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| What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by Helen on 7 July 2004 3:23pm |
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and why would someone rub linseed oil into it?
Is it the sea bird? the one the airs itself out on the rocks after each swim? And I would imagine that linseed oil would inhibit the drying process. Am I on the right track? |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by JK on 7 July 2004 5:11pm |
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| The tradition of applying linseed oil to cricket bats is so passe. I think you`ll find this revolutionary new technique makes the sea-based bird more buoyant in the choppy North Sea swells, even more so than cider. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by gwen on 7 July 2004 5:42pm |
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| Helen, Meaning of Life. Bird and oil are referred to by Headmaster John Cleese. However, JK's post is firmly founded in fact. Around these shores people got fed up long ago at the sheer volume of virtually free-floating rafts of cricket bats impeding our swimming activities, so looked for something else into which to rub our linseed oil, and eventually someone suggested the cormorant idea. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by Helen on 7 July 2004 5:52pm |
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I see. Both of you have been very helpful.
This is very clear now, and I thank you. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by gwen on 7 July 2004 6:00pm |
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| Very glad to be of help. More information which may also be useful: probably in the colonies you won't even have heard of cricket bats, perhaps even think they are a sort of radar-emitting jumping night creature. In fact not, they are inanimate, made of wood, wide-ish from the bottom all the way until near the top when they get very very much thinner. Fairly much like a dinosaur. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by JK on 7 July 2004 6:34pm |
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Cricket - WG Grace, dinosaur-esque apparatus smothered in linseed oil, village greens, cucumber sandwiches, deep fine leg, silly mid off, deep square leg, the googly, the cover drive, headmasters, the aristocracy, broken digits…………..
This, Helen, is the essence of cricket. Regarding the humble cormorant, for your guidance;
Cor´mo`rant - Noun- Pronunciation: kôr´mô`rant: cormorant - large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia (and English public shcools) to catch fish and serve as an object of smother.
The lark.
The…………lark.
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by Helen on 7 July 2004 9:06pm |
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Gawl, I didn't think I would get this much help. It all makes PERFECT SENSE now!
I think there is a cricket bat in my barn! It squeaks when I try to poke it with a stick... |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by Louise on 8 July 2004 3:11am |
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| Helen, may I suggest you find a "Bill Oddie" for more expert info ... They are small, enthusiastic, and come with free binoculars. Available seasonally from BBC2. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by Izot on 8 July 2004 5:52am |
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>>>I think there is a cricket bat in my barn! It squeaks when I try to poke it with a stick...<<<
ROFLMAO!
Quote of the week. |
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| Re: What exactly is the "School Cormorant'?
by JK on 13 July 2004 11:07pm |
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For the sake of the stick, I sincerely hope that casualty is still open as it may be coming down with a small dose of rabies. Lot of it about dont you know.
In the meantime, try imPALINg (you can have that one for free) a few oranges and grapes on said indisposed stick. It`ll need the vitamin C. |
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