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Re: Australia's most unattractive bird

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Subject: Re: Australia's most unattractive bird
From: Andrew Peter Taylor <>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 00:23:41 +1000
Vicki Parslow-Stafford wrote:
> 
> Purely in terms of character, spangled drongoes leave a bit to be desired.
> Remind me a bit of silvertail liberals -- sleek, spiffy, immaculately
> suited, brilliant at mimicking the appropriate phrases, but with the moral
> and social attributes of an overprivileged teenaged schoolyard thug.
> 
> Vicki PS
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Vicki Parslow Stafford  | "Oh, many a Cup of this
> Ipswich, Qld, Australia | forbidden Wine must drown
> Email    | the memory of that
> Ph/fax +61 7 3281 5010  | insolence!"

That must mean the Crimson Rosella is the poor down-trodden Labour 
"pollie". Fairly social(ist) in behaviour as well!

Andrew Taylor
Rosemount

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