Posted by Sacha on May 11, 2008, 5:25 am
On 11/5/08 10:19, in article cged245t6dgg5o5vn976n9cujvh32btmra@4ax.com,
<snip>
>>
>> True story, according to the newspapers a few years ago. Old couple emptied
>> contents of bird feeder at the end of the garden. Someone reported them for
>> growing some dodgy looking 'herbs'. When the police came to investigate
>> they saw that these herbs were cannabis plants! Luckily and for once,
>> common sense prevailed and the olds were not prosecuted. Maybe that's why
>> budgies and canaries sing so happily!
>
> and why owls twit twoo
>
> High Owl Hides Out In Christmas Tree
>
> NBC30.com
>
> SARASOTA, Fla. -- A bird with a buzz found in a Florida family's Christmas
> tree
> is getting ready to go back into the wild.
>
> The little screech owl was found in the tree, which the family had kept for
> five
> days before deciding to decorate it.
>
> Animal control officers from Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary came to get the owl,
> and said they smelled a strange odor on it when they did.
>
> "Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like
> marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked
> at its eyes, ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."
>
> Blood tests confirmed the owl's state.
>
> Sanctuary staff checked the bird out, fed him and named him "Cheech." They
> said
> he would be released in a few days.
>
> The buzzing bird also brought an early holiday gift to the sanctuary, which
> was
> in need of more than $250,000. The attention the bird has brought has helped
> ensure the sanctuary's survival.
Splutter.....! Doesn't the story tell what happened to the family that had
failed to notice a live owl in its Christmas tree!!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
Posted by Martin on May 11, 2008, 5:37 am
>On 11/5/08 10:19, in article cged245t6dgg5o5vn976n9cujvh32btmra@4ax.com,
><snip>
>>>
>>> True story, according to the newspapers a few years ago. Old couple emptied
>>> contents of bird feeder at the end of the garden. Someone reported them for
>>> growing some dodgy looking 'herbs'. When the police came to investigate
>>> they saw that these herbs were cannabis plants! Luckily and for once,
>>> common sense prevailed and the olds were not prosecuted. Maybe that's why
>>> budgies and canaries sing so happily!
>>
>> and why owls twit twoo
>>
>> High Owl Hides Out In Christmas Tree
>>
>> NBC30.com
>>
>> SARASOTA, Fla. -- A bird with a buzz found in a Florida family's Christmas
>> tree
>> is getting ready to go back into the wild.
>>
>> The little screech owl was found in the tree, which the family had kept for
>> five
>> days before deciding to decorate it.
>>
>> Animal control officers from Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary came to get the owl,
>> and said they smelled a strange odor on it when they did.
>>
>> "Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like
>> marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked
>> at its eyes, ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."
>>
>> Blood tests confirmed the owl's state.
>>
>> Sanctuary staff checked the bird out, fed him and named him "Cheech." They
>> said
>> he would be released in a few days.
>>
>> The buzzing bird also brought an early holiday gift to the sanctuary, which
>> was
>> in need of more than $250,000. The attention the bird has brought has helped
>> ensure the sanctuary's survival.
>Splutter.....! Doesn't the story tell what happened to the family that had
>failed to notice a live owl in its Christmas tree!!
That's all there was.
--
Martin
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>> True story, according to the newspapers a few years ago. Old couple emptied
>> contents of bird feeder at the end of the garden. Someone reported them for
>> growing some dodgy looking 'herbs'. When the police came to investigate
>> they saw that these herbs were cannabis plants! Luckily and for once,
>> common sense prevailed and the olds were not prosecuted. Maybe that's why
>> budgies and canaries sing so happily!
>
> and why owls twit twoo
>
> High Owl Hides Out In Christmas Tree
>
> NBC30.com
>
> SARASOTA, Fla. -- A bird with a buzz found in a Florida family's Christmas
> tree
> is getting ready to go back into the wild.
>
> The little screech owl was found in the tree, which the family had kept for
> five
> days before deciding to decorate it.
>
> Animal control officers from Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary came to get the owl,
> and said they smelled a strange odor on it when they did.
>
> "Curiously enough, the owl's feathers smelled very, very potently like
> marijuana," said Jeff Dering, of the sanctuary. "They examined the owl, looked
> at its eyes, ... and the owl was, in the vernacular, stoned."
>
> Blood tests confirmed the owl's state.
>
> Sanctuary staff checked the bird out, fed him and named him "Cheech." They
> said
> he would be released in a few days.
>
> The buzzing bird also brought an early holiday gift to the sanctuary, which
> was
> in need of more than $250,000. The attention the bird has brought has helped
> ensure the sanctuary's survival.