>On <Sunday, March 20, 2005 3:17 PM>, <Bill Bartlett>
><billbartlett at dodo.com.au> raised the antenna to
>broadcast depth and busted *this* wacky shit out
>into the Matrix:
Great come-back, laughed so much I nearly busted a gut.
> >Sir Peter's taste for swan has him fall foul of law
> >Rated 3 in topic General; Politics; Humor; Philosophy; History
>>>From news.scotsman.com on March 19 at 11:03 PM
> >http://www.furl.net/item.jsp?id=2347299
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>It has everything to do with power... and rich? ...that goes with the
>territory.
Only in the sense that it made international news. Your common poachers would be lucky to make it into the local court rounds. Anyone can come up with that story about the swan hitting power lines. Now if the fellow had claimed that his position as an entertainer in the royal court of QE II ENTITLED him to the royal leftovers by ancient tradition, that might have made it something to do with power.
> The game laws read about the same in the US, although
>in most rural places "roadkill" meat is either donated to charity or
>returned to the finder after proper reports are filed.
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>Usually the former.
Really? Here, roadkill is usually left on the road to be eaten by Devils, hawks, crows and other scavengers. I only bothered to stop for that deer because it happened to run into the side of my car and break its neck, without much damage. No-one would bother if it had been a wallaby, it would have just been left there for the devils.
People over there actually get out and collect the carcass, then file official reports? Are you serious? That's a little bit scary. Tell me you're making it up.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas
Hang on... I just caught on to your pun, you mean has everything to do with power because the story was that the swan came a cropper on the POWER lines! Sorry, I'm a bit slow today.