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On 11 Feb 2004 13:02:53 -0800, (gabadab) wrote:

>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.
>
Maybe swans are property of the crown there.

I expect they are good to eat. Waterfowl that eat plants.

Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

"That idiot Leibniz, who wants to teach me about the infinitesimally small! Has he therefore forgotten that I am the wife of Frederick I? How can he imagine that I am unacquainted with my own husband?"