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This is worth the click on the link just for the picture alone. Priceless.

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LOL wut :D

He should have gone with more birds and flown in

Getting caught must've really ruffled his feathers. :p

Getting caught must've really ruffled his feathers. :p
Let's hope nobody parrots this kind of joke :tongue:

Getting caught must've really ruffled his feathers. :p

I can't blame him. I'd be in quite a flap if my goose was cooked by those eagle eyed officials.

I can't blame him. I'd be in quite a flap if my goose was cooked by those eagle eyed officials.
Good to see another person who never ducks from a pun.

Good to see another person who never ducks from a pun.

That was positively fowl.

That was positively fowl.
Let's not start robin what credibility this thread ever had.

I can't blame him. I'd be in quite a flap if my goose was cooked by those eagle eyed officials.

I bet he sang like a canary. *nod*

He should have gone with more birds and flown in
Probably he thought that he could wing it on his own? :tongue:

He will be up before the beak now

I bet he sang like a canary. *nod*

perhaps he hopes to avoid having his wings clipped in jail by confessing.

The Sony Dong is probably the best handheld gaming device available.

The Sony Dong is probably the best handheld gaming device available.

Chickening out from the bird puns I see :p

Chickening out from the bird puns I see :p

It makes a refreshing change from the usual huffing and puffin of hot air that general tends to be.

Chickening out from the bird puns I see :p

But it's a cock joke :(

But it's a cock joke :(

I wish I could say you just made me 'owl with laughter.

I know there's a Red Bull ad in there somewhere...

It makes a refreshing change from the usual huffing and puffin of hot air that general tends to be.
I agree. Gannet really be possible to stay serious all the time? Not really.

I agree. Gannet really be possible to stay serious all the time? Not really.

Exactly, and we wouldn't want to be pidgeonholed as being overly serious either.

Exactly, and we wouldn't want to be pidgeonholed as being overly serious either.

It's nice occasionally to spend our time swanning about either and just have a lark. :D

It's nice occasionally to spend our time swanning about either and just have a lark. :D

How else can you step back and take stork of the situation?

These birds are made for walking, and that`s just what they`ll do. One of these days these birds are gonna walk all over you... pom pom pom

How else can you step back and take stork of the situation?
The puns keep taking a tern for the worse in this thread :tongue:

The puns keep taking a tern for the worse in this thread :tongue:

maybe we should swallow our pride and give up?

The puns keep taking a tern for the worse in this thread :tongue:

Now, now, there's no need to crow about it :p

maybe we should swallow our pride and give up?
I don't think there's a swift end to this thread.
Now, now, there's no need to crow about it :p
I'm hardly ranting and raven :tongue:

I don't think there's a swift end to this thread.



Toucan play at that game you know.

Toucan play at that game you know.
Veery few people can keep this level of bird-punnery up, this is quite impressive :D

Veery few people can keep this level of bird-punnery up, this is quite impressive :D

Yes, but sooner or later someone's going to coq it up. Still you are both pretty good at winging it along.

This thread proves that ornithological specimens of analogous plumage have a tendency towards gregarious existence.

Yes, but sooner or later someone's going to coq it up. Still you are both pretty good at winging it along.
Aye, yet to make a tit of myself.

Aye, yet to make a tit of myself.

You certainly seem to be getting across the thrush of your argument

At least the guy didn't commit a cardinal sin. :)

Veery few people can keep this level of bird-punnery up, this is quite impressive :D

You don't have to crane your neck to see the finishing line is in sight though.

You certainly seem to be getting across the thrush of your argument
Quite. I'm making other punsters egret their futile attempts to keep up :D

At least the guy didn't commit a cardinal sin. :)

True, and I'm sure he's a pheasant guy once you get to know him.

Time and ptarmigan NSGers prove themselves fully fledged punsters. What larks we are having!

True, and I'm sure he's a pheasant guy once you get to know him.
I wonder though if this bird brained stunt will end up as an albatross around this guy's neck"?

I wonder though if this bird brained stunt will end up as an albatross around this guy's neck"?

In years to come he will be sick of heron about this.

I put this bustard did down to plain old human grebe

Veery few people can keep this level of bird-punnery up, this is quite impressive :D

Everyone here must be very talented at puns then. Y'know what they say, birds of a feather and all that...

Everyone here must be very talented at puns then. Y'know what they say, birds of a feather and all that...

*cough*

This thread proves that ornithological specimens of analogous plumage have a tendency towards gregarious existence.

A bunch of loons, all of you!

The proper punishment for him would be:

Tie him to the leg of an ostrich for a few days.

The proper punishment for him would be:

Tie him to the leg of an ostrich for a few days.

What if he gets loose? He might fly the coop.

The proper punishment for him would be:

Tie him to the leg of an ostrich for a few days.

Ostrich-cised

He must've felt like such a booby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby).

He must've felt like such a booby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby).
"Boobies are often mentioned as having been caught and eaten by shipwrecked sailors" - I lol'd.