Comments on: They come over 'ere, they take our bird-seed... wait, no they don't http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: mistys_sweetheart http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5809 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:52:52 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5809 he looks just like my corella, Bernie. Who is also a feisty little bugger! Just a warning about black sunflower seeds. They contain lots of oil (im sure you already knew that lol) and im told if the birds eat too many it actually overdoses(for want of a better word) them causing them to loose feathers and go bald. Bernie had this problem and he only stopped loosing feathers after i removed most of the black seeds from his diet. So they arnt real good for the health of the bird! Striped sunflowers are much safer. he looks just like my corella, Bernie. Who is also a feisty little bugger! Just a warning about black sunflower seeds. They contain lots of oil (im sure you already knew that lol) and im told if the birds eat too many it actually overdoses(for want of a better word) them causing them to loose feathers and go bald. Bernie had this problem and he only stopped loosing feathers after i removed most of the black seeds from his diet. So they arnt real good for the health of the bird! Striped sunflowers are much safer.

]]> by: Bastard Child http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5771 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:01 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5771 Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWeldHtJgI Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWeldHtJgI

]]> by: Bastard Child http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5728 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:10:09 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5728 "Does Australia not have squirrels?" "Yes they do. But the squirrels there eat venomous snakes." And the Drop Bears keep the squirrel population under control. Circle of life and all that shit... "Does Australia not have squirrels?"

"Yes they do. But the squirrels there eat venomous snakes."

And the Drop Bears keep the squirrel population under control. Circle of life and all that shit...

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5727 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:04:43 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5727 Well, I <b>did</b> know where that one came from without having to look it up. On the down side, I liked <i>No Cure For Cancer</i> before I knew about the sainted Bill Hicks' complaints about Leary pinching his gags. But on the up side again, whether or not Leary ripped shit off, Bill ain't using it no more. And many of the Leary-haters seem to believe the guy has <b>no</b> original material, which is of course untrue. And Denis was in <i>Demolition Man</i>, which has to be a feather in anybody's cap. (Bill was still alive when they made <i>Demolition Man</i>. I like the idea of leaving Leary where he was and putting Hicks in Nigel Hawthorne's role. Hawthorne totally phoned it in anyway, and Bill was all about blank-eyed hatred of those beneath his consideration. Action-movie villains are, <a href="/2006/10/23/movies-thatre-better-than-youd-think-episode-one/">as I've mentioned before</a>, comic characters.) Well, I did know where that one came from without having to look it up.

On the down side, I liked No Cure For Cancer before I knew about the sainted Bill Hicks' complaints about Leary pinching his gags.

But on the up side again, whether or not Leary ripped shit off, Bill ain't using it no more. And many of the Leary-haters seem to believe the guy has no original material, which is of course untrue. And Denis was in Demolition Man, which has to be a feather in anybody's cap.

(Bill was still alive when they made Demolition Man. I like the idea of leaving Leary where he was and putting Hicks in Nigel Hawthorne's role. Hawthorne totally phoned it in anyway, and Bill was all about blank-eyed hatred of those beneath his consideration. Action-movie villains are, as I've mentioned before, comic characters.)

]]> by: captinkid http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5726 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:38:17 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5726 I did not know you were a fan of Irish drinking songs, or do they have the same one in Australia? Original Version: They come over here and they take all our land. They chop off our heads and they boil them in oil. Our children are leaving and we have no heads. We drink and we sing and we drink and we die. We have no heads. No, we have no heads! They come over here and they chop off our legs. They cut off our hands and put nails in our eyes. O'Grady is dead and O'Hanrahan's gone. We drink and we die and continue to drink. O'Hanrahan...No, O'Hanrahan! I did not know you were a fan of Irish drinking songs, or do they have the same one in Australia?

Original Version:

They come over here
and they take all our land.
They chop off our heads
and they boil them in oil.
Our children are leaving
and we have no heads.
We drink and we sing
and we drink and we die.

We have no heads.
No, we have no heads!

They come over here
and they chop off our legs.
They cut off our hands
and put nails in our eyes.
O'Grady is dead
and O'Hanrahan's gone.
We drink and we die
and continue to drink.

O'Hanrahan...No, O'Hanrahan!

]]> by: macro http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5725 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:35:33 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5725 Oops - I was actually thinking of galahs (the avian variety). I guess I still haven't fully recovered from the shock of my last encounter with a corella. Oops - I was actually thinking of galahs (the avian variety). I guess I still haven't fully recovered from the shock of my last encounter with a corella.

]]> by: macro http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5724 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:25:34 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5724 Dan's lucky to have got that shot. Annoy a corella and it'll go for your eyes. On a less serious note, they're a fairly common sight around Adelaide (Australia), where they like to fossick around in small groups on open grassy areas. Dan's lucky to have got that shot. Annoy a corella and it'll go for your eyes. On a less serious note, they're a fairly common sight around Adelaide (Australia), where they like to fossick around in small groups on open grassy areas.

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5723 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:46:27 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5723 "Does Australia not have squirrels?" Yes they do. But the squirrels there eat venomous snakes. "Does Australia not have squirrels?"

Yes they do. But the squirrels there eat venomous snakes.

]]> by: Jonadab http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5722 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:46:36 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5722 Wait, the seed's just sitting there in the open on a ledge, and *birds* are getting some of it? How does that work? Does Australia not have squirrels? Wait, the seed's just sitting there in the open on a ledge, and *birds* are getting some of it?

How does that work? Does Australia not have squirrels?

]]> by: Chazzozz http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5721 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:53:42 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/10/07/they-come-over-ere-they-take-our-bird-seed/#comment-5721 We used to get large numbers of Little Corellas in our back yard (when we lived in place that <em>had</em> a back yard...), usually with a goodly number of Galahs, too. They all seemed to get along peaceably well. When the Sulphur-Crest gang showed up it was often a heated, and loud, argument until one side or the other cleared out. One thing about Little Corellas is they have a long, moaning squawk that they'll carry on with for hours. It can really get on your nerves. Of course, whenever the <a href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/259" rel="nofollow">Black</a> <a href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/45" rel="nofollow">Cockatoos</a> came a-calling <strong>everyone</strong> cleared out (including the <a href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/bird/37" rel="nofollow">Kookaburras</a>). We used to get large numbers of Little Corellas in our back yard (when we lived in place that had a back yard...), usually with a goodly number of Galahs, too. They all seemed to get along peaceably well. When the Sulphur-Crest gang showed up it was often a heated, and loud, argument until one side or the other cleared out. One thing about Little Corellas is they have a long, moaning squawk that they'll carry on with for hours. It can really get on your nerves.

Of course, whenever the Black Cockatoos came a-calling everyone cleared out (including the Kookaburras).

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