[1] Which of these is a real bird ? If any . [a] The Huffin [b] The Tuffin [c] The Muffin [2] Which of these birds has the scientific name Puffinus puffinus ? If any. [a] The Manx Shearwater [b] The Tuffin [c] The Puffin [3] Which of these birds has the silliest name ? If it's possible to judge. [a] Rifleman [b] McGregor's Gardenerbird [c] Upcher's Warbler [4] Which of these is a bird ? If any. [a] Sagittarius serpentarius [b] Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii [c] Ips typographus [5] Which of these birds does what its name says it does... if any ? [a] Secretary bird [b] Harpy Eagle [c] Shag [d] Wren [6] Which tree must all birders climb when they get a tick ? If any. [a] The Gum tree. [b] The Jum Jum tree [c] The Tom Thumb's Bum tree. [7] All these birds are fictional... but what do they have in common ? If anything. Cliff-lift Swift Tufty Tit Silly Stilt Which-is-it Kiwi Crusty Gull Scary Finch Well, that lot should keep you thinking ..... and today's music spot, voted #7634th best music selection outside Dorset, up 6 places by the way, is the highly relevant ½ Man ½ Biscuit song, "Knobheads on Quiz Shows" .... what a lovely, silly song ! What possessed you to apply? Did your friends with good advice implode? We should hang you up in chains Let you rot beside the ill-paved road Born too late for the First World War Siege of Troy was long before my time Naseby, Jutland, Agincourt Characters perhaps from pantomime Authors, sport, landlocked states Capitals of Europe and their size Breeds of dog, famous dates Kind of hoping these things don’t arise I don’t watch films in black and white The trees and flowers and birds have passed me by I’ll just guess and hope I’m right The first man into space was Captain Bligh Good luck back in work They’ll’ve heard you were on Have you got the file for Mr Out In Round One? Harken, a cuckoo! Or is it a wren? Don’t ever darken our doorstep again Truth is beauty, beauty truth All you know on earth, all you need to know Superb, succinct Pity then for you it’s not quite so Hickstead, Hickstead, Hickstead, Hickstead Duck Soup, 1933 Words beginning with K-N-O Words that end in B-H-E-A-D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I suppose you want some answers .... [1] a and b [2] a [3] They're all stupid names. And they're all real as well. [4] a. b is a woodlouse, c is a bark beetle. Lucky them I say. I've ticked them both. [5] c .... obviously, or there would be none of them left. [6] b ... if you didn't know that, you've not read the previous post. [7] They are all made of letters you can't colour in .... there's no o's or a's or b's etc .... Wren is no good, because you can colour in the "e".... and hey, I made them all up. Me. There's lots more of them as well. A universe of nonsense. In odd moments I wonder which bird you can colour in the most.
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