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Gregory Morrow[_418_]

Ophelia wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >> > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:23:41 -0700, koko > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On 20 Sep 2015 18:00:52 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>On 2015-09-20, > wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> Soak the grain in alcohol, go to the park, feed pigeons, within ten
> >> >>>> minutes you can pick up however many pigeons you wish.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Would you mind revealing which park you go to?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>nb
> >> >>
> >> >>Aren't pigeons also known as squab?
> >> >>
> >> >>koko
> >> >
> >> > As I understand it squab are baby chickens of a few weeks old but I
> >> > have seen pigeon offered on menus as squab, some don't care for the
> >> > idea of eating pigeon
> >>
> >> Not here. Squab is pigeon and sometimes game birds. When I was a
> >> child,
> >> my father raced and bred pigeons. Any that didn't perform well went into
> >> the
> >> pot To this day I won't eat pigeon.
> >
> >
> > Old Russian folk proverb: "A snipe drowns in its own bog..."
>
> You will need to explain that one

I am reading a Nikita Khrushchev biography and that was one of his quips when he was threatening the Allies' presence in West Berlin during the late 50's... ;-)

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Best
Greg