THOSE BASTARDS
Now they're using bustards.
(Thanks to David Richardson)
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Now they're using bustards.
(Thanks to David Richardson)
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It weighs 20 kilometers?
Posted by: djtonyb | August 08, 2004 at 10:19 AM
djtonyb,
It's one of those English-to-English translation errors, methinks. *laughs* Good catch.
Those poor birds need a new name. I was half expecting something with ramparts and dirty diapers.
Posted by: waxwing | August 08, 2004 at 10:37 AM
Actually makes me feel a little hungry — or a bit peckish, as the Brits would say.
Bustard custard with a little mustard, please.
Posted by: etc. | August 08, 2004 at 10:51 AM
"Keepers will place a stuffed fox near the bird and then squirt it with a water pistol to ensure that the bird associates the predator with danger."
So the Bustards are deathly afraid of water, what?
And how fast can they run from water, 20 kilos an hour?
Posted by: BMX3 | August 08, 2004 at 11:26 AM
The Russians have brought back the bustard
An ancient bird that once clustered
On fair islands British
It once was finished
But it’s back and it tastes good with mustard
Posted by: slowlayne | August 08, 2004 at 12:15 PM
"I parked my mini right here--now all I can find is this steaming pile of --EAGGGHH!"
Posted by: Pilsenerman | August 08, 2004 at 12:31 PM
Those dirty bustards!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 08, 2004 at 12:38 PM
Bustard 1: "Look, it's a fox!"
Bustard 2: "Aw, heck, it's raining out......we're already wet.....what can it do to us?"
Posted by: Graz | August 08, 2004 at 02:03 PM
I wonder why they didn't post a photo. I don't think I've ever seen a bustard before. I've seen plenty of bastards though!
Posted by: entertainment news | August 08, 2004 at 06:07 PM
I'm not sure how standing near a soggy, stuffed fox is going to scare the birds - maybe they'll learn to associate foxes with that terrible "wet-stuffed-fox smell" and run like the wind.
Posted by: MrToad | August 09, 2004 at 01:16 PM
"An adult bird can weigh up to 44 pounds (20 kilometers)..."
They must have had to spread the bird out pretty thin to reach that far. Eeeeewwww.
I could have understood that kind of error from a country that uses Imperial measurements, but thanks to djtonyb, I see that even those countries know the proper conversion names.
Posted by: metric in Canada | August 09, 2004 at 01:32 PM
metric - I do try and remember some of the conversions, it comes in handy when visiting other countries, and for pointing out really silly errors such as this. At least I've managed to purge most of the trig and calculus with a simply enormous database of stupid song titles, artists, record labels, and copyright dates ;-)
Posted by: djtonyb | August 09, 2004 at 06:44 PM
It also weighs about 308000 grains in case your wondering.
Posted by: chris | August 10, 2004 at 09:24 AM