BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!

14 Nov 06 - 05:30 AM (#1885349)
Subject: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

This morning, my great and blue tits were joined by a coal tit.

I love this time of year - the gentle defoliation means the exposure of all those crannies that were covered in the summer. The lack of leaves on the bastard service tree meant I got a clear view of the coal tit that had previously not been visible.

As for the rest of the garden....

The blackbirds have denuded my bush of berries, they're welcome to them because I need to trim it to more treelike stature before next Spring. They're going to be in trouble when it comes to househunting.... we're acquired a robin who's househunting too! He's been bouncing around the garden as if he were on springs, shouting the odds from the bay tree and daring the cats to come and have a go.... plucky little bugger he is.

LTS

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14 Nov 06 - 05:36 AM (#1885353)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Emma B

This time of year the long tailed tits return in flocks too. It's fun to see how many can fit on a single peanut feeder.

We still have plenty of berries I think nature must be anticipating a hard winter in her abundance but then our blackbirds much prefer anything I grow for my own table.

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14 Nov 06 - 05:42 AM (#1885358)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Paul Burke

All we've got in our garden is a tell-tale tit, a silly old crow, a daft bustard and a funny tern.

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14 Nov 06 - 05:47 AM (#1885360)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Emma B

Paul - you've got to get in more :)

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14 Nov 06 - 05:49 AM (#1885361)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: catspaw49

Hey, look, I got a loverly bunch of cocoanuts too but I don't start threads about them!

Well, occasionally I do...............

Spaw

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14 Nov 06 - 05:51 AM (#1885362)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: skipy

Hallie berries!
I'm staying out of this one!
Skipy

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14 Nov 06 - 07:23 AM (#1885390)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John O'L

I've got a basketball, a rugby ball and a soccer ball...

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14 Nov 06 - 07:30 AM (#1885394)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: kendall

That bird is called a black capped Chickadee here. In fact, it's the state bird.
Friendly little tits they be too. Not uncommon to be able to draw them to eat from your hand.

Ok Spaw, friendly tits...go

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14 Nov 06 - 07:36 AM (#1885396)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

I've already GOT my own home thank you!

Robin

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14 Nov 06 - 07:48 AM (#1885400)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

That's fine Robin.. but could you please stop crapping down my spade handle?

Yes, I know the spade should have been in the shed but it's had an 8ft spider web on it until recently, and I didn't have the heart (or nerve) to move it.

LTS

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14 Nov 06 - 08:05 AM (#1885405)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Jeri

Oh, ponder the Parus atricapillus
In size, 'twixt a bicycle and a bacillus
But ignore Alfred Hitchcock, he'd never kill us
Would the genial Parus atricapillus

I love them - they seem to fly away only out of some sense of face-saving responsibility to the other birds.

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14 Nov 06 - 08:07 AM (#1885407)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

If I had an 8 ft spider on MY spade, I wouldn't move it either...

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14 Nov 06 - 11:35 AM (#1885535)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Grab

Sadly we seem to have a bit of a shortage of birds - probably the fault of the neighbourhood cats. Ah well, moving house soon, and we'll try and rent somewhere out in the country where there's more interesting fauna than just the local variety of Chav Tit. (Which has the locating call of "KEL-LY", because the aforesaid Kelly's friends are too thick to work out complex mechanisms like doorbells...)

Graham.

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14 Nov 06 - 12:04 PM (#1885553)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Beautiful tits,
Spotted today.
Tried to grab them,
They flew away.

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14 Nov 06 - 02:49 PM (#1885651)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

I saw a Great Tippler's Nightcap yesterday, plain as day! Right there in the backyard.

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14 Nov 06 - 02:55 PM (#1885656)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

So that's what was pressing into my back when you leaned over me to type on your computer!
G

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14 Nov 06 - 03:33 PM (#1885691)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Talking about tits they don't seem to come much bigger than that woman in Get Me Out Of here, I'm A celebrity.

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14 Nov 06 - 04:31 PM (#1885738)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Joe Offer

Which James Bond Villain had three?

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14 Nov 06 - 04:35 PM (#1885742)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Les from Hull

Liz - spiders don't often reuse a web, although they might get two days out of one. You can sometime test for occupancy with a tuning fork. If it was a common garden orbweb spider it would be in the middle of the web anyway. But I do appreciate your kindness to arachnids.

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14 Nov 06 - 04:44 PM (#1885747)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

Most only have two!

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14 Nov 06 - 05:31 PM (#1885794)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Are not two enough then?

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14 Nov 06 - 05:40 PM (#1885804)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Kindness nothing, the bitch was bigger than Shelob and she sat there for nearly a month!

Georgian - there are some guys who would say two dozen are not enough....

The tits have been busy at the feeders.. they have ignored the peanut net and the mixed grain, going straight for the black sunflower seeds hanging in the middle. Seems they're as picky as some children I know...

LTS

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14 Nov 06 - 05:47 PM (#1885810)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Liz, I can assure you that one lovely pair of tits would be adequate for me but I guess I never found a pair that would settle with me.

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14 Nov 06 - 05:56 PM (#1885817)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: bobad

"I never found a pair that would settle with me."

Have you tried suet?

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14 Nov 06 - 06:06 PM (#1885828)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

suet?

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14 Nov 06 - 06:07 PM (#1885833)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Emma B

did someone mention "dumplings"?

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14 Nov 06 - 06:17 PM (#1885843)
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From: bobad

For georgiansilver:

Speedy Birdcake by Jane Asher

You need: Suitable container - coconut shell or clean yoghurt pot, a heatproof pan, string.

Ingredients: Beef suet or lard (you need one part of lard to two parts of any of the following. You can just use seeds but any of the other ingredients are suitable too), seeds, nuts, dried fruits - raisins, sultanas - finely chopped bacon rind.

Instructions:
1. Melt or soften the suet/lard in a pan.

2. Pour the other ingredients you are using into the suet and mix well.

3. Place the string into the container so that half of the string is in the container and half is outside. Hold the string in place and pour the mixture into the container over the string.

4. Leave the mixture to cool.

5. Once the suet has hardened, hang up your container by the string that you left hanging outside the pot or coconut.

Enjoy watching the birds eating the food. You may see tits, greenfinches and, if you are lucky, great spotted woodpeckers. Blue tits and great tits may perform acrobatics and hang upside down at times while they eat.

You may get to see great tits performing acrobatics while hanging upside down.

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14 Nov 06 - 06:27 PM (#1885856)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Jon

Don't often see a coal tit. Long tailed, great and especially blue - loads of them usualy - seem to be more common here. I haven't spotted many tits on the feeders yet.

My favourite sight lately has been a couple of Jays. I hear them in the woods often enough but I rarely see them. They have been picking up food from the drive and have got as close as about 6 feet from my bedroom window - don't think I've ever seen them that close before.

There has been a woodpecker hammering away in the wood but I've not seen it.

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14 Nov 06 - 06:29 PM (#1885860)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

If you have cats, be careful when positioning your fat ball... pussies like eating fat and those seeds have a dire effect on them... see this thread for details.

LTS

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14 Nov 06 - 06:35 PM (#1885868)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: skipy

Villan, Faith Brown.
Skipy

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14 Nov 06 - 07:55 PM (#1885957)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Elmer Fudd

Joe O., wasn't it the Man With the Golden Gun?

Elmer

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15 Nov 06 - 09:17 AM (#1886084)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Thanks there Skipy

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16 Nov 06 - 02:04 AM (#1886157)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Joe Offer

Abstitootly correct, Elmer! It was Scaramonga, the Man with the Golden Gun.
-Joe Offer-

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16 Nov 06 - 10:33 AM (#1886298)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: terrier

I meant to do my work today-
But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field.
And all the leaves were calling me.

And the wind went sighing over the land
Tossing the grasses to and fro,
And a rainbow held out its shining hand-
So I said SOD WORK TODAY,
Im gonna sit here and count Tits,
Oh, I may as well open that can of beer....

Apologies to Richard LeGallienne

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16 Nov 06 - 11:04 AM (#1886330)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Schantieman

Tits like coconuts!

























and sparrows like breadcrumbs.

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16 Nov 06 - 12:39 PM (#1886422)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Nick

We used to live between Chipping Norton and Banbury and in winter used to have a whole set of tits except for bearded and crested ones - Blue/great/coal/long tailed tits would come to the bird table and we had willow and marsh in a wild bit at the back of the garden.

