Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Here's another one: when something is not fit for purpose it's as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.

You know, I haven't heard that one before MJ (or the frog in a sock one). My Aussie cred is suffering....

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Hey Bob, my girls are enjoying some free range time after the rain.

Here is a photo of Tsuki and Deana, who is looking the worse for wear in molt, to tide you over 'til you get back home to your girls.

 

[ValerieJ]

That one I get. I still need to see this lizard drinking water.

Totally with you on that. Found any videos of a lizard frantically drinking water?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Tsuki being majestic ( and Deana trying to get out of shot )

 

[Kris5902]

Tsuki being majestic ( and Deana trying to get out of shot )

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“Ahhhh! No mom, no pictures! Me feathers are a mess!” That about sounds like most of Mr Marans flock here right now too!

 

[Ribh]

You know, I haven't heard that one before MJ (or the frog in a sock one). My Aussie cred is suffering....

South Australian weirdness.

 

[drumstick diva]

Afraid to ask about lizards, since "a frog in a sock," sounds upsetting enough.

 

[MaryJanet]

Totally with you on that. Found any videos of a lizard frantically drinking water?

Thisis my family's take on it. Different families might have different interpretations.

We're pretty sure lizards drink slowly. That's the point - it's over-cooked sardonic humour.

Sometimes when I meet up with friends or family in the middle of a heatwave I say, "brrrr it's a bit chilly" and we all laugh.

So the lizard drinking saying means going fast even though lizards drink slow.

But some folks (or maybe AI) who take things literally have written on the internet that lizards flatten out when drinking and people who are in a rush also feel flattened out.

The very few times I've seen lizards drinking, they didn't flatten out much as far as I could see. @Ribh would know more about lizards than I do with all those monitors hanging around.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thisis my family's take on it. Different families might have different interpretations.

We're pretty sure lizards drink slowly. That's the point - it's over-cooked sardonic humour.

Sometimes when I meet up with friends or family in the middle of a heatwave I say, "brrrr it's a bit chilly" and we all laugh.

So the lizard drinking saying means going fast even though lizards drink slow.

Like calling redheads "blue"

My Great Uncle Blue had red hair. Can't remember his given name, he was always "Uncle Blue"

 

[Ribh]

Thisis my family's take on it. Different families might have different interpretations.

We're pretty sure lizards drink slowly. That's the point - it's over-cooked sardonic humour.

Sometimes when I meet up with friends or family in the middle of a heatwave I say, "brrrr it's a bit chilly" and we all laugh.

So the lizard drinking saying means going fast even though lizards drink slow.

But some folks (or maybe AI) who take things literally have written on the internet that lizards flatten out when drinking and people who are in a rush also feel flattened out.

The very few times I've seen lizards drinking, they didn't flatten out much as far as I could see. @Ribh would know more about lizards than I do with all those monitors hanging around.

If you change your wording slightly it makes better sense. Lizards are *stretched thin* while drinking. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't & it depends on your breed of lizard. Skinks stretch thin.

I've yet to master rhyming slang which just confuses me.