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Cuckoos in a red nest

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Yspadadden · 25/02/2019 08:22

Have you ever watched a little bird who's been duped by a cuckoo? She won't notice that her eggs have been pushed out and smashed. She won't notice that 'her' baby is towering over her whilst she exhausts herself feeding it. If you try to relieve her of that cuckoo, she'll fight for it as though it were her own.

That's nature. Cuckoos have not (as far as I know) taken over the world and driven sparrows and tits to extinction - but in hard times, they sure as heck don't help, and I see a sci-fi plot developing. What if you realised an aggressive alien group making Progress (note capital 'P') by strategically planting cuckoos in all the places little birds are threatened?

You'll have to box clever to deal with it - remember, if you attack the cuckoos, the little birds will turn on you and injure themselves the worse and anyway, a baby cuckoo has not done anything wrong. It really is not your enemy. something else is.

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CaptainKirksSpookyghost · 26/02/2019 08:56

Do ice cream vans really...hibernate?

I thought they drove south for the winter?

MargueritaPink · 26/02/2019 23:00

It was a great conference, the best yet - but there were many enemies of socialism there, and more than a few who have no idea that they are enemies of socialism. When people come in under a special banner, and/or for a single issue, you really do need to take a good look at where they're coming in from

I'm not sure why after the OP posted her explanation it was necessary to carry on with the jokes and mocking.

I'm happy to see the current iteration of the Labour Party tear itself apart so I would have been interested in hearing more about these "enemies of socialism" were.

ErrolTheDragon · 26/02/2019 23:21

I think the thread had irretrievably gone south for the winter by the time the OP came back. Maybe she should try again without attempts at analogy.

MargueritaPink · 27/02/2019 01:04

There were 22 "hilarious" posts before the OP came back to explain. After her explanation there are 2/3 pages of more "hilarious" comments, none of which, apart from mine, addressed her point.

I thought the explanation was of interest and given it referred to Labour women's conference, relevant to FWR, but there was no way she was going to come back after that reception.

MarcusDidius · 27/02/2019 06:43

@SpartacusAutisticusAHF: This is off topic, but I love "The Third Man." I saw it on the big screen after it had been remastered - great!

But, just to remind you: "I'm Spartacus." (Yes, really, I am. Disagree and you know what happens.)

FemalePersonator · 27/02/2019 07:32

This is a great thread

FemalePersonator · 27/02/2019 07:32

Oops. Meant to agree - have yet to have my first birdsong coffee of the morning.

FemalePersonator · 27/02/2019 07:33

But, just to remind you: "I'm Spartacus."

And so is my wife.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 27/02/2019 07:40

Maybe she should try again without attempts at analogy

I agree errol

I had no clue what it was about and i did ask for clarification

And in fact the 1st poster to make a guess got it wrong hence my 'thats an unfortunate comparison' post

Anlaf · 27/02/2019 08:29

I think OP was saying that everyone thinks there are baddies and goodies, and in fact it is us who are the baddies.

(I think most of us on here do not think there are baddies and goodies in life)

If op wants to talk with us rather than at us, I'd be very happy to join in

MargueritaPink · 27/02/2019 08:32

had no clue what it was about and i did ask for clarification

She gave an explanation.

Anlaf · 27/02/2019 08:36

MP this is like that game we played at Guides that I missed the explanation of the rules for.

And the guide leader would be like "she's already told you the way to win the game"

And still I did not understand. Is it worth cracking the code, do you think?

Anlaf · 27/02/2019 08:40

"Just look at the gaps between the gaps, IT'S VERY CLEAR"

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 27/02/2019 08:42

She gave an explanation

Which if you are not up with all the ins and outs of the labour party business was just as cryptic

I didn't understand what she was talking about...hence my need for clarification

Thats how it works surely

ErrolTheDragon · 27/02/2019 08:43

The clarification still didn't make it clear what the OP was driving at. It read rather conspiracy theorist to me, tbh. However, in the case of the Labour Party maybe there really is a conspiracy to subvert it.Confused

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 27/02/2019 08:45

Is it worth cracking the code, do you think?

Im guessing not

Even not having a clue about whats going on i can guess that its something to do with me being rubbish at something somehow

And ive got that message now thank you

Anlaf · 27/02/2019 08:45

42 "TONY BLAIR" it cries before the universe folds in on itself again

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 27/02/2019 08:47

If this is about the Labour Party are the cuckoos members of Momentum?

Even after the explanation pink wasnt sure

Anlaf · 27/02/2019 08:49

Quite Rufus.

I know we talk positively about Guides on here but I'm still miffed about that fucking game. It made me feel excluded and foolish which is I assume the vibe we're going for here.

GOOD MORNING MUMSNET FWR

sackrifice · 27/02/2019 09:24

I thought the explanation was of interest and given it referred to Labour women's conference, relevant to FWR, but there was no way she was going to come back after that reception.

Surely you are free to engage the OP as much as you want?

Crack on love.

FemalePersonator · 27/02/2019 09:25

Is it worth cracking the code, do you think?

Is this like The Da Vinci Code? Do I get a decoder ring?

sackrifice · 27/02/2019 09:25

p.s...i literally don't give two shiny shits about the Labour Party after I left last year.

Did anyone see that photo from the 'Labour 'Women's' Conference'?

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 27/02/2019 09:30

I do give at least one shiny shit about the Labour party and am still (just) a member

I still didn't understand what the OP was trying to tell us though. I really like it when people who want to persuade me about stuff communicate clearly. I find it helpful

I suppose I still pay my Labour party dues for the same reason I still pay my licence fee. I believe that having a strong socialist political party / publicly funded national broadcaster is overall a good thing, and I'm hopeful that at some point sanity will regain the upper hand.

MargueritaPink · 27/02/2019 09:32

If this is about the Labour Party are the cuckoos members of Momentum?

Even after the explanation pink wasnt sure

Nope- not confused. My comment was sarcasm, which , to me, seemed clear from the rest of my post. Anyone who uses a phrase like "enemies of socialism" will be just fine and dandy with Momentum. I thought it might provoke a response.

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 27/02/2019 09:34

See this is why we need a sarcasm emoji

Not that i think you'd use it Grin sont see you at the emoji type somehow

But see...

Thats the level of person you are dealing with in me

Thats why i need A LOT of clarification