have just been on British TV again, is what I
wanted to say. In an edition of _Have I Got News For You_ first seen
May 22nd '09, I believe, which should worry you, on oddly named
digital channel Dave (well, a reasonable name, but not in this
context). Sunday, Sept. 26th at 10.20pm and 1.00am was the showing,
Alexander Armstrong the presenter I think, and I don't know if you
have the means to access that following the broadcast. The ducks are
on YouTube and stuff anyway.
In the programme they explained that the banker had wanted the high
ledge to jump off himself. Or something like that. ;-)
bpuharic
not sure what ducks....but they were protected! cute little buggers.
boat was a 26' express cruiser.
John S. Wilkins
Duck people walk in single file to hide their numbers.
--
John S. Wilkins, Philosophy, Bond University
http://evolvingthoughts.net
But al be that he was a philosophre,
Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre
Michael Stemper
>chris thompson <chris.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sep 27, 11:50 am, Lesley Weston <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cctalk-orig...@moderators.isc.org wrote:
>> > > Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
>> > > involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
>> > > public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four newsgroups?
>> >
>> > > Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
>> > > Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
>> >
>> > We weren't but obviously we should be, and now we are. Why are urban
>> > ducks in worse danger than usual? I can partially answer that, actually:
>> > In Vancouver, Canada there is a bylaw forbidding people to feed ducks
>> "These are not the ducks you're looking for."
>>
>> -Obi Wan Quackobi
>
>Duck people walk in single file to hide their numbers.
Come to the Duck Side; it is more powerful than you can imagine.
--
Michael F. Stemper
#include <Standard_Disclaimer>
COFFEE.SYS not found. Abort, Retry, Fail?
JFW Richards
orig...@moderators.isc.org" <rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote:
The B.T.W. & F.Y.I. thread on rec.arts.sf.written may be what you are
looking for.
Regards
JFWR
Lesley Weston
> chris thompson<chris.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 27, 11:50 am, Lesley Weston
>> <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cctalk-orig...@moderators.isc.org wrote:
>>>> Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
>>>> involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
>>>> public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four newsgroups?
>>>
>>>> Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
>>>> Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
>>>
>>> We weren't but obviously we should be, and now we are. Why are urban
>>> ducks in worse danger than usual? I can partially answer that, actually:
>>> In Vancouver, Canada there is a bylaw forbidding people to feed ducks
>>> and other birds outside their own gardens. If this law were actually
>>> enforced, Vancouver's duck population would be in enormous danger, but
>>> luckily it's totally ignored by everybody including the police and Parks
>>> officials, and the ducks are prospering.
>>>
>>> Lesley.
>>
>> "These are not the ducks you're looking for."
>>
>> -Obi Wan Quackobi
>
> Duck people walk in single file to hide their numbers.
But that waddle is a dead giveaway.
Lesley.
Lesley Weston
What location is more secure (from a duck's point of view) than a boat?
Lesley.
Michael Stemper
>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Anatidaephobia
>
>There's a picture that goes with this, but I can't find it.
It was on a birthday card that I sent last year.
--
Michael F. Stemper
#include <Standard_Disclaimer>
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him talk like Mr. Ed
by rubbing peanut butter on his gums.
Mike Ash
Lesley Weston <brightly_co...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 10-09-28 6:00 AM, Michael Stemper wrote:
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Anatidaephobia
>
> There's a picture that goes with this, but I can't find it.
Perhaps this?
http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/aflacanatidaephobiaad.jpg
--
Mike Ash
Radio Free Earth
Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon
Mitchell Coffey
wrote:
You know your Anatidae mind tricks don't work on me!
Mitchell
John S. Wilkins
GaryN
news:Dmooo.10798$5W1....@newsfe04.iad:
No, No, No Lesley. I assume your keyboard fingers are ganging up on
you. Only cockerels have wattles...:-)
gary
--
Great Humourists don't tell jokes. They plant new species of jokes and
then help them evolve, or just sit back and watch them self-propogate,
grow and start again.
Richard Dawkins.
steveski
<gasp> Ducks that can't float? . . . can't be Bad Ducks, then . . .
--
Steveski
Lesley Weston
takes some doing when their eyes are on the sides of their heads.
Lesley.
