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Swans are terrorizing a British village. A 12th-century law means the villagers can't fight back.
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| February 2, 2016
| Amanda Taub
Posted on 02/02/2016 1:36:19 PM PST by C19fan
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Swans are the property of Her Majesty. If you hurt one off with your head.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:36:19 PM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Harming a swan is treason to Her Majesty. You will be publicly drawn and quartered at the Tower of London.
To: C19fan
Why, in other words, are British
citizens subjects allowing this ancient tradition to persist, even when it is pecking at their children and chasing the postman?
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By correcting one word, the question answers itself.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:40:08 PM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: C19fan
Mute Swans are a destructive invasive species here and you can’t kill them.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:42:04 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: C19fan
Two words- Alka seltzer. Birds can’t belch.
CC
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:42:26 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: C19fan
Shoot (or shack it in the head with a golf club), shovel, shut up.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:42:39 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
To: Celtic Conservative
To: C19fan
Why doesn’t her majesty order the swans beheaded?
At least they aren’t Afghans...
To: C19fan
I got close to a Swan nest in Wabash Indiana in 1973. I will never forget that Swan coming after me, feathers flying and it’s bill lunging about waist level.
Scary.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:43:47 PM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
To: C19fan
Those swans can be rapists, too. Just ask Leda.
To: C19fan
I once saw black swans being hunted by a fellow in a kayak on Lake Taupo in New Zealand. They are huge pterodactyl like fowl and probably make quite a feast. Anything (or anyone) who attacks me or mine is fair game. But then again I’m a citizen, not a subject.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:44:03 PM PST
by
katana
(Just my opinion)
To: C19fan
Wait until one of those swans attacks a Corgi. Thinks will be different then.
To: C19fan
Time for a Royal Party:
Swan meat was regarded as a luxury food in England in the reign of Elizabeth I. A recipe for baked swan survives from that time: “To bake a Swan Scald it and take out the bones, and parboil it, then season it very well with Pepper, Salt and Ginger, then lard it, and put it in a deep Coffin of Rye Paste with store of Butter, close it and bake it very well, and when it is baked, fill up the Vent-hole with melted Butter, and so keep it; serve it in as you do the Beef-Pie.”
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:46:38 PM PST
by
donna
(Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
To: C19fan
Ahh yes, when everyone has more rights than you... How's it feel to be at the bottom of the pecking list, residents? But you just know they'd spend hundreds of thousands of pounds prosecuting anyone who stood up for themselves and their family.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:47:09 PM PST
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: C19fan
Like hell you can't fight back...!
To: Travis T. OJustice
OK. Getting that one second hand. I wasn't quite that sadistic when I was young, but I know a few who were. How about claymores? little, tiny anti personnel swan claymores? Or the groundskeeper from caddyshack? CC
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:48:20 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: C19fan
hasn’t the U.K. banned water pistols yet?
To: Celtic Conservative
To: C19fan
Easy fix.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:50:03 PM PST
by
toast
To: kaehurowing
This is so stupid. Canadian geese aren’t that nice either. Swans are slower and there are only two of them. Get a stick or fishing poll or dog and the Swans can be steered anywhere.
If you want problems, try skunks, bears, raccoons, coyotes, rats, termites, fire ants, killer bees, rattle snakes, moose or HONEY BADGER. Honey badger don’t care.
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posted on
02/02/2016 1:51:08 PM PST
by
poinq
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