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# You know the stupid rhyme people say about magpies? 1 for sorrow, 2 for joy... ect?
What does it mean when you have 10 of the bastards nesting on your roof.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:01, archived)
# Run.
Run as fast as you can and don't look back.
(I helped save b3ta! Fresh Water Mole loves his baby boy more and more every day, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:02, archived)
# you've got bird shit in your guttering
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:02, archived)
# sorrow x 10
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:06, archived)
# But also, Joy x 5
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:07, archived)
# Three and a third girls and two and a half boys
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:08, archived)
# and a cup and a half?
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:10, archived)
# So, more sorrow than joy. Twice as much, in fact.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:08, archived)
# Before the 17th century they were just called pies.
Sorry, this doesn't answer your question.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:07, archived)
# What did they call pastry encased meals?
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# Pasties.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# So what did they call pasties?
Magpies, perhaps?
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:12, archived)
# lunch
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:17, archived)
# Pied Crows?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# No, apparently it meant "woodpecker".
"pied" comes from reference to the way the bird looks, not the other way round.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:10, archived)
# what did they call a woodpecker?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:11, archived)
# cider
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:13, archived)
# They called it a "pie", which means "cuckoo".
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:13, archived)
#
ahaha
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:14, archived)
# is this this restoration comedy I keep hearing about
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:15, archived)
# something like:
Eight is a kiss. Nine is a wish. Ten is a chance never to be missed.

I think there's a nastier Yorkshire version too...
(prostheses, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:28, archived)