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Post by ribbit on Nov 17, 2013 9:55:09 GMT
..told me yesterday that he was opening a crows shop.
I said 'Do you mean a clothes shop?'
He replied 'NO, I mean a CROWS shop!'
'Oh' I said, 'I might pop in for a rook then'.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 17, 2013 13:34:02 GMT
..told me yesterday that he was opening a crows shop. I said 'Do you mean a clothes shop?' He replied 'NO, I mean a CROWS shop!' 'Oh' I said, 'I might pop in for a rook then'. Was he raven about his new venture ?
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Post by HRHpenfold on Nov 17, 2013 14:01:47 GMT
It was probably just his pigeon English!
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Post by rowlf on Nov 17, 2013 14:13:55 GMT
In these tough economic times, most shops run on a wing and a prayer.
If he borrows money and the shop doesn't do well he will be a flight risk.
So if he does abscond and they catch him, he might end up doing "bird".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2013 19:47:58 GMT
So if he does abscond and they catch him, he might end up doing "bird". Not before he's been up before the beak.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 17, 2013 19:53:58 GMT
Not before he's been up before the beak. Probably wouldn't help him very much. Beaks are used to hearing tall tails.
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Post by ribbit on Nov 17, 2013 22:34:10 GMT
Give the poor chap a break - he only wants to feather his nest, he won't mind if you only go in for a gander.
He stocks plenty of stuff for boys and gulls.
This is his livelihood you know, he's not just doing it for a lark.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 0:45:07 GMT
His whole shop idea might just be a flight of fancy. He will just have to wing it and see what happens.
I have been heron some good things about him. And your neighbour sounds like he's a good egg.
Therefore you shouldn't have to shell out too much As some shop items may be for sale very cheep.
Watch out though for hard boiled bargain hunters. You might end up scrambling to find a good deal.
Anyway, I must crack on. I'm not yolking. I can't spend all day swanning around here.
BTW. If the shop was designed by a Chinese man You might well have to duck when you enter.
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 9:29:59 GMT
You might well have to duck when you enter. Or grouse. Toucan play at that game
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 9:31:39 GMT
Geese a break you lot.
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 10:00:38 GMT
Yes, some of these swift witty comments are a bit hard to swallow.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 10:01:05 GMT
What are you twittering on about now We are both having a hoot with this
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 12:13:55 GMT
Owl have to stop reading this thread.
it's fowl.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 12:21:19 GMT
Almost out of ideas now, so I am in a bit of a flap I need to see my therapist, which means a big bill
like all these people he's a bit of a vulture I always have to watch his charges like a hawk
plus, if go to visit him I'll need to buy petrel more money! which is bad news for a tight bustard
last time I went, I got lost, I took a wrong tern I had to run the last bit, so I was pantin' and puffin
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 12:41:36 GMT
One of his birds was sat on top of a telegraph pole - I asked if it was trying to make a long distance caw.
He told me I was quackers, I told him he was an old coot. Then he called the old bill.
They told me I was stuffed unless I wrote a formal apology to my neighbour, Mr Peng Win.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 12:53:45 GMT
One of his birds was sat on top of a telegraph pole - I asked if it was trying to make a long distance caw. He told me I was quackers, I told him he was an old coot. Then he called the old bill. They told me I was stuffed unless I wrote a formal apology to my neighbour, Mr Peng Win. Points deducted for re-using "bill" I thought Mr Win was a crane driver ? He called the law, what a great tit ! He used to be a pheasant plucker ! Wren did the police arrive then ?
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 13:07:17 GMT
Points deducted for re-using "bill" I thought Mr Win was a crane driver ? He used to be a pheasant plucker ! Whatever you say mallard, but I can't perch here all day, I have to erne a living.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 13:12:25 GMT
I don't want to grouse.
This thread has gone off the Rails.
You should all have gone and flown a kite some time ago.
Crack out the Bunting and we'll share a nightjar of kingfishers.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 13:14:22 GMT
Understood, you sound eagle to get back to work Have you been robin your employer by skiving ?
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 13:15:24 GMT
Points deducted for re-use of 'grouse' Got to fly now............
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 13:17:57 GMT
I have no Egrets. Have to go quail my hunger pangs, maybe a packet of orioles will do. I'm a gannet.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 13:25:22 GMT
I heard Mrs Win has caught thrush A far from myna problem for Mr Win
She got it when she dove into the pool She was a moonlight dipper
I hope neither trevor nor martin deletes this post
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2013 13:46:07 GMT
She was a moonlight dipper Better than being a chicken dipper I suppose. Did thrush make her a red throated diver ? is the neighbour a scoter rider by any chance ?
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 14:05:03 GMT
is the neighbour a scoter rider by any chance ? No he drives an old car, a Humber Super Snipe It not working though, it's as dead as a dodo He has to use an old Red Lory He takes his wife in it, she has a new bluebonnet She used to be a bit of a hermit but in her new hat she feels like a bird of paradise
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Post by justso on Nov 18, 2013 14:53:51 GMT
If he has a sale will his goods be going cheep?
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 15:57:39 GMT
If he has a sale will his goods be going cheep? That would make the customers flock to his doors
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 16:32:30 GMT
All that running around will have him puffin..
He won't have enough energy to walk his dog, wagtail.
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 16:54:49 GMT
Didn't Mr Win's American brother open a shop in Phoenix, Arizona I heard it failed though, the whole venture ended up being a turkey
They do say that the brother always was a bit of a birdbrain
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Post by ribbit on Nov 18, 2013 17:54:51 GMT
Didn't Mr Win's American brother open a shop in Phoenix, Arizona I heard it failed though, the whole venture ended up being a turkey They do say that the brother always was a bit of a birdbrain Yeah, he got a bittern carried away, and was always swanning around in fancy stuff he couldn't afford, along with expensive hobbies that eventually left the stupid buzzard as a jailbird. It was so noisy in there he was kittiwake all night and daren't even bend down in the shower in case someone tried to skua him with a woodpecker.He's hoping that things take a tern for the better though...
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Post by rowlf on Nov 18, 2013 18:05:26 GMT
It's getting a bit auk ward now Do you think there are many moa ?
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