On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Peter Evans wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:52:49PM -0600, Gadi Evron wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote: >>> The Moon is set to pass closer to the Earth on Friday evening than at any >>> other >>> time during the past 15 years. > >> And ducks are affected how? >> :o) > > I know this one, ducks navigate by triangulating celestial bodies rather > than the more traditional birds that have organic compasses. > > Ducks don't fly much at night when it is cloudy because they are unable > to > get a fix. However, should they get a glimpse of the sun or moon, then > they > can triangulate their location to the nearest goat AND find their way > back > from the pub. > > The moon being closer means it appears larger, causing the ducks to > question > the veracity of the almanac as it appears to be deeper into winter than > their > built in clock would have them believe. Resulting in navigation issues > due to > curvature of the earth and goats facing the wrong way. Or, to put it in > layman's terms, they miss their usual drinking holes and end up coming > home > completely sober! > > This evolutionary defect was going to be fixed in duck 2.0 but they > never happened because costs skyrocketed, budgerigar overruns and the > likes. >
*applause* !!! >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7779294.stm > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