Lovely things.

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16 Nov 06 - 02:05 PM (#1886439)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: My guru always said

Microwave is good for melting lard prior to adding suet, peanuts, grain & sunflower hearts for bird cake. Can't imagine why these are so expensive in the shops, why does anyone buy them?

The bird-lawn is becoming very attractive, so much so that a juvenile peregrine falcon landed on top of the bird-table the other day. Seem an adult in the garden a few days ago too! Nature's way!

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16 Nov 06 - 02:23 PM (#1886454)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Favourite cassette tape = Dolly Partons' Greatest Hits

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16 Nov 06 - 07:38 PM (#1886526)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

It wasn't a double A release was it?

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16 Nov 06 - 07:40 PM (#1886529)
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From: Rowan

Just as well there was no thrush among all those tits. And speaking of friendly arachnids, yesterday I found a small scorpion sitting in my kitchen, under the fridge door, catching a bit of cool.

Cheers, Rowan

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17 Nov 06 - 12:58 AM (#1886754)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: mrdux

our yard regularly hosts a foraging flock of bush tits. . . really.

michael

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17 Nov 06 - 07:43 PM (#1887255)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

What is a zebra?
26 sizes larger than an "A" bra.

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19 Nov 06 - 06:11 PM (#1888536)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,...

The zebra joke doesn't work in an English accent.

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19 Nov 06 - 08:39 PM (#1888637)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Bee

I've got flocks of monotone peeping nuthatches in the spruce trees, along with the chickadees, blue jays and four Canada jays. Cormorant in the lake the other day, and various small ducks.

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19 Nov 06 - 09:33 PM (#1888665)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Ferrara

Liz, never saw a pic of a coal tit before. Lovely. They aren't quite like our chickadees.

Here are some great photos of
coal tits.

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19 Nov 06 - 09:58 PM (#1888680)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Ferrara

For the Brits reading this I just put up pics of our Black Capped Chickadees here

and here,

and of Carolina Chickadees, the kind I get in my yard,
here

and here.

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19 Nov 06 - 11:47 PM (#1888723)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

As the Search site says...

"Didn't get the results you expected?"

http://search.ninemsn.com.au/results.aspx?srch=105&FORM=AS5&q=Australian+tits

I've been trying hard, but the best I can do so far is ...

Two years ago, Australian army helicopter pilots were suspended and an inquiry ordered after they were photographed flying a "show us your tits" banner during a sweep through the Surfers Paradise ...

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19 Nov 06 - 11:52 PM (#1888725)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

BTW - Liz, you will note that story - complete with picture, appears in the "Sport" pages of The Australian newspaper - not the "Nature" section...

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20 Nov 06 - 04:22 AM (#1888776)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Your chickadees look like our long tailed tits.

LTS

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20 Nov 06 - 08:05 AM (#1888850)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Bee

I love our Black-Capped Chickadees: 'chick-a-dee' they say all winter, but in early March they change their song to 'sweet weather'. That and the appearance of Common Mergansers on the lake are the first signs of spring here.

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20 Nov 06 - 04:11 PM (#1889230)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

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

Lovely!

Cheers, Rowan

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20 Nov 06 - 05:51 PM (#1889327)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Observer

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...

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20 Nov 06 - 06:03 PM (#1889339)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

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.

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20 Nov 06 - 06:04 PM (#1889341)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Never actually heard of a woodpecker tit though!

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20 Nov 06 - 06:07 PM (#1889343)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

Woodpeckers eh?

The Fooles Troupe know about woodpeckers...

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

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21 Nov 06 - 10:52 AM (#1889930)
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From: Rasener

Is that somebody who drinks Cider GS

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21 Nov 06 - 11:45 AM (#1889961)
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From: Georgiansilver

LOL..in fact ROFLOL Les

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21 Nov 06 - 12:03 PM (#1889972)
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From: GUEST,jaze

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 :>)

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21 Nov 06 - 12:11 PM (#1889980)
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From: Rasener

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

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21 Nov 06 - 04:31 PM (#1890191)
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From: terrier

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) :=}

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22 Nov 06 - 11:24 AM (#1890775)
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From: sapper82

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!

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22 Nov 06 - 01:36 PM (#1890890)
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From: John MacKenzie

Thought that was a Swallow Sapper?
G.

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22 Nov 06 - 01:40 PM (#1890893)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

There ya go matey.
G.

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22 Nov 06 - 03:21 PM (#1891011)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Jon

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

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22 Nov 06 - 07:10 PM (#1891226)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

There's only one Australian Robin!

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22 Nov 06 - 08:38 PM (#1891306)
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From: GUEST,Jon

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

Anyway, here is the American robin one.

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22 Nov 06 - 09:57 PM (#1891348)
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From: GUEST,Art Thieme

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...)

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23 Nov 06 - 05:32 AM (#1891510)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

Flightless?

Not if the Lady makes the first move...

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23 Nov 06 - 05:55 AM (#1891519)
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From: Liz the Squeak

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

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23 Nov 06 - 08:25 AM (#1891596)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

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

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23 Nov 06 - 08:45 AM (#1891621)
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From: Georgiansilver

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

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23 Nov 06 - 09:43 AM (#1891673)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

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

LTS

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23 Nov 06 - 02:06 PM (#1891910)
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From: Rasener

It must be a Z bra by now

or maybe a hammock

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23 Nov 06 - 02:56 PM (#1891959)
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From: robomatic

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

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23 Nov 06 - 03:14 PM (#1891970)
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From: Cruiser

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.

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24 Nov 06 - 05:27 AM (#1892313)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

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

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24 Nov 06 - 05:52 AM (#1892327)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

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

Try sitting down.

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24 Nov 06 - 05:55 AM (#1892329)
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From: John MacKenzie

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

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24 Nov 06 - 06:40 AM (#1892349)
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From: MudGuard

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 ...

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24 Nov 06 - 07:53 AM (#1892378)
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From: Liz the Squeak

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

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24 Nov 06 - 08:19 AM (#1892403)
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From: MudGuard

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.

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24 Nov 06 - 08:57 AM (#1892427)
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From: Georgiansilver

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

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24 Nov 06 - 09:10 AM (#1892439)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

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

LTS

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24 Nov 06 - 09:35 AM (#1892454)
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From: John MacKenzie

Great tits Grommet!
G.

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24 Nov 06 - 10:46 PM (#1892906)
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From: Rowan

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

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24 Nov 06 - 11:18 PM (#1892922)
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From: The Fooles Troupe

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...

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25 Nov 06 - 12:17 AM (#1892950)
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From: Liz the Squeak

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

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25 Nov 06 - 12:31 AM (#1892955)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

Liz,

would a jumper help?

ooooo, er..

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25 Nov 06 - 12:35 AM (#1892958)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

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

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25 Nov 06 - 03:08 AM (#1892989)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

But how many cats did Octopussy have?

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25 Nov 06 - 03:08 AM (#1892990)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

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

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25 Nov 06 - 06:03 AM (#1893053)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

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

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25 Nov 06 - 07:28 AM (#1893103)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Thought that comment would have you Wind Dinging In GS

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25 Nov 06 - 09:02 AM (#1893143)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

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

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25 Nov 06 - 04:00 PM (#1893441)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Art Thieme

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

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25 Nov 06 - 05:50 PM (#1893511)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

"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.

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25 Nov 06 - 06:27 PM (#1893528)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

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

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25 Nov 06 - 06:49 PM (#1893540)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Silverwolff

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

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25 Nov 06 - 10:31 PM (#1893658)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

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

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26 Nov 06 - 03:57 AM (#1893737)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Student J

100

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27 Nov 06 - 06:40 PM (#1894059)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

To add to the confusion Rowan...

They've been pecking the nut bag today. They've ignored it as long as there were sunflower seeds but they ran out yesterday so the nuts are back in favour.

LTS

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27 Nov 06 - 06:50 PM (#1894073)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Ooh, makes my eyes water just thinking about it!
G.

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28 Nov 06 - 02:19 AM (#1894290)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

LOL

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28 Nov 06 - 03:22 AM (#1894309)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,GS

Glad they leave my nut bag alone....

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28 Nov 06 - 03:56 PM (#1894925)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

The crimson rosellas outside my window do an excellent job at stripping nuts; they really know how to manipulate them. Most of the time, though, they only go at stripping one at a time.

