My late father, who came from a small croft on the Isle of Skye,
and his brother used to make their own 'kites' back in the late 1930s. As they had no money.... and no kite shops, it went something like this...
1) get long length of string
2) tie string to a wooden stick about 6" long
3) push stick down throat of a herring or mackerel
4) swing tethered fish around head and throw in air towards circling seagulls
5) seagull catches and greedily swallows fish whole
6) Et voila!... instant animated 'kite' that you don't even need a windy day to enjoy
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Flash_Bastard, Tue 24 Aug 2010, 0:54,
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Whilst fishing on the Isles of Scilly
a bastard seagull swooped down and pinched my bait, Unfortunately for the bird my bait was attached to my hook and he swallowed it and flew off. I grabbed the line and had myself a seagull kite. My dear friend grabbed the line and pulled. The hook was released and the seagull plummeted to the ground and lay there twitching. Scott put it out of its misery. I was the only one who didn't find it funny.
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Peej, Tue 24 Aug 2010, 9:57,
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Fishermen off Shetland
would put magnesium or somesuch explosive thing into a fish throw it in the air for the gulls. Then they would fly around on fire for a bit.
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nothing so exotic
All you need to use is soluble tablets, something like solpadeine, which fizzes when wet. Birds can't burp to release the gas so it gets trapped until BANG!
...apparently
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SteamedCleaner, Fri 27 Aug 2010, 15:39,
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