The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: pelican or pelicannot, there is no try

[Z_TheWriter]

Back in the 80s, there was a band called A Flock of Seagulls. Yes, they thought that would be a good band name, and Mike Score, the lead singer, thought that would be a good hairstyle. It didn't stop them from being quite popular, though. They even get referenced in Friends.

I've heard about the band, honestly don't think that is a bad name, but I never knew about the hair

 

[StillStunned]

There's also this lot:

 

[Bamagan]

Fun fact! (If I'm remembering correctly) The darker colored pelicans are all juveniles.

Which I guess means all pelicans go through a goth/emo phase. XD

Yep. Kids are sith!

 

[iwatchus]

I'm reminded by a line from an Ogden Nash poem

Kubla Kahn, but Immanuel Kant

 

[StillStunned]

I'm reminded by a line from an Ogden Nash poem

Kubla Kahn, but Immanuel Kant

During the semi-final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, England player Tom Curry complained to the ref that one of the South African players had called him a "white cunt". The South African, Bongi Mbonambi, replied that he actually said "wijd kant", being Afrikaans for "open side".

 

[YmaOHyd]

 

[onehitwanda]

During the semi-final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, England player Tom Curry complained to the ref that one of the South African players had called him a "white cunt". The South African, Bongi Mbonambi, replied that he actually said "wijd kant", being Afrikaans for "open side".

Afrikaans would be "wye kant" or "oop kant" - wide side or open side, respectively. Afrikaans also doesn't have the ij vowel - that's Flemish and Dutch. Afrikaans uses the y instead but the phonetic sound is almost identical.

The Saffer 100% called the Pommy a white cunt, but was quick enough on his feet to think of a plausible excuse.

 

[StillStunned]

The Saffer 100% called the Pommy a white cunt, but was quick enough on his feet to think of a plausible excuse.

Yes, it was dismissed for lack of evidence, not because anyone thought for a moment that he was being truthful.

 

[stickygirl]

Yes, it was dismissed for lack of evidence, not because anyone thought for a moment that he was being truthful.

He probably was being a white cunt

 

[stickygirl]

He probably was being a white cunt

Or given the present thread title, a white pelicunt

 

[StillStunned]

Or given the present thread title, a white pelicunt

Having presumably been a black pelicunt when he was younger.

 

[StillStunned]

It might be the two glasses of rum talking, but this feels like one of the stranger turns this thread has taken.

 

[stickygirl]

It might be the two glasses of rum talking, but this feels like one of the stranger turns this thread has taken.

We're talking about pelicans, not terns. They're nasty little shits btw

 

[StillStunned]

We're talking about pelicans, not terns. They're nasty little shits btw

Which, pelicans or terns?

I doubt either of them are as nasty as seagulls. I know someone who has scars on her head from being attacked by one when she was young.

 

[NuclearFairy]

There was a girl in my youth group who liked to wait until we were in a car going to some event or other and then let loose a loud seagull screech. Freaked everyone the fuck out every single time. Even though we knew it was probably her after the first time or two.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Fun fact! (If I'm remembering correctly) The darker colored pelicans are all juveniles.

Which I guess means all pelicans go through a goth/emo phase. XD

Another fun fact! Due to a misunderstanding of biology, medieval naturalists erroneously believed that mother penguins fed their chicks on their own blood. Doesn't get more goth than that.

 

[TheLobster]

Another fun fact! Due to a misunderstanding of biology, medieval naturalists erroneously believed that mother penguins fed their chicks on their own blood. Doesn't get more goth than that.

Yup, and it was sometimes blazoned in heraldry using a flowery expression “a pelican in her piety.”

 

[Bramblethorn]

https://maverick-ornithography.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F160072696605

 

[stickygirl]

https://maverick-ornithography.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F160072696605

You really are sleep-deprived... or hitting the good stuff!

 

[stickygirl]

Which, pelicans or terns?

I doubt either of them are as nasty as seagulls. I know someone who has scars on her head from being attacked by one when she was young.

Yup - same problem at our sailing club. One of them made a nest near a boat that was needed and drew blood from a man's head.

 

[stickygirl]

I'm reminded of a 9-year old English boy who won a prize for his seagull impression

 

[Bamagan]

Which, pelicans or terns?

I doubt either of them are as nasty as seagulls. I know someone who has scars on her head from being attacked by one when she was young.

Terns are highly territorial and will dive bomb intruders en masse*, scratching, pecking, and shitting. Withstanding the onslaught is considered a rite of passage amongst coastal ornithologists. Others claim it's a form of hazing.

*Edit: And they nest colonially, so the mass might number in the thousands, although their populations are dwindling thanks to a variety of problems related to loss of coastal habitats, so it might only be dozens to a few hundred in many places nowadays.

 

[Z_TheWriter]

Ok what if Pelican't, but Toucan? Sometimes it's just easier if you're not alone.

 

[TheLobster]

Ok what if Pelican't, but Toucan? Sometimes it's just easier if you're not alone.

And if you're feeling like you're trash, remind yourself that it's garbage can, not garbage cannot.

 

[StillStunned]

I sometimes mistake pelicans for pecans.

The words, obviously, Most of the time I can tell the difference between a large bird and a nut.