Cheers, Rowan

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28 Nov 06 - 04:21 PM (#1894944)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Stilly River Sage

I moved my bird bath and bird feeder from the back yard this fall, because the dogs weren't leaving them alone. Now outside my kitchen window on the side of the house, I have a wonderful perpetual motion display inhabited by any number of small finch-sized birds. Various hues are present, and they scoot in and out of my Silvarado sage and a couple of other evergreen plants (they particularly love a big rosemary out there). If the feeder goes empty I seem to have a high number of pert little faces peering through the window screen alerting me to the problem. It seems that they have been watching me watching them.

My neighbor was complaining this weekend that he hasn't seen many birds this fall, and then he discovered the small flock that hovers around my house. I have an extra shepherd's crook garden thing to give him and plan to find him an inexpensive bird feeder (it's a great time of year to buy them on sale) so he can lure a few back across the street.

SRS

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29 Nov 06 - 03:53 AM (#1895323)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

From the gist of this thread there seem to be a lot of people who enjoy tits.

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29 Nov 06 - 04:16 AM (#1895330)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Well I think this thread should be in the music section.


Tit Songs

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29 Nov 06 - 08:03 AM (#1895453)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

Funny, I can't recall ever hearing my tits sing.... there's the odd peep and general twittering but no real song. Perhaps they just have no need to mark territory.

Squeaky

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29 Nov 06 - 10:32 AM (#1895595)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

>>Funny, I can't recall ever hearing my tits sing<< LOL

Well these do The Itchy Tits Band

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29 Nov 06 - 07:19 PM (#1896011)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

They've never been that itchy either!

LTS

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30 Nov 06 - 01:46 AM (#1896243)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

LOL

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30 Nov 06 - 06:46 PM (#1896970)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Well th etits almost dropped off the bottom

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30 Nov 06 - 09:46 PM (#1897105)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Desert Dancer

Age, gravity, it's inevitable they'll head south eventually...

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01 Dec 06 - 02:39 PM (#1897706)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Not mine... they were very perky yesterday morning, hanging off the nut bag upsidedown, doing acrobatics in the tree and bouncing along the fence.

The weather got a bit moist later though, so they went and hid.

LTS

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01 Dec 06 - 02:47 PM (#1897713)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Oh the mammaries that brings back!
Giok

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01 Dec 06 - 03:06 PM (#1897728)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

Lucky you. I have none whatsoever.

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01 Dec 06 - 07:35 PM (#1897928)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

That's worthy of a titter.

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01 Dec 06 - 08:53 PM (#1897972)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Now is the time for the titmouse to make his appearance.

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02 Dec 06 - 12:43 AM (#1898046)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

"titwillow, titwillow, titwillow..."

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02 Dec 06 - 05:15 AM (#1898125)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

I used to watch Coaltitz on TV, I thought Bernard Hepton was very good in it.
Giok

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02 Dec 06 - 05:39 AM (#1898143)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: freda underhill

I've been living down near the lake in Canberra, and one of the joys of getting the bus from there in the morning is watching the many flocks of birds that coast in to feast on the local plantlife. It's a beautiful moment when you look up to see if the bus is coming over the hill, and instead see a dozen galahs or rosellas
swarming through the trees.

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02 Dec 06 - 06:34 AM (#1898176)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Big Al Whittle

Ard for making inflammatory reamarks.
Keith and Teribus for repling with equally inflammatory replies
Me, for taking part in the ludicrous cyber conversation.

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02 Dec 06 - 06:36 AM (#1898177)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: freda underhill

birds of a feather.. :-)

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02 Dec 06 - 06:48 AM (#1898182)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Forgive me feather for I have sinned.
G.

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02 Dec 06 - 07:37 PM (#1898697)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

There seem to be a lot of Galahs on this thread Freda!

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03 Dec 06 - 02:22 PM (#1898985)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Purple Foxx

Another sort of Tit altogether is the sort who inadvertently deletes his cookie for this site & doesn't know how to replace it.
That would be me then.
All advice gratefully received.

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03 Dec 06 - 07:42 PM (#1899217)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

Go to the log in screen...

you silly t(w)it....

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04 Dec 06 - 12:57 AM (#1899346)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Stilly River Sage

In honor of this thread, Liz, today I visited the local establishment with everything BIRDS. Houses, perches, books, and of course, seed. I picked up some premium bird seed for the various small birds, a mix that comes without a couple of the fillers that usually occupy a lot of space in commercial bags of seed but that don't do birds any good. And I picked up a mesh sack and a bag of thistle seed. Oddest stuff to spoon into the bag. The static electricity around the plastic and with the dry air gave it a life of its own.

I'll watch eagerly to see how long it takes some of the finches and cardinals to discover the need seed and that extra seed hanger!

SRS

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04 Dec 06 - 05:44 AM (#1899433)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Well Stilly, I'm glad my tits have had some influence on you, and I'm glad for their sakes that you've decided on the best seeds. If only people realised the damage that a dry crumb can do to a little moist stomach!

They've been bouncing around again today, it's bright and sunny out, so they're making the most of it. The robin has been clearing up all the bits that they drop from the nut bag and the blackbird is turning over old leaves. I love this sort of day!

LTS

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04 Dec 06 - 08:41 AM (#1899551)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Your tits have influenced us all on this thread Liz and the last sentiment particularly for me. What a beautiful and graphic picture you paint of your tits out bouncing around in the sun.

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04 Dec 06 - 11:16 AM (#1899713)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Who is this Robin. I hope he isn't getting his hands on the tits.

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04 Dec 06 - 03:28 PM (#1899930)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

A tit in the hand is worth two in the...

Well, no. Never mind.

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04 Dec 06 - 03:37 PM (#1899932)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Stilly River Sage

good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read that, Little Hawk, or I'd be replacing the state's keyboard right now.

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04 Dec 06 - 10:00 PM (#1900190)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Man Little Hawk, that was very clever of you....

A bird in hand is worth two in the Bush. (I think I get it, clean mind and all)

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04 Dec 06 - 10:53 PM (#1900213)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Stilly River Sage

Little-B bush, not Big-B Bush. Big-B Bush is a twit, nothing to do with tits and bushes.

Anyway, you should never have even tried spelling it out. That diminishes the effect of the wit.

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05 Dec 06 - 01:06 AM (#1900247)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

I'm just surprised no one else thought of it. ;-) I got a good chuckle when I did.

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05 Dec 06 - 07:08 AM (#1900397)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

I think Liz and her tits are bosom budgies!
G.

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05 Dec 06 - 07:11 AM (#1900405)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It's taken you 138 posts to think of that one, hasn't it Giok!!

LTS

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05 Dec 06 - 08:28 AM (#1900471)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

In Australia we have lots of 'Budgie Smugglers' at the Beach...

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05 Dec 06 - 08:32 AM (#1900475)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

A hand in the bush is worth two birds on the arm, I always say...

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05 Dec 06 - 08:35 AM (#1900477)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Glad you like tit Liz.
G.

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05 Dec 06 - 10:47 AM (#1900585)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

SRS 'sayed'

"Anyway, you should never have even tried spelling it out. That diminishes the effect of the wit."

Hey young lady, that was 2 posts after LH's "tit wit" and you know the type of people opening this sort of thread my not be as "bright" or "like-minded" enough to catch the drift (that does not include me, you, or LH of course!).

As far as big B-Bush versus little b-bush, I am fond enough of the real feminine Bush to think it deserves capitalization! (in fact BUSH!)

Now Liz, back to you. Why in the world would you start a thread like this enticing (forcing) decent folk like me and one or two others here to post 'thangs' that they would not have otherwise posted?

Oh, you retort, this thread really was only about titmice, the small insect-eating passerine birds of the family Paridae, and absolutely nothing else. Sure, that was your intent and any double-entendres were merely accidental or subject only to the "mind-in-the-gutter" perceptions of some Mudcatters.

Now, I have a biological background and my post here was solely to point out the salacious content of this thread and my attempt to return it to the purely scientific and ornithological endeavor that it should have been initially.   

Liz the Streak, er I mean Squeak, you are an 'evil thread' temptress (but obviously a very popular one at that, can you believe 140 plus post so far).

Next, you will likely be starting a thread about your tits flittering about in your pussy willow in your back yard, or some such.

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05 Dec 06 - 11:39 AM (#1900649)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

I do have a pussy willow, but it's very small.... it's in the pond. The tits don't flitter in it because it's too close to the house.

