tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2838027592467015683..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-23412818823187446652021-02-17T00:51:33.785+00:002021-02-17T00:51:33.785+00:00Thanks for the information. Will have a look for t...Thanks for the information. Will have a look for these. And also, if I should find mermaid steak offered in my local supermarket, I shall take care not to buy any.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-65699380394944043802021-02-16T23:43:24.493+00:002021-02-16T23:43:24.493+00:00Ranma 1/2 was hilarious and fun to watch, although...Ranma 1/2 was hilarious and fun to watch, although the manga was much better than the anime. My old sensei used to laugh uproariously with some of Happosai's and Genma Saotome's techniques, especially when the latter turned into a panda.<br /><br />If you haven't watched them, there were two OVAs by the same author (Rumiko Takahashi) called Mermaid's Forest and Mermaid's Scars that were chilling and endlessly fascinating. They are based in Japanese folklore about the consequences of eating mermaid flesh.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-26405951902177916412021-02-16T18:07:57.702+00:002021-02-16T18:07:57.702+00:00I watched them for 5 minutes and they were still a...I watched them for 5 minutes and they were still at it when I left. Most unusual for a Coot fight to go on so long.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-76499521182341087292021-02-16T12:39:05.139+00:002021-02-16T12:39:05.139+00:00How long were the 2 coots fighting for? They were ...How long were the 2 coots fighting for? They were really going at it.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-23779077183748235562021-02-16T03:00:44.770+00:002021-02-16T03:00:44.770+00:00Thank you for introducing me to the Tendo School o...Thank you for introducing me to the Tendo School of Indiscriminate Grappling. All is revealed in a hilarious article <a href="https://ranma.fandom.com/wiki/Anything_Goes_Martial_Arts" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I particularly like the Embarrassing Photo-Fu technique, in which an opponent is disabled by showing revealing photographs of him or her to bystanders.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-42449753340792389522021-02-16T01:08:32.756+00:002021-02-16T01:08:32.756+00:00Watching Coots is like watching a saloon fight in ...Watching Coots is like watching a saloon fight in a western movie. Free for all, everything goes (they'd be quite at home in the Tendo School of Indiscriminate Grappling, a martial arts school from Ranma 1/2).<br /><br />Very, very glad to see the goldcrests and the wren. They at least made it.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com