"gabadab" > wrote in message
om...
> I found this news story and was wondering if the man was hunting for
> food:
>
> >LONDON Feb. 11 - A man who killed a swan was jailed Wednesday for
> three
> >months.
> >Michael Barnett, 41, pleaded guilty to killing the bird on Dec. 15 in
> Exeter,
> >southwest England.
>
> I would think that this sentence is a little extreme! Evidently, the
> law is a lot tougher in London than in the good 'ol U.S of A.
>
> gab "not a troll" adab

In some circles yes, as in:

There was a young student of Johns*
Who wanted to bugger the swans.
But the loyal hall porter,
Said 'Sir take my daughter,
Them birds are reserved for the Dons.'


* St Johns is a college of several British universities.

David