Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Hummingbirds are such ornery sunzabeeches that "wrangling" is never the right word for dealing with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 "Wrestling"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 ... Perhaps "appeasing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Ohhh, so you're a devotee of Huitzilopochtli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Not a devotee, but it is the least complex way of maintaining non-hostile relations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 So ... no bloody libations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 These days, sugar water seems to be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 And carbonated water too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 For hummingbirds or gods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 What's the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 One is supernatural and non-existent, the other the inverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 You obviously haven't asked them about that. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 But the gods refuse to answer! And exist! And we don't get hummingbirds. We have a lot of tits, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 29 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: ... We have a lot of tits, though. When I lived in your part of the world, my favorite were the blue ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Very photogenic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 10 hours ago, L. Marcus said: One is supernatural and non-existent, the other the inverse. So hummingbirds are supernatural & non-existent--got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Cancer said: When I lived in your part of the world, my favorite were the blue ones. I'm favourable to all colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 The great ones were more common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 ... Are there perky ones ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Isn't that true of the whole genus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Sorry, I'm having difficulty keeping abreast of this conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Playing this hand close to the chest, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Do tits have breasts? Do male tits make good wingmen? (Or is that wingtit?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 My memory is that the sexes were not easily distinguishable in the field, so it was impossible to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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