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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74557 07/01/02 06:47 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 39 Nacogdoches, Texas, USA R Robert Payne newbie Robert Payne newbie R Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 39 Nacogdoches, Texas, USA Well, I'll just toss my two birds into the blackbird pie... I don't have a problem with the two birds metaphor...I hunt and fish (and eat what I take), but I really like the alternative "Go the extra mile with one step" that was proposed by someone. It's longer, but mixes several metaphors in a thought provoking manner. Incidentally, I read the other day that the human population is now consuming our natural resources at a rate of 1.2 years-worth per year. That is, it will take 1.2 years for the earth to regenerate what we use every 1 year. I suspect that the human population would profit from a little predation - though the preyees wouldn't appreciate it much! Robert Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74558 07/01/02 08:51 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England I'll just toss my two birds into the blackbird pie Any advance on 26 blackbirds in the pie? I'd gladly make it a hundred pigeons from this side of the Pond. Apparently there was some talk of classifying them as vermin, which would have made a lot of sense as regards city pigeons. I hear Venice is even worse than London, though. Go the extra mile with one step It's a good phrase, but I still wouldn't use it in lieu of "kill two birds with one stone". For one thing it has no "two", often a vital ingredient. I suspect that the human population would profit from a little predation Nature has Her ways. For instance, we had a very near miss from an asteroid recently: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2056000/2056403.stm But then, I might just get run over by a bus. Cheery Fisk Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74559 07/01/02 09:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear fishonabike: Bird lovers can really go to extremes. In Boston over fifty years ago, some bleedinghearts got upset about a rare Arctic peregrine falcon killing pigeons on Boston Common, and got someone to shoot it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74560 07/01/02 09:28 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Robert Payne said: "I suspect that the human population would profit from a little predation - though the preyees wouldn't appreciate it much!" Seems a situation where everyone would be a NIMBI. Or at an Afghan wedding. - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74561 07/01/02 10:52 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Seems a situation where everyone would be a NIMBI. I'll bite. What's a NIMBI? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74562 07/01/02 11:58 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 None of Your Business, Keiva. You are not welcome here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Two Birds with One Stone #74563 07/02/02 12:12 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Dear Dr. Bill, Today you wrote earlier in this thread: Aside: Keiva you are still Public Enemy #1. And now you just wrote: None of Your Business, Keiva. You are not welcome here. I had finally gotten WW down for the night, completely secure [or so I thought], tied up in her little bed. I myself, sitting very quietly in front of her laptop screen, took a quick, and very unconcerned glance through this thread out of idle curiosity, but the little devil had pulled out her hidden telescrope, read the thread along with me, and now she is cackling uncontrollably and shouting, "Three cheers for Dr. Bill!" over and over. Thanks a lot, comrade. Do you have any idea how long it takes to calm her down once she gets going? Bedlam regards, WW's Nursie Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter acronym #74564 07/03/02 10:01 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England everyone would be a NIMBI I thought it was NIMBY, Pfranz, "Not In My Back Yard" Is this "Not In My Back <a word beginning with I>"? If so, we could always guess it, which might be fun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: acronym #74565 07/03/02 06:38 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok No, shona, it was a typo. Pure and simple. - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: acronym #74566 07/03/02 07:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Fellas, try I = introitus Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  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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