Is there a North American bird whose cry sounds like a
trumpet?
What do divorce papers actually look like?
The questions are really related but only to me.
Mama Maroon
There is a bird called the trumpeter swan, but I’ve never actually heard one, so for all I know its name could be a DAMN LIE!! Oddly, though, the divorce papers look exactly like a male trumpeter swan.
Filing papers or judgement papers?
Either way, they are simply forms used by the courts to leave a paper trail of the courts’ activities. As such, they will differ somewhat from state to state (and, in some states, by county or municipality).
Here are the Filing Papers
and the Judgment Papers
from a case in Florida. I would guess that they are fairly representative. (Some courts may include flowery scrollwork and headings or borders on their documents, but many courts have abandoned that practice for reasons of cost.)
Sorry, I don’t know about any North American “trumpet sounding” birds. I have never thought that the Trumpeter Swan sounded particularly trumpet-like, but I have only heard one and it might have been an off-day. (They aren’t real common in the Great lakes region.)
WAG: You’re getting divorced and are gonna get a tattoo of that bird that trumpets. This is based upon my ex-wife getting a Phoenix{the bird, not the city) tattoo. But that’s another thread…
Found out from here that 150 or so trumpeters are being reintroduced into Ohio over the next few years.
Also found a link with live trumpeter sounds. http://www.taiga.net/swans/10honks.wav
If you were good at origami, you could take some divorce papers and fold them into a swan.
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Would you believe there’s a trumpeter swan in my backyard and I want to serve it with divorce papers?
Jupitor aint aligning with nothin’ in my backyard!!!
No, I wouldn’t believe that for a minute. My theory is that your wife is having an affair with a musician. When you confronted her on the trumpet sounds emanating from your bedroom, she told you it was just a bird.
Good luck with the divorce man! If I still remember when I get home tonight, I’ll post the call of the trumpeter swan that you can use to call her bluff during arbitration.
I can only think of one bird that sounds remotely like a trumpet. Its name was Charlie Parker… except it was more like a saxaphone.
If Darwinself has a wife, she’s going to really surprise a lot of people.
(Judy, see if you can introduce the swan to the goose across the street.)
Oh, yeah, like I can keep track of the genders of all 15 bazillion members here. You just have to guess and hope for the best. Sorry darwinself, is it your husband that having an affair with a musician then?
Any way, here’s a trumpeter swan. It’s not exactly Louis Armstrong, but it has a certain charm.
Yes, if it’s YOUR backyard, I’ll believe it. However, I don’t think that trumpeter swans are literate, so you’re gonna have to read the papers to it. Just grab some official looking papers and fake it.