A shag is not a shag
A recent post from TheManOfScience reminded me that a shag is, indeed, not always a shag. This was brought home to me quite trenchantly when a housemate bundled into my bedroom one morning (way back when i was in my early 20s) ... we were sharing an old terraced villa in Portobello, Edinburgh's seaside-with-beach suburb ... Anyway, housemate caught me immediately post-flagrante and stood there open mouthed for a while, not managing any actual words, just strangled syllables. The sheet was pulled up - it was all very decent, nothing on show - but finally i thought i better break the silence.
"It's no big deal," i said, "I just had a shag."
"No you haven't," he squeaked. "That's a cormorant."
( writerblock ... embedding disabled by request on, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 13:25, 6 replies)

Kindly leave the internet
Your kind ain't welcome here

(I'm just griping because you got me!)
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 13:56, closed)

Good effort
"There is no consistent distinction between cormorants and shags."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 14:46, closed)

Hey baby, fancy a cormorant?





no, I think there is a difference.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 15:14, closed)

No thanks, I only smoke Cafe Creme.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 15:21, closed)

I expected lots of seabird jokes this week, but that particular one wasn't among them.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 15:21, closed)

^This.
Quite unexpected and thus worth a click, I say.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Fri 9 Dec 2011, 23:44, closed)