[C19fan]

Swans are the property of Her Majesty. If you hurt one off with your head.

[kaehurowing]

Harming a swan is treason to Her Majesty. You will be publicly drawn and quartered at the Tower of London.

[thackney]

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.

[cripplecreek]

Mute Swans are a destructive invasive species here and you can’t kill them.

[Celtic Conservative]

Two words- Alka seltzer. Birds can’t belch.

CC

[Blood of Tyrants]

Shoot (or shack it in the head with a golf club), shovel, shut up.

[Gunpowder green]

Why doesn’t her majesty order the swans beheaded?

At least they aren’t Afghans...

[hadaclueonce]

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.

[rhoda_penmark]

Those swans can be rapists, too. Just ask Leda.

[katana]

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.

[nickcarraway]

Wait until one of those swans attacks a Corgi. Thinks will be different then.

[donna]

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.”

[kingu]

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.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Like hell you can't fight back...!

[1st Division guy]

hasn’t the U.K. banned water pistols yet?

[toast]

Easy fix.

[TexasRepublic]

No, Officer, I don’t know anything about the disappearance of those lovely birds. What a shame. That smell? Oh, right - the wife’s cooking chicken for supper tonight. G’day!

[DemforBush]

Hmm...I’m wondering if there’s a local falconry shop that might be persuaded to “accidentally” let one of its more aggressive (and hungry) residents out of its cage?

Problem solved, and no follow up investigation from the local constabulary.

[NoCmpromiz]

If it’s roasted does it look like a goose?