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[Closed] you know how a swan can break a man's arm?

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if you want to test the theory try riding past a nest with 4 swan eggs in it
[url= http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/7099942175_e24bf1784d_b.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/7099942175_e24bf1784d_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/7099942175/ ]the When Swans Attack ride[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/rocketdog/ ]rOcKeTdOgUk[/url], on Flickr
we barely escaped with limbs unfractured

building your nest 2 feet from one of the busiest canal towpaths in the holiday season isn't really wise


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:01 pm
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swans can only break a mans arm if its driving a fork lift truck at him


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:02 pm
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Irresponsible


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:03 pm
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Bunny Hop opportunity surely.

[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17736292 ]they cannot break your arm but they can drown you in your canoe- bbc link[/url]


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:06 pm
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edit
beaten to it


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:07 pm
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Swans can't break yor arm, that's just a mix of urban myth and avian hyperbole.

They can however give you a rather painful chinese burn.


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:17 pm
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Swans, they're just like traffic wardens. They can both shove their bills up their arses.


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:23 pm
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They can't break a man's arm, but they can steal his apostrophes.

...Sheriff Tom Dart, whose deputies investigated the death.


 
Posted : 21/04/2012 10:59 pm
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Put one onto a conveyor belt and it can do wonderous things.


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 12:17 am
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They are the queen's secret army...

DrP


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 6:06 am
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A male swan may be able to break a man's arm with a flap of his wings, but a female swan can break a male swan's heart with just one look.


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 8:16 am
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Fear not, it will be on her majesty's dinner table on Christmas Day.

(The swan, not RD & his riding posse)


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 8:58 am
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Even Jens Voight would look for another path round there.


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 9:20 am
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they can, but only if you've gone swimming after eating.


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 10:19 am
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What? "... ... worked for a company that provided swans to keep geese away from property"

That's a tad ott ?


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 10:30 am
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Cool pic though


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 10:44 am
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Opportunity for a nice omelette if you ask me ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 8:47 pm
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Driving through Worcester yesterday evening about 7pm, a Swan had decided to have a rest on the pavement, by the side of the dual carriageway, in the centre of town!

I've NEVER seen a Swan more than 5 yards from the river bank in Worcester, but here was a Swan probably 400 metres away from the River (though only 100 yards from the Canal), on the side of a very busy road, and it would not budge! Passers by had to cross the road to avoid it...

Anyway, the Fire Brigade got called to move it, and 20 minutes later they'd shoo'd it on I think.


 
Posted : 22/04/2012 8:55 pm