it's the recession

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:12, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

....I can't tell if you're being serious or not.
I like magpies. ours are lovely, they sing pretty songs.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:20, Reply)

I'm not
I don't think the recession has caused magpies to become extra aggressive. I didn't know they were so mean, they look so pretty.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:22, Reply)

'stralian Magpies are different to european ones.
Ours are medium size crows which raid nests and generally bully anything smaller than themselves. Thet are also cowards, and fly away at the least sign of danger.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:22, Reply)

ohhhhhhhhhh.
Ours aren't even same species as crows. And they're pretty plucky. But it's funny watching sparrows harrass them.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:27, Reply)

that's one of the reasons I want to move to Aus
we have pigeons, you have parrots.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:36, Reply)

We have parrots too now.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I did see a load in the trees when I was in a boat on the Thames
that was pretty cool. We have a pigeon family living just below our skylight, every morning he pokes his head in and croos at us. Wiggy hates him.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:50, Reply)

also we have pigeons too.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:51, Reply)

there are whole rhymes about magpies here
and how seeing different numbers of them impacts on our lives. If you see one you have to salute to avoid bad luck.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 9:39, Reply)