As usual, badly written by an uninformed journalist/editor.
You could probably pick out inaccuracies in every paragraph of that article.
Anyway, to your passage of interest Laurie, 'cripplers' are so called as to
suggest that one would loose use of ones legs due to the excitement of
seeing such a rare bird (in a 'legs turning to jelly' way).
A bird could turn up in your back-yard and still be a crippler.
'Cripplingly rare' is one term used a lot.
Cheers,
Graham
On 11/15/06, L&L Knight <> wrote:
This item is accessible for a short time at
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1981684.ece
The big question: Should the sighting of a rare auk in Britain give us
cause for alarm?
By Terry Kirby, Chief Reporter
Published: 14 November 2006
After a couple of days you will need a subscription to read it.
Of interest is the passage:
"Such sightings are known as "cripplers" because of the crippling costs
involved to some in pursuing their hobby."
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