BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan
Date: 20 Nov 06 - 04:11 PM

Yesterday, at lunch in the courtyard, I had an adolescent magpie hop up on the seat and importune me, by carolling.

Lovely!

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Observer
Date: 20 Nov 06 - 05:51 PM

I think I have a woodpecker working every morning on a tree outside my house, but I don't know for sure if it is a woodpecker, because all I ever see is the wood...

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Nov 06 - 06:03 PM

I am sure you would know if you had a woodpecker as their "Hammering" with their beak into the wood is so loud you would surely hear it.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 20 Nov 06 - 06:04 PM

Never actually heard of a woodpecker tit though!

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 20 Nov 06 - 06:07 PM

Woodpeckers eh?

The Fooles Troupe know about woodpeckers...

Fooles: Once upon The Steps,
or Flickering Fateful Feathery Fingers

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 10:52 AM

Is that somebody who drinks Cider GS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 11:45 AM

LOL..in fact ROFLOL Les

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,jaze
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 12:03 PM

Liz, this reminds me of a conversation we had here once about Spotted Dick. I told a co-worker about Spotted Dick and she laughed and laughed and swore there couldn't be any such thing. Well... I'm ordering her some from a British Import place for Christmas. Can't wait to see her face when she opens it! Not sure I'll help her eat it, though :>)

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 12:11 PM

Spotted Dick is a smashing pudding, especially with Custard. I would help her.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: terrier
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 04:31 PM

Spotted Dick...lovely grub, but When I was very young I wouldn't eat it. My Gran had a Dalmation dog and I used to think that's what it was made from. (kids logic) :=}

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: sapper82
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 11:24 AM

Suprised no one has mentioned the sad story of (I think) the Red Rumped Tit that arrived on these shores and had the twitchers all a quiver for a short period until an Avian Assassin (aka the Sparrow Hawk) had it for dinner!

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 01:36 PM

Thought that was a Swallow Sapper?
G.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 01:40 PM

There ya go matey.
G.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 03:21 PM

Must be a few of those... I#m pretty sure the one I read about meeting that fate was an American robin.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 07:10 PM

There's only one Australian Robin!

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 08:38 PM

But you are flightless I think.... ;-)

Anyway, here is the American robin one.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 22 Nov 06 - 09:57 PM

The question he frames in all but words is

What to make of a diminished thing!

---from the poem "The Oven Bird" by Robert Frost












("cobra" = one for Siamese Twins...)

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 05:32 AM

Flightless?

Not if the Lady makes the first move...

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 05:55 AM

My robin is flitting around the buddliea bush now.. I think he's after the late bugs that are enjoying what must surely soon be the last of the sunshine. My tits have emptied their feeder again... I'm sure they're all addicted to black sunflower seeds.. I may have to wean them onto nuts.

The coal tit was hopping about this morning. I hadn't seen him for a few days, but they have a couple of other feeding sites on the block so I know they're all OK. The cats don't seem at all interested in chasing the tits... perhaps they don't taste nice.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 08:25 AM

Here's something new... the blackbird was attempting to get at the seed feeder about 30 mins ago....   maybe the word is spreading that black sunflower seeds are the thing to eat!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 08:45 AM

This thread has grown larger than I expected it to...hard to keep abreast of it.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 09:43 AM

Seems it's getting lots of support from somewhere....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 02:06 PM

It must be a Z bra by now

or maybe a hammock

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: robomatic
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 02:56 PM

I just love this characteristic of English that allows us to apply the names of body parts to common objects.

Growing up in boring ol' 'New' England I would never have guessed you could call a chickadee a tit. What a missed opportuniy for myself and my young male friends.

I would like to take this opportunity to make sure that younger generations not suffer unconsciously as I did, and propose the following noun nominations:

nipple - beatle
wang   - hammer
hickey - hickey
hair   - grass
lips   - cheerios

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser
Date: 23 Nov 06 - 03:14 PM

I want you all to know I only opened this thread because I have a biological background. I thought this was a strictly scientific discussion regarding supernumary breast mammography/excision or a new evolutionary/genetic discovery countering the notion that "worthless as teats on a boar hog" was non-factual.

BTW, the number of teats on a boar hog has hereditary trait significance regarding the number and quality of teats his gilt piglets will have. (I had to add something scientific to make sure y'all believed the reason I opened this thread)

However, I should have known better to think this was a purely scientific discourse since Ms. Liz started it…

Liz, Liz, Liz you are something else young lady. You sure know how to get the laughs started.

