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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 18:07:45 GMT
Or to be more accurate and to quote Tommy in "Snatch" I FUCKIN HATE SWANS Nosy aggressive bastards isn't it. Attachments:
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 14, 2016 18:37:37 GMT
I quite like swans to look at but a lesson I learned very early on is never to feed them on your own mooring, otherwise they will come tapping their beaks on your hull at six o'clock in the morning. They are very intelligent, the swans that lived in Brinklow marina learned to recognise my boat and would come looking for a handout even if I was moored a couple of miles away. Ducks, by contrast only ever look for food in the last place they found it.
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Post by phil70 on Sept 15, 2016 13:32:04 GMT
Have to agree, they look all gentle and serene but that masks their evil intent. In protecting their territory not only will they attack interlopers but do their damndest to drown them. When their eggs hatch they then set about a war of attrition on any living thing that they spot. Ducks and ducklings are all fair game and results in more drownings. Swans? I hate 'em. Phil
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 15, 2016 13:35:39 GMT
They sound a bit like humans! Politicians, anyway.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 15, 2016 13:37:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 14:15:49 GMT
They are very intelligent... Nonsense...when have they ever helped anyone with the Times crossword?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 14:28:52 GMT
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 15, 2016 15:31:48 GMT
Best way to keep them away from your boat is to put up a sign saying in swan language "Caution. Hungry eastern Europeans live here".
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Post by loafer on Sept 15, 2016 19:02:01 GMT
Swans are arrogant, thankless, selfish twats.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 15, 2016 19:15:06 GMT
Swans are arrogant, thankless, selfish twats. Are you sure you are not anthropomorphising here?
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Post by loafer on Sept 15, 2016 19:57:48 GMT
Swans are arrogant, thankless, selfish twats. Are you sure you are not anthropomorphising here? Hang on - I have to look that up!
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Post by Trina on Sept 15, 2016 19:59:51 GMT
Ooooh big word 😊but I agree that swans are like selfish,arrogant gits.They are like Black Country men on a boys night out. Trina (been in the Black Country since 1976).
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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 15, 2016 20:23:32 GMT
Ooooh big word 😊but I agree that swans are like selfish,arrogant gits.They are like Black Country men on a boys night out. Trina (been in the Black Country since 1976). But are girl swans like Black Country girls on a night out? Alas I have never had the good fortune to have a night out with a Black Country lass but I am thinking that cobs and pens must have different characteristics?
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Post by loafer on Sept 15, 2016 20:27:01 GMT
If they come hissing at our window for food, they get a clip round the ear with a teacloth. Then Poops goes mental and chases 'em off!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 17:43:05 GMT
I was talking about swans this summer with another boater and he said that the dyers or vintners or queen or whoever it was would be interested in knowing the number on the leg ring thing.
How do I read it? Do I ask politely? Grab the swan with one of my boathooks and pit chloroform in its beak?
Or is a barbecue the best option?
Apparently there are harsh penalties for killing and/or eating swans but is this really true or another myth like the "a swan can break your arm" bullshit?
I really don't know !
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