Robert Carnegie
Making the nest float is a bit of a challenge, though.
Steven L.
"John S. Wilkins" <jo...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
news:1jpkwo5.j6b6lbvf2zsiN%jo...@wilkins.id.au:
Yes, from Marsh Vader.
-- Steven L.
Matchstick
brightly_co...@yahoo.co.uk says...
<snip>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Anatidaephobia
>
> There's a picture that goes with this, but I can't find it.
>
> Lesley.
This is the picture I always associate with it
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7031/anatidaephobia.png
--
The wages of sin are death... but the hours are good and the perks are
fantastic
Walter Bushell
<dafe6b9b-c3b4-4eea...@c13g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
Mitchell Coffey <m.co...@starpower.net> wrote:
Enough of these canards.
--
The Chinese pretend their goods are good and we pretend our money
is good, or is it the reverse?
Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cc talk-origins@moderators.isc.org
> Mitchell Coffey <m.cof...@starpower.net> wrote:
> > On Sep 27, 6:11 pm, chris thompson <chris.linthomp...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sep 27, 11:50 am, Lesley Weston
>
> > > <brightly_coloured_b...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cctalk-orig...@moderators.isc.org wrote:
> > > > > Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
> > > > > involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in urban
> > > > > public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four newsgroups?
>
> > > > > Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and at
> > > > > Sterling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
>
> > > > We weren't but obviously we should be, and now we are. Why are urban
> > > > ducks in worse danger than usual? I can partially answer that, actually:
> > > > In Vancouver, Canada there is a bylaw forbidding people to feed ducks
> > > > and other birds outside their own gardens. If this law were actually
> > > > enforced, Vancouver's duck population would be in enormous danger, but
> > > > luckily it's totally ignored by everybody including the police and Parks
> > > > officials, and the ducks are prospering.
>
> > > > Lesley.
>
> > > "These are not the ducks you're looking for."
>
> > > -Obi Wan Quackobi
>
> > You know your Anatidae mind tricks don't work on me!
>
> Isn't that when they try to free Anatin Skywalker?
With an a tin opener?
Nigel Stapley
Gene Wirchenko
You have gone quackers.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Gene Wirchenko
Zombie duck people?
"GGGRRRAAAIIINNNSSS!!!"
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Bill Snyder
Waddle you bet?
--
Bill Snyder [This space unintentionally left blank]
John S. Wilkins
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:17:34 -0700, Gene Wirchenko
> <ge...@ocis.net> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:00:28 +0000 (UTC),
> >mste...@walkabout.empros.com (Michael Stemper) wrote:
> >
> >>John S. Wilkins writes:
> >>>chris thompson <chris.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Sep 27, 11:50 am, Lesley Weston wrote:
> >>>> > Robert Carnegie: Fnord: cctalk-orig...@moderators.isc.org wrote:
> >>
> >>>> > > Excuse me, I am trying to find where in the last few days I was
> >>>> > > involved in an online discussion about the dangers to ducks in
> >>>> > > urban public spaces. Does this ring bells in these four
> >>>> > > newsgroups?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > > Specifically, ducks at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra,
> >>>> > > Sand at terling Savings Bank in Spokane, Washington.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > We weren't but obviously we should be, and now we are. Why are
> >>>> > urban ducks in worse danger than usual? I can partially answer
> >>>> > that, actually: In Vancouver, Canada there is a bylaw forbidding
> >>>> > people to feed ducks
> >>
> >>>> "These are not the ducks you're looking for."
> >>>>
> >>>> -Obi Wan Quackobi
> >>>
> >>>Duck people walk in single file to hide their numbers.
> >>
> >>Come to the Duck Side; it is more powerful than you can imagine.
> >
> > You have gone quackers.
>
> Waddle you bet?
Just wait till you get the bill; that'll settle you down.
heekster
OK, Doke.
GC
Bill Snyder
Wilkins) wrote:
Settle me down? I don't believe that, eider.
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
Seeing through that birdbrain's threats is a feather in your cap.
--
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com Blog:
http://seawasp.livejournal.com
Burkhard
you need to powder down with you praise, he is already way too vaned for
his own good, and this further encouragement might quill him
Gene Wirchenko
I suppose one can take comforter in that.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko