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@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
@catseye3 said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
The famous Waverton swan. He would travel along the canal, and pop out visiting houses along the way.
I was renting a room, and basically looking after the house for this rich guy who spent most of his life on a yacht somewhere in the Mediterranean. Sunday morning, I'm sitting in the kitchen, and there's a knock on the back door, that led out to the canal. I started, looked out of the window, nobody there. Then another knock, then this freaking swan's head suddenly appeared in the window, banging repeatedly on the glass.
They can get quite aggressive.
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@catseye3 said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
I gotta hear more about this.
The famous Waverton swan. He would travel along the canal, and pop out visiting houses along the way.
I was renting a room, and basically looking after the house for this rich guy who spent most of his life on a yacht somewhere in the Mediterranean. Sunday morning, I'm sitting in the kitchen, and there's a knock on the back door, that led out to the canal. I started, looked out of the window, nobody there. Then another knock, then this freaking swan's head suddenly appeared in the window, banging repeatedly on the glass.
They can get quite aggressive.
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
They can get quite aggressive.
"Step away from the bread and you won't get hurt."
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@loki said in Funny Pics:
@doctor-phibes said in Funny Pics:
@bachophile LOL - that's great
Almost did one of these small barge trips with another couple but the photos scared me off, as in too slow all around.
From what I understand, they're 99% total boredom, and 1% terror when you come to a lock.
I used to live in a house that backed on to the Shropshire Union Canal. It was very entertaining watching the amateurs pootle past. I also used to get the dreaded psycho swan knock on the back door, demanding bread with menaces.
@doctor-phibes Love that stoyr, Phibes!
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I loved living in that place. The guy was basically gone for about 8 months of the year.
Here was the street, it cost me about $300 a month to have the run of the house.
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I loved living in that place. The guy was basically gone for about 8 months of the year.
Here was the street, it cost me about $300 a month to have the run of the house.
@doctor-phibes That must be a popular place to live!
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It was great for me - I worked about 5 minutes away from there in an old converted farm. It was out in the countryside, with a little village pub.
Some of the newer people were a bit hoity-toity (it was in Cheshire, after all), but the older locals were all great.
When he was selling the house, a couple came around with a young child. The mother looked at the canal and said 'I'm not sure about that with our Jimmy...'. The father said 'Well, he'd only do it the once!'.
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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Not sure if this is really "funny", but I thought it was interesting. Took the picture yesterday. It is a stairway to/from a MRT subway station. There is an escalator both up and down so not too many people take the stairs.
