I have not been able to give your (or my) blogs much attention recently, because my German mates have come to stay for a few days, and it's difficult to concentrate when they are looking over my shoulder as I try to write.
Normal, infuriating service will be resumed by Friday, as they are heading off for an overnight stay somewhere in Kent or Hampshire before catching the ferry home to the Fatherland.
One very interesting thing that one of the Huns told me this morning though, which I would like to pass on to you.
My friend (the gay one, not the dentist) had to look after some Tapirs a few years ago for some reason, and discovered that if you stroke them hard behind the ears on the back of their necks, they fall over in an apparent stupor or state of ecstasy, and have to be brought back to consciousness by their keeper. The keeper told him that all Tapirs behave like this, but nobody knows why.
Your lives will never be the same again for the knowledge of this fact.
Fact No 2... They BITE.
ReplyDeleteI must have a bit of Tapir in me then Tom !!
ReplyDelete....... and, don't make something rude about that !! haha
ReplyDeleteYou're right, my life has totally changed. In fact, I never knew this creature existed until just now. So, thanks!
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Great post - I also have learnt something else I didn't realise that tapirs came in a stripey version Wrongly I believed that they were pretty much monocolour.
ReplyDeleteThat's a baby LG.
ReplyDeletesome pigs will go into a stupor too
ReplyDeletegawd.....what am I saying
bring back more interesting candlesticks
Funny you should say that, John. I took delivery of a pair of interesting 1730 sticks today. I f you ask nicely, I may show them to you.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't got a bit of Tapir in you, Jackat, I'm sure you could arrange it (is that what you were warning me not to say?)
Should I ever meet a dangerous one then I shall know what to do, thanks to your friends. Incidentally - I am sure somebody painted that chap in the photograph - I never saw one with stripes and spots.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, that was one thing I didn't know about tapirs. Now it's the only thing I know about tapirs.
ReplyDeleteThey also taste great!!!
ReplyDeleteOh yes....I knew that I could rely on you !! haha
ReplyDeleteHave you been up the pub with your visitors or discussing the finer points of Tapir's today ?
I've been up the pub but there were no sightings of Tapir's ..... I think that they are few and far between in Hertfordshire.
It is a good day when you learn something new and so useful.
ReplyDeleteSince this ever so important information about Tapirs was imparted to you by your German friends, I googled "German stereotypes". Here is what it said: Germans are all fat men in leather shorts who drink lager while listening to oom-pah bands. Oh, and they like to eat pork products.
ReplyDeleteThat is Bavarian men, Iris. The rest of Germany don't consider Bavarians to be German, and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteTry Googling up the German stereotype of English, that should be a laugh.
Iris, I just have....
ReplyDeleteit states "all english men drink too much, rant all the time, and are geeks over inanimate shiny things
I'm sure that we don't know anybody like that. At all.
ReplyDeleteRight. Now look up 'gay stereotypes' and see if you know anyone who fits the bill.
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