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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #115983 - 11/15/03 12:12 PM Re: Ornithology 101 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7185 Loc: Vermont Bill, I couldn't get your link to work, but got this: http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/vice.htm. that's a fun site, thanks for finding it! sometimes we can't find what we're looking for because we don't know the right question! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #115984 - 11/15/03 12:43 PM Re: Ornithology 101 wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear etaoin: Funny, it now won't work for me. But in Yahoo Search box I entered "Tolkien nevbosh" and the site came up. Try that. Bill Top #115985 - 11/15/03 04:15 PM Re: Ornithology 101 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7185 Loc: Vermont thanks, Bill. I found the main site, since both of our sites come from the same source: http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/index.html lots and lots of stuff there! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #115986 - 12/08/03 03:24 PM Re: Ornithology 101 Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok They say that the government of Britain will fall if the rooks leave the Tower of London. To ensure that this won't happen, the government unsportingly clips their wings. What the tour guides don't tell you is the reason why the rooks were ever there in the first place. They used to feed on the dismembered corpses of executed criminals. I suspect that they now only get to eat disgraced cabinet ministers. Or, at least, I wish that were the case ... Top #115987 - 12/08/03 04:41 PM Re: Ornithology 101 wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Capfka: How would you like a rook pie (mentioned as a delicacy in Dickens novel) made from Tower rooks fed surplus cabinet ministers? From the Pickwick Papers: The boy shouted, and shook a branch with a nest on it. Half a dozen young rooks in violent conversation, flew out to ask what the matter was. The old gentleman fired by way of reply. Down fell one bird, and off flew the others. 'Take him up, Joe,' said the old gentleman. There was a smile upon the youth's face as he advanced. Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. He laughed as he retired with the bird--it was a plump one. Top #115988 - 12/09/03 06:18 AM Re: Ornithology 101 dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK They are actually ravens at the Tower of London - a much bigger bird altogether. This is quite an amusing presentation: http://www.toweroflondontour.com/kids/ Top #115989 - 12/09/03 11:59 AM Re: Ornithology 101 Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Dixbie, I read your post with indignation. Then I reread mine. You are quite right of course. It was a slip of the brain/finger co-ordination process. Ravens they are. Big, fat, well-fed looking things too! Top #115990 - 12/09/03 12:55 PM Re: Ornithology 101 wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 And raven pie would not be a delicacy to rave about. Top #115991 - 12/10/03 02:57 AM Re: Ornithology 101 dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK Big, fat, well-fed looking things too! "I suspect that they now only get to eat disgraced cabinet ministers." Well - with such a rich diet.... Top #115992 - 12/10/03 09:55 AM Re: Ornithology 101 Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok We're currently hoping for a disgraced Prime Minister. Although he's a bit on the lean side. But we'd settle for the deputy as an entree ... the ravens must be fed appropriately! Top Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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