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  • bananafungus
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    1 year ago

    The birds have been hard at work cracking snails on my roof this morning, and while I’m awake and working anyway it’s in its 3rd hour and beginning to get a little annoying.

    • Outlier1031
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      1 year ago

      Be careful because they may have read the story of Aeschylus, an ancient greek playwright who was killed by a falling turtle that had been dropped by an Eagle who had confused Aeschylus’s shiny, bald head for a rock. This is apparently a true historical account and golden eagles in greece do kill turtles by dropping them onto rocks.

    • anotherspringchicken
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      1 year ago

      I think you’ve solved the mystery of the noises I’ve been hearing on the roof! Couldn’t work out how the birds were making so much noise with their soft little feet

      • bananafungus
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        1 year ago

        I find they get right into it on sunny mornings, lots of tap tap tapping.

    • Seagoon_
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      1 year ago

      “Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole.” 😨😨😨