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Gadfly
11-28-2003, 08:46 AM
Albatross!
Edward The Head
11-28-2003, 09:14 AM
Damnit dude, don't be shooting the Albaross.
Small Clanger
11-28-2003, 09:31 AM
Err... WTF? On a stick?
Lord Ashtar
11-28-2003, 09:44 AM
Um...I don't get it.
Mr. Blue Sky
11-28-2003, 09:47 AM
Bring me a bucket.
World Eater
11-28-2003, 09:51 AM
Wha?
World Eater
11-28-2003, 10:06 AM
Wha?
racer72
11-28-2003, 11:21 AM
Someone in the hooch a little early in the morning?
if6was9
11-28-2003, 11:31 AM
You mean a double-eagle?
pencilpusher
11-28-2003, 11:34 AM
http://allsands.com/Science/Animals/albatrossbird_wgn_gn.htm

In this age of the Internet and other modern forms of communication and learning it is hard to believe that ancient superstitions could exist. However, it is amongst our able seamen and women that one of the best known superstitions is kept alive. Do they really believe the infamous reputation of the albatross? Seemingly so. Such superstitious folklore has haunted modern sailors well into the late 1950's. Do they still believe? It is doubtful that many do, but where there is ignorance or strife, superstitions are rife.


Sadly this large seabird with its incredible endurance of long flights has always symbolized a bad omen amongst sailors. In ancient times the sighting of the bird, an incarnation of a drowned seaman, was a warning of a storm ahead. To remove any albatross feces from the deck was highly unlucky. Apparently they were some form of talisman against the fury of the sea.



Nothing like bird crap to keep you safe huh?
Horseflesh
11-28-2003, 02:53 PM
"Just be glad your wife didn't leave you for an ALBATROSS (http://www.bloom-county.com/movies/albatross.mov)! My puny kiwi wings weren't good enough for Delores. No, no, she had to have an ALBATROSS! With great....big...long....wings...."