tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post8024963662634563189..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Giant Birds 2Bryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5215953577117516932008-11-03T06:03:00.000+00:002008-11-03T06:03:00.000+00:00dell inspiron 2200 batterydell latitude x200 batte...<A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/inspiron-2200-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell inspiron 2200 battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/latitude-x200-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell latitude x200 battery</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.batterygoshop.co.uk/dell/6000-battery.htm" REL="nofollow">dell 6000 battery</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54155132565461336732007-06-19T13:07:00.000+00:002007-06-19T13:07:00.000+00:00Never had a link to a Buffy script before, Dave, t...Never had a link to a Buffy script before, Dave, thanks. And you're right about bunnies. We are under siege, no doubt about it.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80194679084189647432007-06-19T12:53:00.000+00:002007-06-19T12:53:00.000+00:00Hey Bryan what about those giant bunnies:'Monster ...Hey Bryan what about those giant bunnies:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0411_060411_rabbit.html" REL="nofollow">'Monster Rabbit Stalks U.K. Village'</A>.<BR/><BR/>I say we've got to keep an eye on those bunnies. They may even be the instigators of those squirrel attacks. <BR/><BR/>'Bunnies aren't just cute like <BR/>everybody supposes!<BR/>They got them hoppyDave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90526891814266317662007-06-18T19:17:00.000+00:002007-06-18T19:17:00.000+00:00liger? that's Latin for river, isn't it? i always ...liger? that's Latin for river, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>i always like the idea of wyvernsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31558221112854475312007-06-18T16:14:00.000+00:002007-06-18T16:14:00.000+00:00No, that's the Tigon.No, that's the Tigon.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47322554957045001082007-06-18T15:43:00.000+00:002007-06-18T15:43:00.000+00:00Can they saw a woman in half?Can they saw a woman in half?Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-65303232427999131532007-06-18T15:30:00.000+00:002007-06-18T15:30:00.000+00:00What about Ligers. They're pretty much my favourit...What about Ligers. They're pretty much my favourite animal. Bred for their skills in magic.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-29601775052623995952007-06-18T14:55:00.000+00:002007-06-18T14:55:00.000+00:00i guess if birds are getting bigger & more uppity,...i guess if birds are getting bigger & more uppity, 'tis only a matter of time before we have another dragon infestation. i remember those fuckers.<BR/><BR/>The sole advantage of dragons is that, being immune to any but magical weapons, which are in short supply now Kafka is dead, they really usurp Man's position at the top of the food chain. Which is good because people have been getting more & Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-42436278609961169242007-06-18T14:07:00.000+00:002007-06-18T14:07:00.000+00:00that's just plain foolish, what are they thinking ...that's just plain foolish, what are they thinking of at zoo central? bring back Johnny Morris!<BR/><BR/>you have meat substitute for vegetarians, right? well, not a great leap of the imagination, I'd have thought, to come up with bamboo substitute using animal protein - they could use donkey cock, as seen on Paul Merton in China - a billion chinese swear by it! and who wouldn't, given that as a Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90460619019796720422007-06-18T12:56:00.000+00:002007-06-18T12:56:00.000+00:00Yes that sounds like typical bustard behaviour. So...Yes that sounds like typical bustard behaviour. Some animals are clearly hellbent on extinction, yet we insist on standing in their way, if they're big enough or cute enough. Consider the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda#Behavior" REL="nofollow">Giant Panda's idea of a diet</A> - it's a wonder they've lasted this long.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4689976291695139622007-06-18T11:06:00.000+00:002007-06-18T11:06:00.000+00:00that, nige, may have something to do with trying t...that, nige, may have something to do with trying to introduce them to salisbury plain, a place devoid of regular human natural compassion. I've heard they sit around all day trying to hatch unexploded ordnance. silly bustards.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-11673553852078194752007-06-18T11:01:00.000+00:002007-06-18T11:01:00.000+00:00hey, Bryan - that paper you sometimes write for go...hey, Bryan - that paper you sometimes write for got it bloody wrong too! About Hockney's bigger trees near warter, remember? It was that chap AA Gill, god he's gone down in my estimation. still, I bet it wasn't his fault. I mean, you've only got to look at the thing and ask yourself, ''what bleeding water?!''.<BR/><BR/>anyway, if you google 'hockney's bigger trees', the popular return is '...nearIan russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90039082331048615892007-06-18T10:56:00.000+00:002007-06-18T10:56:00.000+00:00Yes indeed, Bryan - man's benign impact. As Blake ...Yes indeed, Bryan - man's benign impact. As Blake wisely remarked, 'Without man, Nature is barren'... Happily though, Ian, the plot to swamp the country with crazed Giant Bustards is not making spectacular progress, despite the best efforts of the <A HREF="http://www.greatbustard.com/index.html" REL="nofollow">Great Bustard Group</A>. Can't win em all...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61427977763388146952007-06-18T10:51:00.000+00:002007-06-18T10:51:00.000+00:00What news indeed? I think he was last seen promoti...What news indeed? I think he was last seen promoting some book or other.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17265102537882441532007-06-18T10:40:00.000+00:002007-06-18T10:40:00.000+00:00well, i told you it was a fahkin' ostridge, didn't...well, i told you it was a fahkin' ostridge, didn't i? they're all over the shop.<BR/><BR/>anyway, you're wrong - little birds are shortlived, it's the bigger ones that live long and prosper. why owls live to be 103 years old, whether they want to or not. you can't kid the dna.<BR/><BR/>so, what news of the great bustard?Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-31714074034467487202007-06-18T10:21:00.000+00:002007-06-18T10:21:00.000+00:00Quite so, but man's impact on nature might very we...Quite so, but man's impact on nature might very well be expressed by the sudden imbalance you describe. Mightn't it?Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.com