Scottie Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm sure it's one of your friends just having a giggle and certainly not meaning to upset you. Last year I had a message on my answering machine supposedly from Omlet, saying I'd one the "Chicken Keeper of the Year". I was so excited! I kept listening and it was only when they said that my husband and I were invited to dinner at a really posh hotel in London (all expenses paid) and that we were to take the chickens with us that I realised it was my brother in law having a laugh. I was completely taken in for the first wee while. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Oh dear Sharon...had to laugh...cheered me up no end...not you being taken in by the letter but the courses on unicorns. Love the idea of it. Do let us know your OH's reaction when he sees the unicorn bit! I did reply to your thread in the welcome forum before I read this and discovered the truth...so ignore me there! Also, Sheila, just fell about at the image of you and hubby at a posh London restaurant surrounded by chickens Anyway, welcome to the club from me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Just caught up with this thread...I'm so sorry to laugh but I can understand how you would just be so angry and hurt at first that you wouldn't read the letter correctly. Someones idea of a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm sure it's one of your friends just having a giggle and certainly not meaning to upset you. Last year I had a message on my answering machine supposedly from Omlet, saying I'd one the "Chicken Keeper of the Year". I was so excited! I kept listening and it was only when they said that my husband and I were invited to dinner at a really posh hotel in London (all expenses paid) and that we were to take the chickens with us that I realised it was my brother in law having a laugh. I was completely taken in for the first wee while. Sheila I like his style Sounds like something a friends OH would do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 What a wind-up. Somebody, somewhere has a wicked sense of humour. Which one of your friends would do that to you? When you find out - revenge is sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Now I'm worried. Just how many unicorns can you keep in an eglu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Now I'm worried. Just how many unicorns can you keep in an eglu Ah...that's one of those "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" kind of questions isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Brilliant both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm really intrigued by all tis. Do keep us posted when you get to the bottom of it. I would like to go on the unicorn course though. Sounds fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm really intrigued by all tis. Do keep us posted when you get to the bottom of it. I would like to go on the unicorn course though. Sounds fascinating! Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylis1980 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Ditto double ditto!! had me laughing so much- genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 It's no laughing matter! keeping a mythical beast in is a nightmare, no amount of netting or locks suffice and when they dig up next doors lawn! As for picking up the pooh! A small trug which is suitable for chooks just doesn't cut it, a wheel barrow is required at the very least and you can't use it for fertiliser as it turns your plants into mandrake roots! I think the RSPB are very irresponsible encouraging muggles to keep such creatures only a first class warlock or witch is qualified to teach mythical beast keeping. I'm off to put in a complaint to Professor Hagrid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm sure it's one of your friends just having a giggle and certainly not meaning to upset you. my thoughts exactly once I read the bit about sheep, horses, goats, camels etc. As Lloyd Grossman says "...the clues are there!" spiteful gives itself away in other ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 It's no laughing matter! keeping a mythical beast in is a nightmare, no amount of netting or locks suffice and when they dig up next doors lawn! As for picking up the pooh! A small trug which is suitable for chooks just doesn't cut it, a wheel barrow is required at the very least and you can't use it for fertiliser as it turns your plants into mandrake roots! I think the RSPB are very irresponsible encouraging muggles to keep such creatures only a first class warlock or witch is qualified to teach mythical beast keeping. I'm off to put in a complaint to Professor Hagrid! Me thinks you need the St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Don't you have to be a virgin to catch a unicorn? That's me out then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 How to catch Unicorns. Its cloven hoofprint on the sand Will lead you—where? Into a phantasmagoric land— Beware! There all the bright streams run up-hill. The birds on every tree are still. But from stocks and stones, clear voices come That should be dumb. If you have taken along a net, A noose, a prod, You'll be waiting in the forest yet... Nid—nod! In a virgin's lap the beast slept sound, They say ... but I— I think (Is anyone around?) That's lust a lie! If you have taken a musketoon To flinders 'twill flash 'neath the wizard moon. So I should take browned batter-cake, Hot-buttered inside, like foam to flake. And I should take an easy heart And a whimsical face, And a tied-up lunch of sandwich and tart, And spread a cloth in the open chase. And then I should pretend to snore... And I'd hear a snort and I'd hear a roar, The wind of a mane and a tail, and four Wild hoofs prancing the forest-floor. And I'd open my eyes on a flashing horn— And see the Unicorn! Paladins fierce and virgins sweet... But he's never had anything to eat! Knights have tramped in their iron-mong'ry... But "Ooops, word censored!"ody thought—that's all!