They do like the pittisporum, but the clematis isn't big enough for them to sit in and it suffered badly from the drought.

LTS

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05 Dec 06 - 12:37 PM (#1900723)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Well I hope it isn't a weeping pussy willow, tit willow

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05 Dec 06 - 02:08 PM (#1900801)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Little Hawk

"Oh, behave!" (Austin Powers)

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05 Dec 06 - 04:34 PM (#1900936)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Pittosporum is a declared weed in parts of Australia. It's just as well it doesn't harbour tits.

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05 Dec 06 - 05:45 PM (#1901005)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Mine does, they nested in it one year!

LTS

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05 Dec 06 - 10:14 PM (#1901246)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Liz, I suspect that, whatever you think of your Pittosporum, you really value your tits much more highly. You wouldn't let them come to harm because of some weed, would you.

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06 Dec 06 - 12:59 AM (#1901297)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Long Firm Freddie

There are an estimated 1.7million great tit pairs in the UK...

Birds living in cities are performing a type of "avian rap" while their rural counterparts are sticking to more traditional sounds, a study shows...

Read all about it here: tits

LFF

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06 Dec 06 - 06:05 AM (#1901398)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: fogie

Coal tits are absolutely hopeless for lighting fires.

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06 Dec 06 - 06:28 AM (#1901406)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

So no truth in the old saying 'hot time in the old town tonight'

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06 Dec 06 - 09:43 AM (#1901506)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

>>There are an estimated 1.7million great tit pairs in the UK...<<

Who has the greatest tits in the UK?

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06 Dec 06 - 09:46 AM (#1901509)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Ah.. that could explain a lot. I've not heard my tits sing.. it must be because I'm expecting the languid trilling they did when I lived in Dorset. Obviously with city life, my tits have speeded up to make themselves noticed.

Coal tits are no good at lighting fires because when they hold the matches in their little claws, because they're upside down, the flames burn their bums and they drop the match. The trick is to put your fire under the tits perch and they'll drop the lit match onto it.

Either that or you have damp tits.

LTS

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06 Dec 06 - 09:48 AM (#1901510)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Water pair of great tits?
G.

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07 Dec 06 - 05:22 AM (#1902255)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

Can your tits swim, or are water wings needed?

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07 Dec 06 - 07:05 AM (#1902296)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

They would need to do the breast stroke then.

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07 Dec 06 - 07:21 AM (#1902305)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

With a name like Robin and coming from Australia, surely it would be the Red Breasted Australian Crawl?
G.

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07 Dec 06 - 04:14 PM (#1902717)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Tits don't actually swim.....at times they may bob in and out of the water as the mood takes them. I do believe that tits are certainly the best of the species and considering that the adverts tell us that all the best things these days 'have wings'....tits must be brilliant. I do love tits. I love to see them wherever they are. They are so interesting aren't they.

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07 Dec 06 - 05:19 PM (#1902782)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Pairs of tits flying around, occasionally swooping to break the pond's mirror surface; what a wonderful image.

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07 Dec 06 - 05:22 PM (#1902785)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It would be if my pond weren't totally coated in duckweed. Can't wait till we have a good hard frost - it''ll freeze and I can just pick the ice sheets off the pond, taking the duckweed with it!

Spent a wonderful afternoon a couple of years ago, watching the baby tits learning to fly from the bottom branch of the pittisporum to the edge of the pond... they seemed to be catching the mosquitoes hovering there too...

LTS

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07 Dec 06 - 06:46 PM (#1902873)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Liz your tits are wonderful!

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07 Dec 06 - 07:01 PM (#1902894)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

That's what the Earl of Wessex said.

And look what happened to him.

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07 Dec 06 - 07:08 PM (#1902903)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

Who? - Oh I get it now...

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07 Dec 06 - 08:22 PM (#1902970)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Just Curious

Lizzy,

Will your tits be ice skating on your pond when it freezes over?

I would hate to see your tits frozen

Just curious....

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08 Dec 06 - 11:18 AM (#1903490)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Don't worry 'curious'... they are well insulated and are always tucked up firmly at night.

LTS

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08 Dec 06 - 11:25 AM (#1903494)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

So far the cats haven't been at them either.

LTS

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08 Dec 06 - 11:34 AM (#1903502)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

If your pussy and your tits get together you are suffering from gravitational pull.
G.

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08 Dec 06 - 11:35 AM (#1903504)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Or else the Pilates has started to work!

LTS

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08 Dec 06 - 11:53 AM (#1903526)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Student 6

Yes guest Just curious, they would be Blue Tits obviously.

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08 Dec 06 - 11:59 AM (#1903533)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

With knobs on!
G

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08 Dec 06 - 12:01 PM (#1903534)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

Sorry, should be "Essex" below. Brain fart.

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08 Dec 06 - 12:02 PM (#1903536)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Are there tits with big yellow spots on them?

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08 Dec 06 - 12:02 PM (#1903537)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

Above.

'nother brain fart.

(I was looking at the thread in descending order... ass-backwards again)

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08 Dec 06 - 12:24 PM (#1903553)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST, ...

It's Liz who is from Wessex.

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08 Dec 06 - 12:55 PM (#1903582)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Sounds like my kind of earl.
G.

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08 Dec 06 - 12:56 PM (#1903584)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Den

I had to laugh the other week or so when the thread, "should a woman make the first move and I've got 3 sorts of tits!", appeared above one and other on the forum list. Well I thought it was funny.

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08 Dec 06 - 03:37 PM (#1903762)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Now Ms. Squeak (mice also squeak as vocalization) I peruse this thread ONLY as an attempt to add pertinent biological information to help keep this thread in a somewhat scientific vein.

Most female mice have 3.3333333333333333333333333333333333333… more tits than you. Their number is 10. Male mice do not usually have   nipples/

BTW, did you ever wonder why male horses do not have teats? Think about it. There simple is no anatomical space for them. The area is taken up by something else (usually 2 of them, of course unless they have been gelded and they still won't have them…I know Mudcatters. Some smart-alecky type would say something about that if I did not state a clarification).

Returning to this thread's relevancy:

Giok said: "With knobs on!"

That kind of titmouse would be a tufted titmouse, a correct ornithological appellation.

Who can tell us the mammalian species with the largest number of teats? (I don't want to give all the titillating information)

Now, please carry-on with your tits

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08 Dec 06 - 07:34 PM (#1903998)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Its time the tits floated back to the surface.

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08 Dec 06 - 08:43 PM (#1904040)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

They call them chickadees around this neck of the woods. Because of their call, ostensibly.

But maybe our predecessors just didn't like calling them tits.

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09 Dec 06 - 09:10 AM (#1904445)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Bunnahabhain

It's a pig, isn't it Cruiser?

I'll not say anything else on this thread, or else I'll be in trouble for making a tit of myself....

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09 Dec 06 - 02:57 PM (#1904705)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Good guess Bunnahabhain (what kinda name is that anyway?!) but not the answer.

I would give the mammalian Order, but that would give the answer away. Think of a more exotic and less common animal species.

Thank for the Reply B. With replies like yours, we may change this thread towards a scientific endeavor and let the others have some bawdy fun along the way. I know you, like me, never opened this thread for other than purely scientific curiosity; correct? I bet you, also like me, do not read the non-scientific stuff either, huh? (Clears his throat again, for some inexplicable reason)

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12 Dec 06 - 06:39 PM (#1907862)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

So you'd like to do a scientific paper on my tits?

LTS

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12 Dec 06 - 06:41 PM (#1907866)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

If you don't mind the pen poking through the paper occasionally.

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13 Dec 06 - 03:01 AM (#1908118)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Although your tits have been out of sight Liz, they have not been out of mind. The Villan who resurrected the thread obviously wishes to offer them support.

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13 Dec 06 - 03:23 AM (#1908126)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

I'll support anything including Aston Villa :-)

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13 Dec 06 - 09:38 AM (#1908389)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

"So you'd like to do a scientific paper on my tits?"

Liz, Liz, Liz! I will need to get back with you on that one. The tears of laughter are preventing me from continuing at the moment...

..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................."The Tracks of My Tears".....................................

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13 Dec 06 - 12:23 PM (#1908502)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Okay, I think I have regained my, uh, composure..............................................................................Naw, I'll try again L8r.................................................................maybe...................................................................!

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13 Dec 06 - 04:23 PM (#1908725)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

A good paper might put LIz' tits in proper perspective.

