A Christmas Wish!

[elfs]

As when a pigeon, loos'd in realms remote,
Takes instant wing, and seeks his native cote,
So speed my blessings from a barb'rous clime
To thee and Providence at Christmas time!

H.P. Lovecraft, Christmas Blessings

Comments

[polydad.livejournal.com]

Given that I was sort of expecting silly humor, I misread this as "Loo'd in realms remote;" i.e, a pigeon with a continence problem. I'm not sure why this should be special; as near as I can tell *all* pigeons have that problem.

Happy silliness,

Joel

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Fact o' the day: Birds don't have negative bowel control, there being no advantage to them for doing so. (That is, they can void themselves at will, but they can't stop themselves from doing so.) The ability appears to have evolved in mammals, where keeping a den clean became important.

[norincraft.livejournal.com]

I thought it was because birds don't have anal sphincters; possibly a weight saving measure. Was I wrong? Let's go look it up.

Man, I love the web!