Posted on 05/08/2017 7:29:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase
The minefields laid in the Falkland Islands were intended to kill or maim British soldiers, but over the last 35 years they have become de facto nature reserves for penguins. For better or worse, however, the time has now come for their home to be demined, reports Matthew Teller.
{snip}Fortunately, the landmines aren't a problem for the penguins - at least, not the little Magellanics and Gentoos of Yorke Bay.
"They don't seem to be heavy enough to set them off," says Esther Bertram, chief executive officer of Falklands Conservation.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I don’t mean to sound like my Dad, but they really don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Tim Conway allegedly made Harvey Korman wet himself with laughter when Conway improvised some things during a dentist sketch on the Carol Burnett Show. It’s on YouTube.
In that case "It's a bird, innit? It's a bloody sea bird . .. it's not any bloody flavour. Albatross!"
Oh! My best friend just exploded!
Oh, don’t be so sentimental. People explode every day.
You’re right. I didn’t like her, really....
Does it come with wafers?
(don’t answer that!)
Saw it (the movie version) while waiting on an appointment - in Boston, way, way back.
Predicted that Logan runway was too short and that a plane was gonna end up in the water. 3 weeks later or so, that DC-10 skidded off the runway. Absolutely true story.
well if your were a penguin that trip a land mind... at least you would fly before you die... what more can a flightless bird as for....i like to find the positive aspect in the story
Next British Guardian headline will be “Penguins in Space; a first for the UK”.
“It’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a bloody well-dressed penguin”
News Flash: United Airlines arrests man in tuxedo. Says they thought he was an illegal penguin trying to get a free ride to Alaska.
You know marching penguins out through a minefield while you sit there with a shotgun could make a real demented form of skeet shooting......as they randomly hit a landmine you have to catch them on the “up arc” with the shotgun
Boom!...Bang!....
I don’t get this. Who are these gals?
INTERCOURSE THE PENGUIN!
“Are you Mary, Queen of Scots?”
Seems like those little suckers could be wired and become a mine detector without being in danger.
That might be a great way to locate all the mines.
Map them out, without endangering humans.
Then remove the mines.
“And that was part 3 of ‘The Death Of Mary, Queen of Scots’ as reenacted by Ms. Faye Dunaway, and Muhammad Ali. And now Radio 4 will explode”.
BOOM!
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Bing or Google “monty python pepperpot ladies”.
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I had to get up to speed on that to understand a lot of these comments, I confess.
If you stay on FR for any length of time you will learn to speak “python”.
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Quite right.
But I would advise that you leave off Dennis’ “autonomous collective” bit until you get really good with /sarc tags.
There's OIL in them there mine fields and the drillers want at it....
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