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13 Dec 06 - 04:24 PM (#1908727)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

But I'm not sure a proper paper would put them in any better perspective.

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13 Dec 06 - 05:29 PM (#1908780)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Maybe they should have custard squirted all over them, then the custard can be licked off. perish the thought :-)

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13 Dec 06 - 05:31 PM (#1908784)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Pistachio

Thanks, I've been laughing outloud and all because of titinvasions!
What a thread!

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13 Dec 06 - 05:47 PM (#1908799)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Well I hope you are going to behave yourself on Friday Pistachio :-)

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13 Dec 06 - 07:27 PM (#1908925)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

I don't think my tits would like being covered in custard... they have enough trouble getting airbourne as it is. It's been very windy here recently and they're being blown all over the garden.

LTS

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13 Dec 06 - 07:35 PM (#1908937)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

I don't remember ever seeing a bra used as a windsock but I suppose it would help your tits to make sure they took off into the wind.

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13 Dec 06 - 08:14 PM (#1908957)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Adrianel

To his bride said the lynx-eyed detective,
"Can it be that my eyesight's defective?
"Has your east tit the least bit
"The best of the west tit,
"Or is it a trick of perspective?"

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14 Dec 06 - 02:46 AM (#1909119)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Liz, there must be any number of ways of stopping your tits from suffering with the wind. Letting them blow all over the garden may be natural but with the right protection they could be supported in their everyday living situation.

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14 Dec 06 - 01:40 PM (#1909574)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

If they are still hanging around please wish them a merry Christmas from me.

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14 Dec 06 - 02:16 PM (#1909604)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Nearly

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14 Dec 06 - 02:16 PM (#1909605)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

200

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14 Dec 06 - 03:31 PM (#1909657)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

No, this thread is about 3000s not 200s

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14 Dec 06 - 05:47 PM (#1909738)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

I have tried to plant shrubs that provide a sheltered and protective environment, but this summer's ban on hoses has meant they went without sustenance and consequently I've lost several of them. Their departure has left some bare nekkid patches which I'm hoping will be covered in the spring. The pittisporum and the butterfly bush have thrived though, as has the bay.

I am, however, having to consider trimming my bush down to fence height because it's just so unruly and starting to be a nuisance to the neighbours. Trouble is, the tits love it because it still gives good cover and it'll be ripe enough to eat the seeds soon.

LTS

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14 Dec 06 - 06:17 PM (#1909756)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

>> am, however, having to consider trimming my bush down <<

Watch out for the stubble jumpers

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14 Dec 06 - 10:11 PM (#1909921)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Liz the Squeak,

Have you considered waxing your BUSH? Please be careful because if you use hot wax and your tits should flit in it they could be injured; your tits will definitely Squeak! with pain.

Hot BUSH wax betwixt feathers and tits don't mix.   

Just one of those eternal truths in the Life of Birds.

BTW, of clinical significance, I have tried waxed BUSH and the unruly, nuisance variety you mention. My preference is definitely the former although the latter can be much riper, so better for your tits.

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15 Dec 06 - 11:54 AM (#1910318)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

I really cannot get over you guys!!!!

Hope you're having as much fun bird watching as I am!

LTS

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15 Dec 06 - 01:10 PM (#1910366)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Lizzy,

What you have here is of bunch of men who are Bird Dogs (Men who steal another man's girlfriends (chicks) or dates; Remember the Everly Bros. song?)

Therefore, and as any bird hunter knows, Bird Dogs are known best for beating the BUSHES in search of game. Even though your tits are not considered small game animals and are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act there are those bird dogs that are always searching for bird chicks like your tits.

So, teach your tits to not respond to any bird calls used by game bird hunters. The sound of the call will be similar the the Squeak of your tits when they vocalize with each other.

It would be devastating to see your tits shot down in their prime. Tit birdwatching would never be the same fun you mentioned having, without you and other Mudcatters watching your particular tits.

_____________________________________________________________________


"Hey, bird dog get away from my quail
Hey, bird dog you're on the wrong trail
Bird dog you better leave my lovey-dove alone
Hey, bird dog get away from my chick
Hey, bird dog you better get away quick
Bird dog you better find a chicken little of your own"

Everly Brothers

_____________________________________________________________________

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15 Dec 06 - 02:16 PM (#1910424)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Take comfort in the fact Liz, that your tits have given pleasure to so many. Without all your imparted knowledge we would never have known all we now know about them.

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16 Dec 06 - 10:28 AM (#1911003)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

I vote for LTS as the Mudcat Queen of Double-Entendre (or in this case Triple- Entendre).

You are good sport Lady.

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16 Dec 06 - 12:18 PM (#1911084)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Converted tit lover

I have fallen in love with tits beacuse of my avid interest in this thread. LTS, your tits are an inspiration to us all. BJ

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16 Dec 06 - 12:32 PM (#1911090)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Nothing more pleasing than to see a pair of tits at rest after a couple of nuts have been dealt with.
G

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16 Dec 06 - 03:52 PM (#1911229)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

Now durn it Giok, you are giving misleading information again by implying tits are nucivorous (nut-eating). All tit species of the genus Parus are frugivorous (fruit-eating) or gleaning insectivors.

Please get your tit-feeding habit facts straight. Liz's tit habits are misunderstood enough as they are without more misinformation.

Tit bills (beaks) did not evolve to eat nuts.

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16 Dec 06 - 04:43 PM (#1911270)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

If tits eat nuts then beware!

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16 Dec 06 - 05:12 PM (#1911293)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

A tit ate my peanut!
G.

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16 Dec 06 - 05:33 PM (#1911306)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

You can't beat the tits in the morning.



So get the milkman to cover the bottle tops when he delivers.

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16 Dec 06 - 05:35 PM (#1911309)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Once again Liz..I have to admire your tits..they have really caused a stir on here.

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16 Dec 06 - 05:39 PM (#1911312)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

I do not know about that GUEST. I have heard a lot of salacious stories about milkmen so I'm sure that have, in the morning....

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16 Dec 06 - 08:33 PM (#1911409)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Liz, I'm surprised you find us hard to "get over"; we're avid bird watchers and your tits aren't the only ones we've been on about. I'm no twitcher, although I've seen lots of sights that had me twitching.

Wandering albatross cresting Southern Ocean rollers are a sight to make anyone twitch; occasionally a wing feather will ruffle into the airflow over the wing; beautiful! I've even held a Wilson's Storm Petrel in the palm of my hand, although Great Petrels lumbering over the ice with too much seal carrion aboard tend to be a bit offputting. I've listened to lyrebirds imitate chainsaws, focal plane shutters of cameras, dogs barking and multitudes of other birds. I've never heard the one that imitated the flautist practising Mozart, nor seen the visual display but it still made me twitch a bit. I've seen great flocks of galahs (even imitated one occasionally) and pelicans where they nest; wonderful.

So I hope I've come across as one who's paid proper respect for your tits and their behaviour. I wouldn't wish to be misinterpreted about them.

Cheers, Rowan

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17 Dec 06 - 12:36 AM (#1911491)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Ah Rowan, I know what you mean... a walk in my native habitat not so long ago, gave me the sight of a family group of buzzards, just wheeling along, enjoying the updraughts coming off the hill. They barely flapped, yet achieved amazing altitudes and spiralled off out over the plain (or west Dorset as we call it) and vanished into the bluest sky I've ever seen in the northern hemisphere. Truly a stunning sight.

By the way... someone better tell my tits that they don't eat nuts. There were three blue ones hanging off the nut bag yesterday.

LTS

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17 Dec 06 - 05:12 AM (#1911568)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

I used to know a girl with bearded tits in her garden.
G.

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17 Dec 06 - 05:18 AM (#1911573)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

I've got three sorts of balls but I'm not shouting about it.

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17 Dec 06 - 06:13 AM (#1911602)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: autolycus

Pedant alert. By my reckoning, Zebras are 25 times
bigger than A bra, not 26. Sorry I'm late,it's a long
way from Tipperary. (I feel a right titter. Coming on.)






       Ivor

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17 Dec 06 - 02:20 PM (#1911931)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

>>I've got three sorts of balls but I'm not shouting about it. <<

Are any of them blue?

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17 Dec 06 - 04:10 PM (#1912028)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

One of them, yes!

The other two are great.

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17 Dec 06 - 04:12 PM (#1912029)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Can you swing 'em to and fro, can you tie them up in ribbon, can you tie them in a bow?

