The Significant Otter has been reading " Howard's End" recently, and as it was on the table I had a look. I flicked the pages ... there was a mention of various trees etc, but I, of course, was looking for a bird to turn up. Obviously. Well, there was a bit of excitement on page 6, when " fighting cocks" got a mention, and a bit later, a duck. That's a bit duff, is it not ? It took 6 pages to even mention any sort of bird, and when it did, they were ill-defined and rubbish. I flicked through a bit more ... no birds. As you can guess, I judge a book by what birds are in it and, and I expect to find some pretty sharpish. But this stinker doesn't do either. How it got to its high status I've no idea. I've mentioned this before ... 253-are-there-any-birds-in-it.html ( I've just re-read that, and there's an eerie forecast of our current state at the end ) And I've shown you another way of assessing the bird-worthiness of a book ... 793-that-vital-page-99-1.html 797-that-vital-page-99-2.html So ... seeing as you've all got loads of " stuck-at-home" time on this 47th day of confinement, why not pluck some unread book off your shelves and actually read it, beginning from the beginning, a very good place to start, and see when the first bird swims into view. And it's got to be a proper bird ..not blasted cockerels and undefined "ducks." And if you get to p.20 and there aren't any, chuck it in the " Charity Shop" box. This will save you a lot of valuable time reading a useless, gormless and birdless book. But seeing as all the charity shops are shut, for now .... Did you see how I crept up to that in a nifty, surreptitious sort of way ? Yes, I'm a wily old Hector. After all that, this ... a fine LOL song ..... and you can sing along with it too ... as will I ...
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