What about that ! It's got horns, a nostril and an eye, a scaly skin, a nosy nose and even a hint of a mouth. And at the rear end, it's either constipated or pregnant. Luckily it was rather torpid so I escaped unscathed..... Moving on to other topics ... you probably know about this next bit already.....but there's a further development ... As any fule no, if you move the letters of RSPB two places up the alphabet ( R becomes T via S etc) you get a surprise. I'm inordinately proud of having discovered, or perhaps "uncovered" that wonderfully incongruous thing. This gripping link sends you directly to the moment of my historic discovery .. 256-birding-the-silly-side.html and this has even more of my recent revelations ... 295-the-rspb-turd-phenomenon-further-news.html And I take every opportunity to tell other people about them. But here's the thing ... I'm still waiting ..and waiting ..... [a] ..... for someone to tell that RSPB joke back to me. The whole idea of it going "full circle" through a whole maybe colossal chain of unknown faraway people is fascinating. I'm sure they would be pleased to meet its creator . ( Me). [b] ..... to hear it on the radio or the TV. This has happened to me before ..... ages ago I created an excellent and clever joke and about three weeks later someone used it on the tele. They used exactly the same wording that I used .... word perfect. I was remarkably pleased. The Significant Otter reminded me that many years ago in the US some researchers spread various "fake rumours" around the campus, and then contacted other academics throughout the USA to tell them if they had heard any of them and when. And it worked .... graphs were drawn, deeply theoretical models of "rumour transmission" were created, " rumour-spreading-maps" were plotted and a whole new branch of sociological research was created .... I suppose these days it would be swallowed up into "media studies." Plus .... the world of birding/twitching is also awash with rumours of various levels of accuracy ... and probably jokes as well. What goes around, comes around. So ... I'm still waiting. And now ... Graham Parker and the Rumour .... "Passion is no ordinary word"
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