On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:46:01 +1000, you wrote:
>At 03:49 PM 26/09/2001, Andrew Clough wrote:
>
>>>one percent of falling raisins would strike and mutilate stock and
>>>children, raising a cry for vengeance.
>>
>>They *do* have parracutes.
>
>The question on everybody's lips is: are parrakeets strong enough to ferry
>raisins safely to the ground? :-)
>
>>Afganistan is a big country, people can hear planes approaching, and I
>>can't see livestock being mutilated by packages of the size I imagine
>>(2x2x2). Frightened or injured...maybe. But not mutilated.
>
>And besides they could roast the parrakeets for added protein, adding to
>nutritional value of the meal and more than making up for the occasional
>scream from someone with a dead parrakeet buried beak-first in the top of
>their head.
Sorry...no protein there---the parrakeets would be mechanical only.
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