—he's hungry! ADDENDUM Really hungry! Good Lord deliver us, The Unicorn is not carnivorous! William Rose Benét. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I haven't been able to look at the forum much lately (school reports, etc.) but this post was brilliant. Last December, I received a phone call from 'environmental health' asking how many chickens I had as they had received complaints from the neighbours about overcrowding and that I was running a poultry farm in the back garden. It was two days after I had had to rehome my two lovely brahma cockerels and the day after one of my new ex-batts had died. I had also lost one of my little pekins the week before. I just burst into tears on the phone. He asked me what I was planning to do with all the eggs from my 15 chickens and was I planning to start an egg business, etc.Through the tears I tried to explain that the pure breeds wouldn't lay that many and the ex-batts would not be that productive either. Then my sod of a friend who was calling tried to remedy the situation after his wife told him to stop by telling me that the council didn't count ex-batts. The trouble was at that point I was so upset that even when he told me who he was, I didn't hear it and just carried on blubbing. He was so apologetic and it did leave me paranoid about every noise that they made for a long time afterwards. I do understand how you feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 oh no - bet he felt awful when he realised the joke had backfired. I'm with the others on this, I think the unicorns is what did it for me - it's someone with an excellent sense of humour, and too much time on their hands, just gently trying to wind you up. Do tell us what your OH said! By the way Egluntine, brilliant poem - I've never come across either the poem or the poet before. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Revenge is a dish best served cold It helps if you know who it is mind I love a good practical joke but they can backfire and upset people. We did one at work years ago and made it blatantly obvious it was a wind up, ie deliberately badly photocopied headed paper, signed by Hugh Binhad. The guy did not see the funny side at all and kicked up a stink about bullying etc. He would have loved it if wasn't him as the target though.He thought he was the office comedian which was why he was targeted in the first place, we though he had a sense of humour! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 This post has cheered me up no end. Of course ditto to the unicorn course. I wonder how big they are and whether a small herd would fit in the garden too. Great for the roses! Lovely poem. But a lesson for us all here - read things through once and then again to take it all in - it's usually the second reading that you spot "in between the lines" messages. I remember a maths test at school that we only had 20 minutes to do it. Quite a few of us didn't finish - but then the last question - number 15 -said "only answer questions 1 to 5"! Only two girls spotted in (in a class of 30). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Lovely poem. But a lesson for us all here ... Well, I love a good poem! This one reminds me of the old adage, 'you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar'. I reckon you can catch more flies with a flitrap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 ....The guy did not see the funny side at all and kicked up a stink about bullying etc. He would have loved it if wasn't him as the target though.. some people can dish it out but can't take it, they're usually the ones that don't have a sense a humour, unless it's directed at somebody else. Whatever "Hugh Binhad", love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharon539 Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 I am still trying to find out who it was that sent the letter My oh read it and could see it was a wind up straight away (yeah right) (I had already told him i thought it was) Just waiting quietly to see what happens next and then I am going to say that we have been booked on a course about keepong ostriches in the garden as it would cut down on the cost of paying someone to mow the lawn We also thought it would be a good idea to have a unicorn but not sure if it would fit in the eglu or would we need a cube Once I know who it is I can plan my sweet revenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Tell them that Ostriches are marvellous at keeping foxes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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