tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1795678791403432449..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55585799619136919032020-06-02T01:18:11.329+01:002020-06-02T01:18:11.329+01:00The Victorians were not encumbered by delicacy or ...The Victorians were not encumbered by delicacy or good taste in such matters.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-42743660693801877352020-06-02T01:11:43.318+01:002020-06-02T01:11:43.318+01:00Dear God. That's innovative and no mistake.Dear God. That's innovative and no mistake.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-53235071380690905492020-06-01T23:22:37.994+01:002020-06-01T23:22:37.994+01:00My father explained the reference to my sister and...My father explained the reference to my sister and me when we were toddlers. It didn't seem strange at the time.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7140524882502322652020-06-01T21:50:54.576+01:002020-06-01T21:50:54.576+01:00Blimey, never noticed that before...Blimey, never noticed that before...Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49327943486876562632020-06-01T01:11:07.317+01:002020-06-01T01:11:07.317+01:00I think the Greeks and Romans also thought that th...I think the Greeks and Romans also thought that the queen bee was a king. At least, that's certainly a traditional belief.<br /><br />The idea of bees coming out of a rotting carcase, in this case a lion's, occurs at Judges 14:14, where Samson asks the Philistines a riddle: 'Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.' This scene is depicted, strangely, on the traditional tin of <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZSLQqW" rel="nofollow">Lyle's Golden Syrup</a> -- perhaps the only example of a putrid corpse being used to promote a food.<br /><br />Swans are all too capable of murdering <i>other</i> swans' cygnets. I'm worried about what may happen on the Long Water when the intruders' eggs hatch first.<br /><br />Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-70597501127796727892020-06-01T00:20:18.729+01:002020-06-01T00:20:18.729+01:00Greeks and Romans had it exactly the wrong way: dr...Greeks and Romans had it exactly the wrong way: drones they thought were active soldiers working for the bee community. It couldn't enter their minds that bee soldiers and workers should be all female. They also had the oddest notion that bees were born out of rotting oxen carcasses.<br /><br />I am almost afraid to ask: swan fathers, however murderous they may be to others, don't go on a rampage against their own cygnets, right?<br /><br />Poor incompetent Coot. To be bad a nest-building is the utmost of bad luck.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com