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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 3:01 pm
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FB wrote:
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 20:26:36 -0800, Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies down
on Broadway'' ) wrote:
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So I was feeding the hummingbirds but not changing the feeder sugar
water quickly enough and it fermented into something like that stuff
that Hunter S Thompson was drinking in the Rum Diary, anyway, so I had
these drunk birds flying everywhere
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Where does that come from?
Sorry. If I borrow from others, I will attribute; if I just quote |
myself, I will not. Again I'm sorry, no hummingbirds died to make that
bit, although with usual fiction, there is truth to see: robins did die.
I have three trees that have berries that they like, love, and while it
isn't about being drunk, at least I like to believe that, they do find
the fenster, now and again, you know, as they eat the berries. |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:01 pm
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Bill Bonde wrote:
| Quote: | FB wrote:
Bill Bonde wrote:
So I was feeding the hummingbirds but not changing the feeder sugar
water quickly enough and it fermented into something like that stuff
that Hunter S Thompson was drinking in the Rum Diary, anyway, so I
had these drunk birds flying everywhere
[...]
Where does that come from?
Sorry. If I borrow from others, I will attribute; if I just quote
myself, I will not. Again I'm sorry, no hummingbirds died to make that
bit, although with usual fiction, there is truth to see: robins did
die. I have three trees that have berries that they like, love, and
while it isn't about being drunk, at least I like to believe that,
they do find the fenster, now and again, you know, as they eat the
berries.
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Pyracantha (Firethorn) berries have an intoxicating effect on birds, but
pyracantha is a bush, not a tree.
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Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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Eileen Grasp
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:01 am
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"Bloke" <here@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<cmsdr2$skp$1@mws-stat-syd.cdn.telstra.com.au>...
Oooh! So near! 'convalescence' has just the right feel to it but
because it refers to recover following an illness I can't use it. |
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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:01 am
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| Quote: | From: blackmath@digiverse.net (Eileen Grasp)
Oooh! So near! 'convalescence' has just the right feel to it but
because it refers to recover following an illness I can't use it.
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Mothered? Smothered? Ministered? |
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顏子英文音樂工作室
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:27 pm
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Arcadian Rises <arcadianrises@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041116213630.06573.00000448@mb-m22.aol.com...
| Quote: | From: blackmath@digiverse.net (Eileen Grasp)
Oooh! So near! 'convalescence' has just the right feel to it but
because it refers to recover following an illness I can't use it.
Mothered? Smothered? Ministered?
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nursed? |
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Mike Lyle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:06 pm
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Arcadian Rises wrote:
| Quote: | From: blackmath@digiverse.net (Eileen Grasp)
Oooh! So near! 'convalescence' has just the right feel to it but
because it refers to recover following an illness I can't use it.
Mothered? Smothered? Ministered?
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"Tended". And please don't follow it with "to": it's better
transitive.
Mike. |
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