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What do ppl think abt Partridges

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:08

Just along the same lines really.

thx

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bronze · 08/10/2009 21:09

as in feathery things?

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 08/10/2009 21:09

prtdgs suk

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Tortington · 08/10/2009 21:09

aren't they supposed to like pear trees?

if i had a pear tree i wouldn't like them

but i don't - so i remain fairly ambivolant about them

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Heated · 08/10/2009 21:10

in a pear tree?

to eat?

the Partridge family?

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:10

innit tho
they r just EVIL

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bronze · 08/10/2009 21:11

apparently partridges make good parents so this might be the appropriate place to post

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:11

I stood next 2 a partridge when I was prgnt

[shame]

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onepieceoflollipop · 08/10/2009 21:11

I always think of partridges as being a bit like pigeons, but slimmer and less ugly iykwim? Have never actually seen or met one though.

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:12

LOL that everyone knows something abt them tho

typical MN

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Heated · 08/10/2009 21:14

They're nearly as stupid as pheasants.

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bronze · 08/10/2009 21:14

I know they eat our seedlings and move more quickly when shot at (except on the rare occasion one gets hit then it doesnt move much )

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wildstrawberryplace · 08/10/2009 21:15

2 for £5 in Tesco today. Tiny buggers.

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:16

See this ought really to have been more like

'what do ppl think abt really terrible crimes?' or something. That would have sparked a to-do.

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halfcut · 08/10/2009 21:17

I let my kids chase the buggers is that ok?

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2shoes · 08/10/2009 21:18

I liked David Cassidy, but the rest were a bit odd

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:20

They cause boating disasters apparently

according to google images

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:20
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squeaver · 08/10/2009 21:20

ok in the park but not in the house.

lol

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squeaver · 08/10/2009 21:21

Sorry that should have read "in da house"

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fruitspooksbatsintheeaves · 08/10/2009 21:21

not much but my dogs think they're great!

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Chaotica · 08/10/2009 21:22

I've no grouse with them.

[srry]

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:22

And I had no IDEA they moved in such neat formation.

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smoking2shoes · 08/10/2009 21:22

how do children chase them, arn't they in a pear tree?

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FlightAttendant · 08/10/2009 21:23

lol at Grouse

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BertieBotts · 08/10/2009 21:34

Well, I can shoot a partridge. With a single cartridge.

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