LTS

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17 Dec 06 - 04:16 PM (#1912032)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST

I don't know but I could give it a try.

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17 Dec 06 - 04:52 PM (#1912065)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Are the other two Blue Bells?

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20 Dec 06 - 10:02 AM (#1914740)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

More attention should be given to great tits.

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20 Dec 06 - 10:30 AM (#1914776)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Dolly Parton has the greatest hits

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20 Dec 06 - 10:48 AM (#1914798)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rasener

Have you got any knockers on your door georgiansilver?

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20 Dec 06 - 10:56 AM (#1914808)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cluin

So did Ernest Tubb

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20 Dec 06 - 11:40 AM (#1914861)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Yes Villan..so many friends and they all knock.

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22 Dec 06 - 10:46 AM (#1916741)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Cruiser

About time for another "tit fix".

No, not a boob job, plastic surgery type you guys! Gee whiz! I am talkin' about an update on Lizzie's tits. Those little buggers must be getting cold this time of year and must be fluffin' their feathers up.

How about it Lizzy, how are your tits?

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22 Dec 06 - 12:10 PM (#1916821)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Please don't forget to give your tits some extra treats at Christmas Liz.

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22 Dec 06 - 05:15 PM (#1917025)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

I've planned to sneak some of the beef fat out to them when it's cooled a bit... the blackbird will like that too. They're not forgotten - bought them a new nut bag.

LTS

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20 Feb 07 - 11:11 PM (#1974504)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Liz, now that spring is on its way, has it warmed up enough for your tits to make an appearance?

Cheers, Rowan

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21 Feb 07 - 02:49 AM (#1974565)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: The Fooles Troupe

I thought you had stopped playing with your tits...

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21 Feb 07 - 04:05 AM (#1974604)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

My tits have never been in hiding, they've been out all winter long!

Gave them some more sunflower seeds at the weekend, they love me again.

Seems my tits don't like nuts.

LTS

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21 Feb 07 - 04:18 AM (#1974609)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

anaphylactit ?

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21 Feb 07 - 08:10 AM (#1974786)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

We've got long tailed tits this year, along with the usual blue and great varieties.

Talking of things like this, we put out some new bird feeders this winter, and found that peanuts and fat balls are popular, but the assorted seeds seem to be unpopular. Any idea what sort of birds eat the seeds? They seem to be a mixture of sunflower seeds, hemp* seeds, grass seeds etc.
* no, not that sort of hemp

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21 Feb 07 - 10:46 AM (#1974963)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It's probably a survival issue and depends on the seeds locally available. If your tits don't recognise a seed, they like as not won't eat it. They also learn to recognise the feeder. The one I have at the moment is bright yellow and they'll eat out of it. I swapped it for a red one and they won't touch it, even though it was full of the same seeds and hanging in the same place.

LTS

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21 Feb 07 - 11:23 AM (#1974986)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,ib48

my ideal woman,can we meet please?

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21 Feb 07 - 11:25 AM (#1974988)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Birds are clever creatures, but sometimes we are amused when we do things that seem to confuse them (not on purpose of course!)

The other day we moved a feeder that has a cakes of fat in it (we got it from the RSPB) from one place to another, as I put up a bird nesting box which would have been too close to it.

A couple of starlings that had got used to feeding from it, kept coming back to where it was, and looking around puzzled, wondering where it had gone. I hope they managed to find it eventually, but I didn't hang around long enough to find out.

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22 Feb 07 - 03:11 AM (#1975713)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Ah, Starlings... To my mind, they're the Red Setters of the bird world ~ lots of enthusiasm but not a great deal of brain.

LTS

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22 Feb 07 - 05:39 AM (#1975814)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Must be why they're one of my favourite birds Liz.
G

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22 Feb 07 - 09:54 AM (#1975973)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Your tits have appeared again Liz..bit like the phoenix eh? people obviously have a lot of affection for your tits.

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22 Feb 07 - 10:01 AM (#1975981)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

There seems to be some confusion on this thread between the feathered variety of tit, and what Lady Whiteadder would euphemistically call "Devil's Dumplings".

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22 Feb 07 - 10:39 AM (#1976016)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Where's the confusion Scrump? Tits are beautiful in all varieties, shapes and sizes.

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22 Feb 07 - 04:15 PM (#1976320)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

And I'm sure starlings find each other attractive at appropriate moments. Thankfully I'm not one of them.

Cheers, Rowan

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23 Feb 07 - 05:07 AM (#1976811)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

They've been enjoying the sunny and mild weather we have today. It's been a while since I saw all three, but the blue and coal varieties are still around.

LTS

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23 Feb 07 - 07:29 AM (#1976881)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Where's the confusion Scrump? Tits are beautiful in all varieties, shapes and sizes

Their beauty is not in question GS. But nonetheless confusion can be caused by a remark such as "There's a pair of great tits in the garden next door", as our local vicar can testify.

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23 Feb 07 - 07:31 AM (#1976883)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Female Vicar I assume?

G

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23 Feb 07 - 08:23 PM (#1977534)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Fron Dibley?

Cheers, Rowan

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08 Mar 07 - 12:04 PM (#1990581)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Speaking of tits, I noticed we have what appears to be a mad blue-tit in our garden. It exhibits strange but entertaining behaviour. We have a climbing rose plant that goes along the wall above our back window, and there's a piece of string hanging down where we tied it up to a wire. This bird likes to swing from this 'rope', then onto a nearby twig, back on the rope, etc., then it goes across to the next window and sits on the windowsill, tapping the glass with its beak as if it wants to come in. It does other odd things too (at least, I've never seen one do these things before). It's very amusing to watch.

I just wondered if anyone else has seen a bird behaving like this, or seen any other odd behaviour from birds?

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08 Mar 07 - 01:55 PM (#1990682)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It's mating season and he thinks he has a rival... he's showing off to tell the rival (his reflection) and other tits how agile and great he is at finding food.

Tits are happy swinging, unlike other birds who prefer a good stiff perch.

LTS

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08 Mar 07 - 03:12 PM (#1990744)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Schantieman

So these two blue tits are sitting on a perch. One says to the other, "Can you smell fish?"



now...where did I put that coat....?

S

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08 Mar 07 - 04:44 PM (#1990842)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

"So these two blue tits are sitting on a perch. One says to the other, "Can you smell fish?""

Not furlong!

Sorry

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08 Mar 07 - 05:41 PM (#1990875)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Was the perch caught with a rod, or a pole?
G.

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09 Mar 07 - 01:39 AM (#1991114)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

My tits have a new friend!


A chaffinch appeared fleetingly yesterday! He's a lovely rosy pink and grey but I suspect he's just passing through on the way to one of the parks, to find a mate.

LTS

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09 Mar 07 - 02:37 AM (#1991129)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

See your tits have found support yet again Liz. If the finch is rosy pink he could well be a Bullfinch rather than chaffinch.....lovely birds the finches...I also love to see pied wagtails around at this time with their tails bobbing up and down....favourite bird however is the Lapwing with its clever aerobatics.

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09 Mar 07 - 06:14 AM (#1991233)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Talking of aerobatics, we once - and only once, sadly - saw a flycatcher in our garden (a spotted flycatcher, IIRC). We were sitting out the back one evening and saw this small brown bird (unremarkable in appearance) doing these amazing aerobatic stunts and then landing on the fence. Then off it would go again. Not having seen one before (or since!) we didn't know what it was at first, but then we realised it was catching insects and worked it out.

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09 Mar 07 - 06:17 AM (#1991235)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

The male chaffinch in the breeding season develops a very rosy chest in deed, it is is quite likely that Liz is correct. They are the most common bird in our garden in the winter, when we sometimes get as many as 50/60 at a time feeding on and around our bird tables.
Giok

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09 Mar 07 - 08:00 AM (#1991332)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Bullfinches have a black rather than grey head, so it sounds from the description as if it's more likely to be a chaffinch.

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09 Mar 07 - 08:13 AM (#1991347)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

Male Chaffinch
G.

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09 Mar 07 - 10:16 AM (#1991504)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Oh yeah? Well here's a Bullfinch.

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09 Mar 07 - 10:29 AM (#1991517)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

I'll see your Bullfinch, and raise you a Shag

¦¬]


G

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09 Mar 07 - 10:37 AM (#1991525)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

LOL, I had the same idea when I posted the Bullfinch link Giok :-)

(But - ooerr! "raise you a shag" sounds a bit dodgy! :-))

Shag? That's tobacco, isn't it - so is this: Ahhh... Condor!

