On 7/3/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob W wrote: > > > > You have to be a bit careful not to antagonise puffins, Mark. They're > > tough little bastards and they don't put up with much nonsense - you > > can tell by the way most of them talk out of the corner of their > > beaks, without removing their cigar. > > > > I once heard about a kittiwake who wouldn't give Don Fraterculone a > > share of the sand eel concessions on Rockall. Next morning he woke up > > and there was a seahorse's head in his nest. > > > > And then this one time, the local seals were having a lot of trouble > > with dolphins trying to muscle in on their territory, eating all the > > fish, as if it isn't difficult enough already to make a living. So a > > group of them, they go and speak to Don Fraterculone, they say > > "Codfather - these dolphins, we want to be friends but who can be > > friends when they're eating all the herring? Codfather, you've always > > been good to us in the past, and we've always repaid your friendship - > > can you help us?". > > > > The Don knocked the ash of the end of his cigar - genuine Cuban > > seaweed - and leaned forward (but not so far forward he'd topple off > > the cliff). "You're a good man Vitulina, a good man even though you > > have no ears. You look after your wives, your children. So I want to > > help you. I'm going to talk to this dolphin, this big fish. I'll make > > him an otter he can't refuse"... > > > > Bobio Puzo > > > Excuse me waiter? I'll have some of whatever *he's* having...
"Whatever *he's* having" aint legal > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
