tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post5042608815881155416..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: crows to the rooky woodDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-852268485287591132008-11-11T05:43:00.000+00:002008-11-11T05:43:00.000+00:00Interesting to know.Interesting to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-47665094037682164892008-05-12T14:08:00.000+01:002008-05-12T14:08:00.000+01:00I think its far more reasonable to cycle considera...I think its far more reasonable to cycle considerately anywhere that walkers go than to battle it out amongst the cars... I used to cycle more in London as the "traffic" was all entirely stationary or is that stationery (I never can tell)... anyway you know what I mean it was all paper-clipped together...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-84986409145200254542008-05-12T06:20:00.000+01:002008-05-12T06:20:00.000+01:00The biter bit, Caroline. Gosh, no honour among thi...The biter bit, Caroline. Gosh, no honour among thieves... thank you for the bylaws. I do feel I have 'reasonable excuse', one of which is the ability to escape from unsuitable men on the Downs. But I wasn't going to engage with him. And I suppose most people have 'reasonable excuse' for things they do, which creates grey areas; I (and more so Katie) ride bikes on pavements sometimes, though only when it's the safer option and it's not being a nuisance, and making sure I defer to pedestrians. I still get righteously annoyed by the people who cycle inconsiderately or dangerously on pavements.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if the magpies knew that the cat had 'had' one of them the week before, Anji? It sounds as though they may have come round <I>en masse</I> to 'have a word'.<BR/><BR/>I think I represented an easier target for his indignation than a gang of drunken hooligans. Funny, that.<BR/><BR/><I>Esprit d'escalier</I>, Jo? _I could fill a book with mine, too.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-1382629166162317512008-05-11T21:38:00.000+01:002008-05-11T21:38:00.000+01:00I'm always half way home before the appropriate re...I'm always half way home before the appropriate response comes to mind. L'esprit d'escalier? <BR/><BR/>As in "Erm, I'm sorry, without your uniform on I didn't realise you're a policeman/park warden/interfering git"*<BR/><BR/>* delete as applicableJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356965133404249244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-21316322376875851222008-05-11T13:50:00.000+01:002008-05-11T13:50:00.000+01:00I'm afraid my local magpies appear to be the bulli...I'm afraid my local magpies appear to be the bullies who push the poor little sparrows out of the way;<BR/>I had to rescue a cat we had once from a gang of magpies - though she had caught one the week before.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the bloke with the dog should have had a word with the (other) hooligans too.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-12845034240249168992008-05-11T11:26:00.000+01:002008-05-11T11:26:00.000+01:00You blame the magpies... whilst I was in Cornwall ...You blame the magpies... whilst I was in Cornwall on the campsite Jim and I to ourselves I saw a crow storm a magpies nest and succeed in getting away with at least one egg... the second time it left in the opposite direction so I didn't see if it had an egg with it.<BR/><BR/>And I've just looked up the byelaws:<BR/><BR/>No person shall, without reasonable excuse, ride or drive a cycle, motor cycle, motor vehicle or any other mechanically propelled vehicle on the Downs, or bring or cause to be brought onto the Downs a<BR/>motor cycle, motor vehicle, trailer or any other propelled vehicle (other than a cycle), except on any part of the Downs where there is a right of way for that class of vehicle. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>So all you need is a reasonable excuse. And isn't that a great name for a bicycle!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-65378713684175181622008-05-11T11:03:00.000+01:002008-05-11T11:03:00.000+01:00My vision of that crow is as an intruder into the ...My vision of that crow is as an intruder into the rooks' space, intent on mischief; the 'night's dark agent'. I should have thought that Shakespeare would have known his rooks from his crows, wouldn't you? -as for the critic, he's like the bloke who told me off; in a sense he was correct, but he was also missing the point.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see Delia Smith's critique on the three witches' soup, though...Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-85586676342830669012008-05-11T10:53:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:53:00.000+01:00I wish I could remember what the program was, or t...I wish I could remember what the program was, or the other examples given, but I heard about a gentleman who wrote a long essay about the zoological inaccuracies contained in Shakespeare's works. He was rather miffed at it all, and primly pointed out that 'crows to the rooky wood' could not be correct because 'the species do not associate'.<BR/><BR/>I assume that's what was going through your mind on the Downs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com