(Can you still get that? I remember it being advertised on telly!)

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09 Mar 07 - 10:52 AM (#1991539)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It had a green ass, it was a chaffinch.

Either that or it was a bullfinch with some personal hygiene issues.

LTS

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12 Mar 07 - 04:43 AM (#1994045)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

It's been a lovely sunny weekend here, today is also clear, bright and warm. My tits have been out enjoying the sunshine and have indulged in some quite spectacular stunts. I suspect they're showing off as it's mating season now.

LTS

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12 Mar 07 - 05:37 AM (#1994067)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

What sort of spectacular stunts have your tits been performing Liz? Nice when its warm and they can be out eh?

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12 Mar 07 - 06:20 AM (#1994100)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Yes, nice to see the tits out in the sun, swinging freely in the breeze. Quick - the smelling salts! That lady in the third row has just fainted!

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12 Mar 07 - 09:24 AM (#1994288)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

They've mainly been hanging (literally) around the feeder, bouncing along the top of the arch like Springheel Jack, flashing their bottoms and generally showing off.

They're busy doing things in the butterfly bush now.. I don't think we need persue that particular activity.

LTS

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12 Mar 07 - 09:43 AM (#1994308)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Cruz

You people are just too much. Scrump, that was funny.

Lizzie, you make worn-out old men dizzy with speculations about your tits.

And, as if you thought your last comment would not take-off into yet another string of double entendres.

Lady, you are something else. Thanks for the "blue" laughter.

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12 Mar 07 - 11:12 AM (#1994406)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Guest Cruz...you only have to look at the length of the thread to see how popular Lizs tits have become...almost an institution now!

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12 Mar 07 - 12:06 PM (#1994450)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

yet another string of double entendres

Double entendres - nudge, nudge! Like it, squire, like it!

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12 Mar 07 - 02:02 PM (#1994541)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Stop tittering Scrump!!!!

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12 Mar 07 - 04:33 PM (#1994671)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Scrump made a booby with that comment!

LTS

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12 Mar 07 - 04:53 PM (#1994691)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

I hope the booby that Scrump made gave as much pleasure as Liz' tits.

Cheers, Rowan

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13 Mar 07 - 02:56 AM (#1995059)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

277 posts or 278 including this one and I kept abreast of them all. I'll read every one or bust!

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13 Mar 07 - 03:19 AM (#1995068)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Thanks guys, my tits enjoy your support!

LTS

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13 Mar 07 - 03:34 AM (#1995073)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: jimlad9

Someone please tell me which institution Liz's tits have been put into. Me and the lads will organise a coach trip.

Liz luv,please keep up the good work you help to improve the moralee of us catters and go some way to curing the MALLARDY,gerrit?, that affects us all. You have plenty to CROW about,gerrit?,and your RAVEN stops us PHEASANTS GROUSING, oh sod it !,I can't think of any
more POULTRY attempts at comedy

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13 Mar 07 - 03:46 AM (#1995077)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

You finched that one up didn't you!

Stop ducking the issue, quit your puffin and just say it...

My tits are fabulous! Trouble is, they move too fast for this crappy camera to get a decent picture. By the time I've focused, they've gathered up their nuts and found another bush.

Ornithology has made a big difference in my days. : )

LTS

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13 Mar 07 - 11:08 AM (#1995404)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Bah! I missed all the punning and can't think of any more. No missus... titter ye not... now simmer down, we've had bags of fun talking about those birds whose name I dare not speak.

Us ornithog... ornithlo... orno... us bird watchers have always had our knockers. What?

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13 Mar 07 - 11:22 AM (#1995426)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Liz, have you had many 'Twitchers' around your garden trying to get a glimpse of your tits?

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13 Mar 07 - 12:17 PM (#1995506)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: jimlad9

Liz

My 20 year old,40-22-36 neighbour says she had a Shag when she went on the beach some Bustards have all the luck.

C'mon Scrump,you can't let this one pass can you/.

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13 Mar 07 - 12:22 PM (#1995511)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: John MacKenzie

She woodcock for a lark, she needs a kick up the chough I think.
G.

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13 Mar 07 - 04:39 PM (#1995738)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

D'you reckon Liz might be a bower bird?

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13 Mar 07 - 05:10 PM (#1995772)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Certainly not 'shy talk' this is it? Think I might have a can or two of Kestrel but I won't crow about it or you'll all think I've gone cuckoo. That should give you something to owl about!

Incidentally...what is the most common owl in the UK?

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13 Mar 07 - 05:12 PM (#1995776)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Is it the brown owl? Is it the snowy owl? Is it the barn owl? Which is it?.

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14 Mar 07 - 05:16 AM (#1996121)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

The tawny owl?

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14 Mar 07 - 05:26 AM (#1996127)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Sorry Scrump...it's the 'TEAT' and they are exceptionally common.....

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14 Mar 07 - 07:13 AM (#1996189)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rusty Dobro

My turn to take an interest in Liz's tits....

A good start to the day at Dobro Towers: great, blue and long-tailed (puddeny-pokes in this neck of the woods) all waiting for the starlings to finish at the suet balls.

Serious question: where an overflow pipe was removed from the house, there's a small hole halfway up the wall. I've seen blue tits flying up to it and going in, but so far, I haven't seen one coming out. Do you experts know if a blue tit can turn round in such a confined space, or is there an ever-mounting heap of late, deceased, bereft of life blue tits inside the cavity wall? I 'd like to block the hole up to avoid this rather worrying possibility, but would hate to think I'd done so while there's one or two still inside.

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14 Mar 07 - 08:54 AM (#1996278)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: jimlad9

Georgiansilver Re Teats

GGGRROOOAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!, GGGRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!!
BLOODY GROAN !!

You should go on the stage,the next one leaves in 2 hours !!

Jim

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14 Mar 07 - 11:53 AM (#1996484)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Serious question: where an overflow pipe was removed from the house, there's a small hole halfway up the wall. I've seen blue tits flying up to it and going in, but so far, I haven't seen one coming out. Do you experts know if a blue tit can turn round in such a confined space, or is there an ever-mounting heap of late, deceased, bereft of life blue tits inside the cavity wall? I 'd like to block the hole up to avoid this rather worrying possibility, but would hate to think I'd done so while there's one or two still inside.

If you wait till the summer you'll probably be safe to do it, but any bereft tits in your cavity (ooerr, missus!) will be difficult to remove. Good idea to block it up anyway, in case you get bees or wasps nesting in there.

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14 Mar 07 - 12:03 PM (#1996498)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Thanks Jimlad...nice to be appreciated...

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14 Mar 07 - 02:17 PM (#1996655)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: jimlad9

Georgiansilver.

Whatwould you know about being appreciated?,I have heard that when you went out to work your Mum wrapped your lunch in a Road Map

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14 Mar 07 - 02:33 PM (#1996680)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Awww Jim....and I still got lost.....I loved Geography at school but could never find the classroom. Sad eh?

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14 Mar 07 - 04:33 PM (#1996811)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Rusty,
from south of the equator I'm not sure of the exact timing of the breeding season of your tits so my suggestion might have to wait until any nestlings have flown. A bit of smoke blown into the hole will cause most birds/rodents/etc to vacate the premises rapidly, if they can do so. A bit of burning rubber smoke increases the effect while still staying humane. Deserted eggs won't smell much but you might still want to wait until after the season. The smoke can be blown along a length of tube so that it doesn't represent a barrier between where they are and the exit.

Cheers, Rowan

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14 Mar 07 - 11:10 PM (#1997136)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

They probably sneak out when you're not paying attention.. tits often do. Look at Janet Jacksons!

LTS

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14 Mar 07 - 11:31 PM (#1997150)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Yesterday morning I had two fairly large pigeons trying to land in my butterfly bush... they flapped off rapidly after discovering that their combined weight pushed the branch down just far enough to be within reach of the coiled, furry black spring that was the Raven pussy, just waiting for the perfect breakfast.

They'd been too busy courting to notice him before... He can be a sneaky little pussy when he wants. He's decided that it is his reason d'etre to catch, kill and eat one of the racing pigeons that regularly fly over the house. He'll sit in the front window with his little black nose squashed up to the glass, his back end twitching like a very twitchy thing and make the oddest collection of noises that I suppose in cat language mean something like 'I've got some fava beans and a nice chianti all ready for you'...