Oh, and I most certainly quit reading the remainder of the posts as soon as I learned the true premise of the thread… (clears throat)

Thanks for the laughter.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 05:27 AM

There must be stormy weather ahead, my tits are bouncing around like nobody's business... They're all over the place, like someone has put coffee beans out for them...

The pyrocantha bush has been stripped completely by the blackbirds - nary a berry to be seen and the robin hasn't come out of his bush at all today (he's hiding in a privet bush in next door's garden).

Methinks it's time to refil the feeder and batten down a few nuthatches.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 05:52 AM

"bouncing around like nobody's business... "

Try sitting down.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 05:55 AM

We all need somewhere to be privet, even robins.
My ex-stepdaughter [don't ask!] had 3 nipples, but she kept that privet too.
All this beating about the bush is making me thirsty!
Byeeeee
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: MudGuard
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 06:40 AM

Liz, when I saw your thread about your tits, I really got interested ;-)

Strange how different languages are.

coal in German means Kohle.
So I thought the coal tit must be what's known here as Kohlmeise. But when I saw the pictures, I was confused.

So I looked it up - "Kohlmeise" is called "Great tit" in English, and "coal tit" is "Tannenmeise", "Tanne" meaning "fir" in English

"blue tit" is called "Blaumeise" ("Blau" meaning "blue"),
"crested tit" is called "Haubenmeise" ("Haube" meaning "hood"),
"sombre tit" is called "Trauermeise" ("Trauer" meaning "mourning"),
"long-tailed tit" is called "Schwanzmeise" ("Schwanz" meaning "tail")

(All the mentioned "Meisen" = "tits" I've seen from my balcony.

Robins, which are quite common in UK are quite rare here ...

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 07:53 AM

The great tit and the coal tit are easily confused, which is why I checked my bird book.

Great tits are like blue tits but with black heads. Coal tits are like great tits but with brown bodies, not green and yellow.

Sometimes I wish I just had the sparrows back...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: MudGuard
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 08:19 AM

Also, the great tit is bigger than the coal tit. (My book says 14cm vs. 11cm [5.5in vs. 4.3in] beak-tip to tail-end). Blue tit is about the same size as coal tit.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 08:57 AM

Liz love...I think you would look very strange with a sparrows back

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 09:10 AM

Better than a Brighton sea front though.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 09:35 AM

Great tits Grommet!
G.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 10:46 PM

Liz,
How wonderful your tits are bouncing around.
I haven't seen any tits at all around here, and I feel I'm missing out!

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 24 Nov 06 - 11:18 PM

I haven't seen any tits for ages - these days what with the increased risk of sunburn causing cancer I haven't been to the beach for yonks...

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 12:17 AM

Fooles - this is England... even in summer my tits are blue.

They were right about the weather... got woken up by the wind in the chimney at 4.30am today. And that's a terrible place to get the wind, as the noise is magnified by the space.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 12:31 AM

Liz,

would a jumper help?

ooooo, er..

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 12:35 AM

I refused to comment on your wind, I hope you noticed.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 03:08 AM

But how many cats did Octopussy have?

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 03:08 AM

Never heard the ar***ole referred to as the chimney before :-)

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 06:03 AM

I could comment Les but I guess you'd be offended........ROFLOL

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 07:28 AM

Thought that comment would have you Wind Dinging In GS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 09:02 AM

I don't think it's fair to refer to Manitas like that... I really meant the chimney! Our bed is against the blocked off chimney breast, so we really do sleep like logs - with our heads in the grate! Trouble is, it just acts like a great big jug when the wind blows over the top at angle...

I tuned out the other wind noise a long time ago - but suffice it to say, if we could hook Manitas's ass up to a turbine, we'd cut our fuel bills in half!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 04:00 PM

It's time we made a clean breast of it. I am going to watch football on the boob tube now, and leave off this mindless tittering.

Oh, the humanity!

Art

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 05:50 PM

"it just acts like a great big jug when the wind blows over the top"

I could comment that perhaps you just might get the top sealed, but I will comment that you do now understand that 'empty vessels make most noise', thereby running the risk of turning this into a music thread.

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 06:27 PM

One day this thread will be just another mammary..or is it memory?

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Silverwolff
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 06:49 PM

At the risk of making people groan...


Somebody said "That's a strange tit,too
You have on the side of your head."
I said "That's a blue print, left by the bird,
Just a little more and I'd be dead"

See, you could finish the tune, and call it the Coal Tit, Too.


--Silver

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan
Date: 25 Nov 06 - 10:31 PM

I think Liz must be in trouble...

She has three different tits,
They're bouncing around,
Her breast is blocked off,
but her big jug is exposed to the wind.

Makes me wonder at the waste.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Student J
Date: 26 Nov 06 - 03:57 AM

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