General Chat

I have devised a new game, which I intend to name 'Budgie Tennis'

The idea came to me after seeing the budgie we acquired a couple of weeks ago flying around my OH's sewing room. She has been training it to sit (I think that I've got the correct word) on her finger, and finally let it out of it's cage.

It's a fast little thing and when I saw an old tennis racquet on the floor and I had one of life's defining moments. Why not try to hit the budgie in full flight with the racquet and see what the results are?

This may, at first sight appear cruel, but by cutting some of the strings I have made a budgie sized hole. This gives the little chap a chance of survival.

I reckon that with the right force, and angle of strike, I could end up with neatly sliced budgie, which also sorts out the problem of what we are having for dinner.

Given the abundance of these bird world wide, I reckon I'm on to a winner :-D :-D

You could alter the odds, by getting one of those wasp swatters, you know the electric ones, one swat, hes stunned and and ready for................ooo I cant say it!!

Actually if one used one of the electric ones, it could save having to turn the oven on. Enough voltage and hey ho instant snack.
Not only that, but we could save the world energy crisis at the same time.
No need for cookers any more.
Oh and while I am about it, the little wifey wouldn't have to cook either.
And by playing the swatting game we solve world obesity with all the exercise.

The feathers could be shipped out to one of Apple's factories so that readily available (not cheap or forced of course) labour can be used to make feather pillows

Bob, wasps are not such a problem in Oz...well not as big a problem as low-flying budgies!

Errol, the voltage would have to be carefully controlled as budgies are very easy to crisp, and I prefer mine just lightly done, but I agree with the rest of the benefits which I hadn't thought of when I devised the game

Would you like a share in the Licence?

Allan I feel we could put a good business plan together and discuss with potential investors over a crisp budgie or two

I'll tweet you

OMG ive heard it all now,nothing is safe around you Allan.

i still have nightmares when i think of all the small furry creatures that have met their deaths on your BBQ :-(

but i must admit the budgie game could be quite amusing after one or two bottles of plonk :-D :-D
quite a good game at a boring party, :-D

It is missing something though.

Oh I know. Build a sound chip into the batty racquet thingy so that when you hit it, it goes "THWOCK"

eRRol, Errol, you teach the budgies to talk first, then they can scream through the air, literally

Suzanne, when it comes to small furry, or feathered, creatures my imagination knows no bounds.

I am also working on a universal marinade, which will be suitable for all creatures great and small

Its already been done Allan

its called sweet and sour/chicken/pork/beef/and next doors dog/cat. :-D

Nah!

Sweet and sour is so yesterday!

Mine will have a real Australian 'bight' to it. Probably based on crushed red back spiders mixed with ripe road kill

sounds loooovely :-D

Macca's, eat your heart out!

I'm going to set up a world-wide franchise: fast food will take on a totally different meaning ;-)

I'll call if KFB....Kalgoorlie Fried Budgie with its secret mixture of herbs and spices

:-D :-D :-D :-D

I like it!!

Allan ~

Do you take special orders?

Can you make me a big swatter? Big enough for a kookaburra......... we can't eat outside any more, because the cheeky beggars dive bomb us and steal food from our plates. To add insult to injury, when they finish eating, they sit there and laugh.

:-D

Ah! My Lady I love the kookaburras' laugh. They sound as though one of them has told the dirtiest, but extremely funny, joke :-D

I'm not sure whether I laugh at them or with them.

We don't have a problem with them here....they know where they might end up! :-D

Just use a wobble board on them ;-)

We don't feed the kookaburras, they help themselves!

One stole a slice of roast lamb from OH's plate, another stole a chicken wing from mine!

I'm happy that emus don't fly.

:-D

A couple of years ago OH was on a conference call, other people in Europe. It was just before dawn here, OH was on the deck with a coffee............ as the sun came up, the dawn chorus started...... kookaburras going mad......... and total silence from the Europeans. Then.......... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT????? I'm sure they think we live in a jungle.

:-D

I invented "Swing Budgie" Allan.

You know, like "Swing Ball" but with a budgie on the end.

The only problem is..........if you're really good at it, like wot i am, you need quite a few budgies cos they don't seem to last very long.

It's bwilliant when you see all their little wings and fevvers flying about all over the place.

Absolutely bwilliant.

;-) :-D