LTS

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14 Mar 07 - 11:31 PM (#1997151)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Oh,.....


300!!!!

LTS

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15 Mar 07 - 02:31 AM (#1997197)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

'The Silence of the Pigeons' doesn't quite have the ring of lambs but fires the imaginationion none the less. Hope the subject is not changing from tits to pussies though!

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15 Mar 07 - 11:47 AM (#1997577)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Scrump

Oh Gawd, I can't help being reminded of Mrs Slocombe now, thanks to LTS talking about her pussy.

Look at Janet Jacksons!

Where?!

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15 Mar 07 - 01:58 PM (#1997714)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Cruz

Well Georgiansilver that must make to a "tit man" and not a...leg man!

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15 Mar 07 - 04:11 PM (#1997835)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Guest Cruz........I am also a leg man......

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15 Mar 07 - 04:45 PM (#1997873)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

"Look at Janet Jacksons!"

I wasn't there but I'm told the escape was not unassisted; someone had a hand in it.

There's a wonderful Australian bird that comes to mind whenever I hear about Janet Jackson;

"Spangled Drongo"

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16 Mar 07 - 02:23 PM (#1998825)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Gravity was obviously pulling the 'tits' thread downward as it nearly dropped off the end again. So I thought I would resurrect it...give it a little more support so to speak.

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17 Mar 07 - 01:21 AM (#1999290)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

You saying my tits need a helping hand to stay up?

The pigeons are slowly stripping my bush of twigs for a nest. They're quite nice looking, country pigeons, properly coloured and not all scabby and putrid looking.

Still hate the buggers though!

LTS

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17 Mar 07 - 05:44 AM (#1999364)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Have you given your tits names Liz........just a few suggestions......Cross-your-heart.....Playtex....Living.......M+S.....
Sloggi.....Wonder.....

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17 Mar 07 - 05:53 AM (#1999367)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: jimlad9

Look at the lovely Liz's photo.

She would need Two Buckets and a Yard of Rope to halt the gravity effects on her brood.

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17 Mar 07 - 05:15 PM (#1999708)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

We're talking children's seaside buckets rather than the 2 gallon jobbies.

The yard of rope... yeah, well, that's probably about right.

LTS

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17 Mar 07 - 06:15 PM (#1999748)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Jimlad...that was a bit above the belt (or should it be below?)

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17 Mar 07 - 09:03 PM (#1999858)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

I really believe that we should support tits in any way we can, whether they belong to Liz or anyone else...lets hold them high...lets support them....let's keep tits in their place whatever it takes. Tits are real...tits are wonderful... we all love tits so let's give them the support they deserve. Liz, your thread is a delight and your tits are the best I have come upon.

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17 Mar 07 - 09:22 PM (#1999875)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: JennyO

A little while ago I noticed there was some support for Liz's tits - in these threads:

I've got 3 sorts of tits! / Silent Santa support group

I posted the combination on the Thread Name Game thread and when I came back they had moved apart - as tits tend to do if you don't give them plenty of support, I suppose.

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17 Mar 07 - 10:12 PM (#1999902)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Tit supporter

Jenny O if you wish to bring your tits together, please ask for my help

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25 Jun 09 - 10:12 PM (#2664951)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: frogprince

We have some planters with strawberries on the patio. We've been getting some nice sweet berries. But I looked out yesterday, and a robin was sticking his little pecker in one.

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25 Jun 09 - 10:31 PM (#2664956)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp

So ya got 3 sorts of tits, huh, Liz? Just noticed yer thread.    Look...don't feel bad. They often ain't exactly the same size or shape on a lotta broads, and it ain't no big deal. Most guys will not even notice the difference. Learn to love what ya got, I say.

On the other hand, I'm thinkin' that the third one would throw some people a little off... It could be a problem.

What I would suggest is...pick out the one among the three that is least...um..."desirable" I guess would be the word...and get it surgically removed. Pick a real good sawbones so the operation don't leave a scar.

I know a guy in Chicago who does that sort of thing. He's good and his rates are cheap. Call me.

- Chongo

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25 Jun 09 - 11:05 PM (#2664969)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

I think Liz relishes all her tits and wouldn't even think of having any excised.

Cheers, Rowan

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26 Jun 09 - 02:41 AM (#2665028)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

Lizs' tits are a legend ..... nice to see them perk up on this thread again. They will always have my strong support.

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26 Jun 09 - 03:31 AM (#2665044)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Liz the Squeak

Tbey've been active again recently... the coal tits fledged about 3 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure they're onto their second brood. The blue tit is looking less frazzled so I suspect his brood have also flown the nest and he's just replenishing his energy now that the coal tits have left the fat pecker. They still feed there but not so frenetically so the Blue has a chance to stock up before being harangued from the bay tree. They actually pecked him off when they were feeding young. Haven't seen the great tits for a while, I think they've found another feeder down the road.

Meanwhile, the neighbours over the fence have uprooted several shrubs that were along our fence, so there is a distinct lack of cover there now... so our feathered friends may find nest sites a little lacking next spring. I've no intention of trimming any more of my trees and bushes, so they're always welcome on my side of the fence.

LTS

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02 Aug 09 - 11:16 AM (#2692170)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: katlaughing

Only in American could we have something called the "Bushtit," I kid you not!

Check it out: clickety. Here's the info on it, from This Guy's Newsletter:


"Crowd" doesn't sound right for a gathering of birds
but it's the best one I can think of to describe a
bunch of foraging Bushtits. Nearly always Bushtits are
seen drifting across the landscape in hyperactive,
profoundly social groups of a dozen or more birds,
foraging for spiders and small insects. The word
"flock" is inadequate for evoking their nervous
energy. "Swarm" almost gets it but that word implies a
larger number. "Mob" implies a threat but there's
nothing threatening about these teeny, plain-looking
little birds so easily identified by their very long
tails and very short beaks. Even with such lengthy
tails the birds reach only 3½-inches long (9 cm), so
they're much smaller than a chickadee. As they fly
about orbiting one another they softly, plaintively
keep in touch calling a high, thin, fussing tsit-tsit-
tsit...

Bushtits are the only North American member of their
family, the Long-tailed Tit Family, or Aegithalidae,
the other twelve members of the family being Eurasian.
Our Bushtits are also the only species in their genus
Psaltriparus.

Bushtits are found in open woodlands, scrubby areas
and even suburban shrubbery, from Vancouver, British
Columbia south through much of the western US to
Guatemala.

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02 Aug 09 - 07:02 PM (#2692467)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

The word "flock" is inadequate for evoking their nervous energy. "Swarm" almost gets it but that word implies a larger number. "Mob" implies a threat but there's nothing threatening about these teeny, plain-looking little birds so easily identified by their very long tails and very short beaks.

Yet another example of different cultures having different connotations to the one word.

In Oz, "mob" doesn't usually carry the sense of threat implied in Kat's piece, especially away from cities. It's the collective noun for a bunch of macropods, particularly kangaroos, and older bush-bred Aborigines are likely to use it for any number (of anything) that is greater than 5. A much larger number of things in one or more groups is likely to be described as "big mobs", even by Balandas in the Top End.

Personally, I reckon I'd like to see Liz' tits in big mobs.

Cheers, Rowan

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02 Aug 09 - 11:31 PM (#2692567)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: katlaughing

Cheers, Rowan. With your permission, I will send on your comments to Jim. He is an amazing person who travels and lives in the most remote places of the Americas, but I don't think he's ever been to OZ and I know he always appreciates comments and more knowledge. Thanks!

kat

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03 Aug 09 - 01:10 AM (#2692594)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Rowan

Feel free, kat.

Anything I post on Mudcat is free to anybody, as far as I'm concerned; all I ask is that appropriate acknowledgement (to both Mudcat and myself) is given when it is used.

And I'm sorry I couldn't contribute anything useful about CryBaby in response to your request; I'd never even heard of it.

Cheers, Rowan

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15 Aug 09 - 12:04 PM (#2700928)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Desert Dancer

Thought this bit of science news might hit the spot:

aromatherapy and blue tits

~ Becky & Michael (astro) in Long Beach

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15 Aug 09 - 02:39 PM (#2701057)
Subject: RE: BS: I've got 3 sorts of tits!
From: Georgiansilver

That is so interesting... Mint and Lavender is good for tits!....... great

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