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'Here it's about a mile as the raven flies'
Random quotes:
"similar to those found at Calamity Butte which is located about 8 miles as the raven flies"
"Situated 1 mile as the seagull flies from Porth Beach"
"on the beach at Oregon Inlet on the OBX, about 20 miles as the sparrow flies from Alligator River NWR"
"And I won't wait for morning light. I'd come straight as the crow flies ..."
"Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies"
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Hereabouts "as the crow flies" is what is heard the most.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Here it's about a mile as the raven flies, and mostly halibut and salmon. And usually a gift from friends. No complaints. Here it is as the crow flies. I have never heard of as the salmon flies, let alone the halibut.
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You know how it is, Zed. In the words of the old song, "Birds gotta swim, fish gotta fly."
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"I gotta love one woman till I die."
Edit: It's "as the crow flies" here, too. Poetic license: I actually have one on my wall.
Edit 2: Sorry, Faldage, I was thinking of "Sharks gotta swim, bats gotta fly."
Last edited by Tromboniator; 05/03/11 11:34 AM.
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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Uh, that would be the poetic license.
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Reminds me: "he was a poet, but did not know it, but his feet
showed it, they were longfellows".
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Yes, I've gotten my Wadsworth out of that over the years.
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For some of us, "back in the day" is further back than so many
others. I've not heard it in a very long time.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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