Of sparrows and storks
At the beginning of the twentieth century, an elderly Spanish lady living in a remote part of Mexico received some European visitors and asked them what was going on in the world. "Men have learned to fly" they said. "Are they flying with their legs tucked underneath them like sparrows or with them stretched out behind them like storks?" she asked.
posted by Whispering Walls at 10:15 am
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I am at a loss for words.
She would have loved Concorde.
Like it!
Every summer in Peterborough, a Polish strongman would attempt to fly across the river and add all sorts of apparatus to his body. I don't think he tried this technique. ;-)
I plan to visit Winchester soon, I shall be visiting the University open day with my son, it will be my first visit to your city.
In Romania, storks don't have their nests destroyed and as a result they have a huge population. It's rather lovely to see the huge nests with the little heads sticking out - even in the centre of towns.
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