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1 posted on 12/14/2002 5:37:43 PM PST by wai-ming
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To: wai-ming
Read the "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"
2 posted on 12/14/2002 5:39:50 PM PST by per loin
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To: wai-ming
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Regards, Ivan

3 posted on 12/14/2002 5:41:39 PM PST by MadIvan
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To: wai-ming
From Dictionary.com:

al·ba·tross   Audio pronunciation of "albatross" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (lb-trôs, -trs)
n. pl. albatross or al·ba·tross·es
  1. Any of several large web-footed birds constituting the family Diomedeidae, chiefly of the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
    1. A constant, worrisome burden.
    2. An obstacle to success.

4 posted on 12/14/2002 5:49:14 PM PST by martin_fierro
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To: wai-ming
Albatross


5 posted on 12/14/2002 5:50:48 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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Big Bird


6 posted on 12/14/2002 5:53:28 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: wai-ming
An albatross was considered a sign of bad luck to old sailors of many years ago. To have an albatross around one's neck was to be cursed.
7 posted on 12/14/2002 5:54:06 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: wai-ming; MadIvan
Excellent work by Ivan in answering your questian. Of course, casting politicians into the role of birds has, for whatever reason, been done a lot (or a Lott, if you prefer).

Here, for instance, is Senator Hollings with a picture of Senator Landrieu:

9 posted on 12/14/2002 6:03:55 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
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To: wai-ming
On Midway Island we called them goony birds.

Laysan Albatross

The island truly belongs to the Laysan Albatross from early October until August when the last juvenile leaves for the open sea. Residents from the cable company, navy, and today's service providers learn to live with them in the front yard, the back yard and even along the runway.

The landscaping first introduced by the cable company and maintained today by Phoenix Midway seems to suit the Laysan Albatross.This is a view of the military housing section of the island and as you can see it serves as a nursery for the immature birds (all brown) here shown huddled in the rain. The nursery is also a grand singles bar. The adults you see in this picture and all over the island are unmated adults searching for a mate.

Some estimates place the Midway population at 90% of the surviving population of Laysan Albatross. The Laysan is the most abundant species of Albatross. Midway Refuge is crucial to its survival. The Singles Bar

11 posted on 12/14/2002 6:10:01 PM PST by Pushi
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To: wai-ming
Just love all these feckless talking heads trying to prove how not racist they are!
12 posted on 12/14/2002 6:11:52 PM PST by OldFriend
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To: wai-ming
Where does the expression "an albatross around's one's neck" come from and what does it mean?

Ah, the lack of a classical education, this is from another of dem dead whities... Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner which contains the following stanza;

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.

On a sea voyage, the Ancient Mariner kills an Albatross that had lead his ship to safe waters and is punished by his crewmates and fate. Incidentally, this is also the poem where you find that famous phrase;

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

13 posted on 12/14/2002 6:16:07 PM PST by SES1066
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To: wai-ming
"Does it come with wafers?"
24 posted on 12/14/2002 6:52:49 PM PST by DAnconia55
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