On 24/10/2012 9:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Krypsis" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 19/10/2012 2:15 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote
>>>>
>>>> I just happen to think there are some subjects that are not funny.
>>>> And the killing or injuring of animals is not one of them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, killing animals is not funny.. I drove 400 miles today and saw two
>>> deer and a half dozen other small animals that were run over on the road.
>>>
>>> The humor though, was not about killing animals. It was a contrived skit
>>> about the signs and literal meaning. You can joke about that even if
>>> animals are not killed. The signs are a warning to prevent that from
>>> happening. It is easy to detach yourself from the killing to the humor
>>> potential in the signs. Laughing about it will not change the outcome
>>> of any animals so there should be no guilt.
>>>
>>> The humor is not about animals, it is about signs. You really have to
>>> lighten up so you can live longer. When I dies, I don't want a
>>> funeral, but if there is one, I hope people remember my humor, add some
>>> of their own and have a few laughs, even if at my expense.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I had to stop for a duck as she crossed the road with her 16 half grown
>> ducklings waddling behind. That was on Central Road near my home in
>> Blackburn. The were obviously foraging out from Blackburn Lake.
>> Now that area needed a sign badly.
>
> There was a sign on the way to my daughter's dance studio that cautioned of
> a baby duck crossing. Now why there were ducks there is beyond me. AFAIK

Ducks will travel on land from one body of water to the next because
they have ducklings in train. They can't simply fly to the next
waterhole and that's when they are more likely to be seen crossing busy
roads.

> there is no body of water around there. But we did see a duck near the road
> just days before that sign went up. The sign is down now. I don't know
> where they went.

They just can't find the crossing any more. ;-)
>
> We did once have two ducks land on our roof. That was a little weird.
> There is a creek that runs through the backyard about three doors down. And
> across the street and down a little ways is a pond that appears to be
> manmade.
>
Just a halfway house between two preferred domiciles. A rest stop as it
were! A manmade pond, unless well established, is unlikely to attract
ducks. They won't set up residence unless the pond can supply them with
necessities like food and decent shelter from predators. Manmade ponds
can often take years before they are completely established as wildlife
habitats.

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Krypsis