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16-08-2007, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by almostnormal  and there i was thinking we might get a semi serious answer to that question! what was i thinking?  
16. (this has actually happened ) when some one crashes into the undergrowth off the footpath to find out why you're not on said footpath, do not, under any circumstances tell them you're surveying the plants. you will inevitably have to listen to them tell you about some wildflower they found and have to try to id it from some vague dsescription. this will take at least 30minutes, by which point you will be close to doing something horrible to them just to get rid so you can go back to work. tell them you're looking for lichens. people don't care about lichens! | my favorite possible answers however are
a) I'm watching the grass grow
b) shh its a top secret surveilance operation
c) I'm waiting for a womble to come out of that hole
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d) the ubiquitous "wibble"
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16-08-2007, 01:15 PM
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which just goes to prove what a lot of dimwits there are out there. fancy believing him .
think i might try telling them its top secret.....i'll let you know how that goes!
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16-08-2007, 06:40 PM
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lol,iv'e had no. 4 up to my neck,then had to endure the hour long walk home sopping wet that came with it! oh yeah,and no matter what you're searching for,animal or plant,your usually going to find it at some point dead or squashed on the bottom of your shoe,i did that with a newt,oh, the guilt ridden shame..... |
16-08-2007, 06:44 PM
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sadly,i am one of those people who stops any official looking wildlife type to get them to id a random duck i've seen,which usually turns out to be a muddy mallard.soz,i won't do it again! (or at least,not for too long...)if they start warbling on about nuclear power or ufo's,i'll know it's one of you guys!lol |
16-08-2007, 08:48 PM
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A useful answer to "What are you doing?" or the annoying "Can I help you?" is to say "I'm looking for Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, have you seen any?"
henrya
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16-08-2007, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder A useful answer to "What are you doing?" or the annoying "Can I help you?" is to say "I'm looking for Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, have you seen any?"
henrya | I Like it!
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16-08-2007, 11:08 PM
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If kneeling down in the middle of a large field to photograph something and you need to remove spectacles to do so and you put them carefully on the ground beside you.... don't a) kneel or lean on them when adjusting to a better position or b) get up and move away 'cos you'll never be able to see them again if you're half-blind without 'em and it's amazing how things disappear among even the shortest grass (see dropped pens, above!) I nearly did the first and did do the second while photographing Primula Scotica on an Orkney cliff-top a few years ago.  Fortunately, I hadn't moved too far away and was lucky to find my glasses, but oh boy, did I panic there for a while!
People tend to ignore me if they walk by when I'm bottom-up somewhere photographing a flower or a fungus and hubby is generally far enough away so he looks as if I'm not with him - I just really hate it when their dogs trot up and leap at me while trampling whatever it is I was trying to take pics of....  |
17-08-2007, 09:00 AM
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lens caps are clearly related to both pens and socks because it is a cast iron rule of photography / nature watching that however many lens caps you set out with you will have one less than your total number of lenses when you return
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17-08-2007, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cresshead101 sadly,i am one of those people who stops any official looking wildlife type to get them to id a random duck i've seen,which usually turns out to be a muddy mallard.soz,i won't do it again! (or at least,not for too long...)if they start warbling on about nuclear power or ufo's,i'll know it's one of you guys!lol | ah yes, but you're young enough that we'll just smile and help you. we'll be trying to enthuse you about nature you see! ( not that you need it, since you're a wabber) its the ones who come across with that bustling manner and talk at you for ages before asking you about some obscure little plant they found growing in some undefineable place that really get to you.
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17-08-2007, 02:23 PM
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<shudder>i know the type.scary stuff!i now have a new respect for you wildlife workers |
17-08-2007, 06:26 PM
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talking of halfwittage in the countryside i was recently accosted while doing some mowing by an irate lady who claimed i had "broken the cow parsely" - apparently its "a protected species and I should be ashamed on myself" - do me favour
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17-08-2007, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore talking of halfwittage in the countryside i was recently accosted while doing some mowing by an irate lady who claimed i had "broken the cow parsely" - apparently its "a protected species and I should be ashamed on myself" - do me favour | I'm sure the cows will still be able to produce their parcels without it especially if a Wabber dangles a pen behind them; besides, I didn't know that cow parcels are protected
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17-08-2007, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by cresshead101 <shudder>i know the type.scary stuff!i now have a new respect for you wildlife workers | most of those on here do deserve a lot of respect  i don't though, i think unutterable things about some of the people who stop me  Quote:
Originally Posted by eeyore talking of halfwittage in the countryside i was recently accosted while doing some mowing by an irate lady who claimed i had "broken the cow parsely" - apparently its "a protected species and I should be ashamed on myself" - do me favour | tsk tsk eeyore...what were you thinking? what's the cow parsley ever done to you?
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18-08-2007, 04:46 PM
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for shame!i'm going to get the wildlife police on you,eeyore! what is the world coming to?
i dream of a world where man and cow parsley may one day live in harmony.obviously,people like you should be made to eat your own mud and trampled cow parslry soaked boots for even thinking of such a sick and disgusting idea in the first place.  parsley has feelings too,ya know! |
19-08-2007, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by eeyore my favorite possible answers however are
a) I'm watching the grass grow
b) shh its a top secret surveilance operation
c) I'm waiting for a womble to come out of that hole
or
d) the ubiquitous "wibble" | Or say, "OK you found me, now I'll count to 100 and you go and hide"
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