11/22/2004: Annual swan roundup

Undertoad · 11-22-2004, 11:56 AM

So you thought the beatiful swans on your favorite waterway just magically appeared there as if it was, as Douglas Adams might have put it, "artistically correct"? Not in the case of the swans found in Hamburg, Germany, where it's this guy's job to round them up in the fall so they can be housed, fed, and cared for until the spring.

jaguar · 11-22-2004, 12:09 PM

What a crap job, swans as viscious bastards.

garnet · 11-22-2004, 12:14 PM

Those are some big ass birds. It's nice they're looking after them for the winter.

melidasaur · 11-22-2004, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

What a crap job, swans as viscious bastards.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way about swans... their beauty is deceiving... they are just waiting for the right time to gouge you in the throat.

glatt · 11-22-2004, 01:19 PM

Swans are mean.

mhartzel · 11-22-2004, 01:44 PM

Is the same team that rounds up America's ugliest people for that new "Reality" show of the same name?

Elspode · 11-22-2004, 02:18 PM

Man...talk about a low-tech job. So this guy just reaches into the canal, grabs the bird, and ties its wings down with baling twine?

Leah · 11-22-2004, 02:55 PM

That's nice that the swans are cared for during winter. Lucky for them to be housed and fed while other birds and wildlife are freezing their behinds off during winter. Mind you, all the swans in the boats look quite relaxed and probably are quite used to this happening.

melidasaur · 11-22-2004, 02:57 PM

These swans are pampered whores.

Leah · 11-22-2004, 03:01 PM

Yep, well that's another way of looking at it.

jaguar · 11-22-2004, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Man...talk about a low-tech job. So this guy just reaches into the canal, grabs the bird, and ties its wings down with baling twine?

What do you suggest?

Griff · 11-22-2004, 05:11 PM

Tazer

xoxoxoBruce · 11-22-2004, 07:32 PM

I'm surprised he doesn't at least have a face shield on.

capnhowdy · 11-22-2004, 09:42 PM

Swan: One of the other white meats.

Roosta · 11-23-2004, 07:06 AM

I think they would be best "En Croute" drizzled with balsamic something or other.

11-22-2004, 11:56 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	11/22/2004: Annual swan roundup So you thought the beatiful swans on your favorite waterway just magically appeared there as if it was, as Douglas Adams might have put it, "artistically correct"? Not in the case of the swans found in Hamburg, Germany, where it's this guy's job to round them up in the fall so they can be housed, fed, and cared for until the spring.

11-22-2004, 12:09 PM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	What a crap job, swans as viscious bastards. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-22-2004, 02:18 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Man...talk about a low-tech job. So this guy just reaches into the canal, grabs the bird, and ties its wings down with baling twine? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-22-2004, 02:57 PM	#9
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	These swans are pampered whores. __________________ I love England, what can I say?

11-22-2004, 05:11 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Tazer __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-22-2004, 12:14 PM	#3
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	Those are some big ass birds. It's nice they're looking after them for the winter.

11-22-2004, 01:19 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Swans are mean.

11-22-2004, 01:44 PM	#6
mhartzel Jotter of Notes Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 11	Is the same team that rounds up America's ugliest people for that new "Reality" show of the same name?

11-22-2004, 02:55 PM	#8
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	That's nice that the swans are cared for during winter. Lucky for them to be housed and fed while other birds and wildlife are freezing their behinds off during winter. Mind you, all the swans in the boats look quite relaxed and probably are quite used to this happening.

11-22-2004, 03:01 PM	#10
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Yep, well that's another way of looking at it.

11-22-2004, 07:32 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm surprised he doesn't at least have a face shield on. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-22-2004, 09:42 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Swan: One of the other white meats. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

11-23-2004, 07:06 AM	#15
Roosta Nutter. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	I think they would be best "En Croute" drizzled with balsamic something or other. __________________ Back from the brink...

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