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Edits duly noted. Tim Send a noteboard - 26/07/2010 10:43:59 AM
I see your 10,000 simoleans and raise you a gross of gold doubloons.

1. The wrong nest? As opposed to the right nest? This isn't how swans take care of their young! Not only are you using an incorrect title, you're misrepresenting an entire species!


Swans nest. Ducks nest. One time, a swan egg accidentally found its way into a duck's nest. This is clearly depicted as being an abnormal occurrence, so no swan but the cygnet's mother has title to sue.

2. Do swans even eat the same things as ducks?


WIKIPEDIA SEZ:

Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small molluscs.

Swans feed in the water and on land. They are almost entirely herbivorous, although small numbers of aquatic animals may be eaten. In the water food is obtained by up-ending or dabbling, and their diet is composed of the roots, tubers, stems and leaves of aquatic and submerged plants.


So basically yes. They both eat stuff you find in rivers.

3a. Protoswans


If our protagonist was the proto-swan, where did the flock of other swans come from?

3b. METAPHOR


What are the analogues for science and religion? I don't see any.

(Is it sad that I'm finding this kinda fun? )
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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"It's like the ugly duckling, but with swans." nossy - 25/07/2010 09:40:32 PM 944 Views
Ooh, brownie points snoopcester - 25/07/2010 09:54:34 PM 659 Views
In fairness, it should properly be cygnet and not duckling. *NM* Ghavrel - 25/07/2010 10:00:09 PM 254 Views
Is there a story called "The Ugly Cygnet?" nossy - 25/07/2010 10:50:45 PM 647 Views
Point being the title is technically incorrect *NM* Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 01:27:48 AM 252 Views
Then I must conclude that our points are different. nossy - 26/07/2010 01:35:01 AM 622 Views
I vaguely remember the story. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 07:56:09 AM 743 Views
The cygnet is raised in a family of ducks. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:14:20 AM 616 Views
I looked it up, but Wikipedia was unclear. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 10:20:39 AM 683 Views
Surely you have a wikipedia quicksearch option, or a bookmark? Tim - 26/07/2010 10:25:24 AM 579 Views
I refer you to my title. And then my edits. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 10:30:54 AM 573 Views
Edits duly noted. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:43:59 AM 564 Views
Re: Edits duly noted. Ghavrel - 26/07/2010 08:08:23 PM 593 Views
Thank you for being my lawyer. Spriteling - 26/07/2010 11:30:45 AM 655 Views
Perhaps we should do a Book Club on The Ugly Duckling. Rebekah - 26/07/2010 12:41:49 PM 651 Views
Basically it's a metaphor for being gay Mark - 26/07/2010 05:17:29 PM 603 Views
I never knew Andersen was gay. Makes a lot of sense, though. *NM* Legolas - 26/07/2010 06:24:05 PM 306 Views
I always took it as a metaphor for being a nerd *NM* Camilla - 28/07/2010 10:44:18 AM 253 Views
I always took it as a blatant lie told to comfort ugly children. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/07/2010 10:52:05 AM 315 Views
This thread was much more fun than I anticipated. nossy - 26/07/2010 05:48:15 PM 627 Views
yes the best indepth discussion of the Ugly Ducking and the word cygnet I have seen in weeks random thoughts - 26/07/2010 07:01:18 PM 611 Views
Never know what you'll learn around this place. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:17:42 PM 293 Views
Never know what you'll learn around this place. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:20:00 PM 310 Views
Twice, even. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 07:21:32 PM 319 Views
the knowledge grows *NM* random thoughts - 26/07/2010 08:23:14 PM 355 Views
She's so adorable. Rebekah - 25/07/2010 11:11:59 PM 739 Views
I'm going to leap to her defence here. Tim - 26/07/2010 10:19:22 AM 654 Views
Your argument holds no water. nossy - 26/07/2010 07:54:58 PM 604 Views
I'll let you win if I get to see the bootie shake *NM* Tim - 26/07/2010 08:17:17 PM 343 Views
... Rebekah - 26/07/2010 08:32:56 PM 737 Views
*NM* Avendesora - 26/07/2010 08:36:59 PM 360 Views
*dies laughing* nossy - 26/07/2010 09:09:53 PM 721 Views
Well. Rebekah - 26/07/2010 09:11:21 PM 726 Views
I won anyway, so I'm not sure you've got a good bargaining position. *NM* nossy - 26/07/2010 09:10:57 PM 358 Views
I can't even remember the context in which I said that. Spriteling - 26/07/2010 09:12:58 PM 605 Views
We were on that pier thingie nossy - 26/07/2010 09:17:14 PM 633 Views
Oh yeah Spriteling - 26/07/2010 09:23:18 PM 610 Views
I understand why you said it nossy - 26/07/2010 09:25:43 PM 589 Views
Mary? *NM* Camilla - 26/07/2010 10:04:18 PM 259 Views
I was once asked "How many seven dwarves were there?" Colonel Logain - 27/07/2010 01:25:55 PM 611 Views
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