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[PotNoodle79]

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[metrifonate]

That book seriously scared me as a child.. the film.. ugh, and I thought my fear of clowns were bad to begin with? I never even finished IT.

I always find horror funny, it's so unbelievable and over the top that I struggle to get into them.

 

[Cat]

I always find horror funny, it's so unbelievable and over the top that I struggle to get into them.

I was way too young when I read the book, and tried to watch the film.. now I just cannot stand sitting still, looking at a screen.. Watching people say some rehearsed lines.. it is just.. well, it gives me a strange kind of uncanny valley feeling, it is rather uncomfortable.

So, I have not seen any film for years.. except when my daughters have forced me to sit with them.
But on my own? Ugh.. more than a decade since I just sat and enjoyed a film.

Yup, I am a bit strange.

 

[PotNoodle79]

Everyone was too young when they read IT for the first time.
My fave summer book.

 

[metrifonate]

I was way too young when I read the book, and tried to watch the film.. now I just cannot stand sitting still, looking at a screen.. Watching people say some rehearsed lines.. it is just.. well, it gives me a strange kind of uncanny valley feeling, it is rather uncomfortable.

So, I have not seen any film for years.. except when my daughters have forced me to sit with them.
But on my own? Ugh.. more than a decade since I just sat and enjoyed a film.

Yup, I am a bit strange.

So the movie date night is out then?

 

[orangecurious]

True.. when the magpies joined them a little later, I had to give up.. it was simply too silly and cute.

So, I had to spend a lot of time checking up on the birds - and laugh!

interesting... i saw some photos of Hoodies recently and they look more Magpie than Crow. I've seen them, so know they are big, but a Carrion Crow seems larger. The Magpies i know don't like Crows, but maybe Hoodies aren't such a threat.

Magpies aren't as gregarious, out of the Corvids it's them and Jays that don't really mix, with others or others of their own. Magpies tend to stay in pairs and are territorial, but mixing in winter if they need to, but on shared ground. Jackdaws and Rooks form large groups at roost and Crows can do too.

Most Corvids like to play - some i know play games with me.

the hoodies in the video could be using the snow and ice to clean parasites, freeze them off the feathers. again, very intelligent.

You must have the non-murderous crows.

There's a field near me where they all gather at dusk - like 100s if not 1,000s of them - before they fly up into the trees to roost for the night. They make an awfully loud racket and I can see where Steven King got his inspiration!

More De Maurier for me.

 

[metrifonate]

as they say in the countryside, one crow's a rook, many rooks are crows.

 

[PotNoodle79]

"What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

"What do you mean? An African or European swallow?"

oops.

Wrong meeting.

 

[orangecurious]

yet rooks form a, well, rookery. a Parliament. Jackdaws form very large roosts.

the beak on a Hoodie looks more like a Magpie beak, maybe that's the similarity for me

 

[orangecurious]

anyway, Magpies are wonderful birds an it was a great TV show

 

[GetNerdy]

anyway, Magpies are wonderful birds an it was a great TV show

Agreed! my day could always do with more magpies, the chatty little gossips.

 

[jonnoback]

There’s some magpies on the TV. Against City.

 

[Cat]

Agreed! my day could always do with more magpies, the chatty little gossips.

I may have some magpies..

https://imgur.com/a/ZNmq3LP

Seriously, the silly birds were having a lovely time today. (They looked content.. can birds look content? I mean.. they seemed content.. okay, enough I am no bird expert! )

 

[GetNerdy]

I may have some magpies..

ok, you tease. Looking good

 

[Cat]

ok, you tease. Looking good

Whaaaaat..

 

[GetNerdy]

Whaaaaat..

yeah yeah yeah, you and your cluster of corvid coquettes

But i agree! That's a happy lookin' darling.

 

[metrifonate]

I may have some magpies..

https://imgur.com/a/ZNmq3LP

Seriously, the silly birds were having a lovely time today. (They looked content.. can birds look content? I mean.. they seemed content.. okay, enough I am no bird expert! )

what's magpie in Danish?

 

[Cat]

what's magpie in Danish?

Magpie in Danish is "skade", which also means damage or injury.

 

[orangecurious]

Agreed! my day could always do with more magpies, the chatty little gossips.

oddly, their name comes from chattering women... Mags - a common old english name for generic women. The pie bit comes from pointy - probably the tail. The term pied for something black and white then comes from the bird.

 

[jonnoback]

I may have some magpies..

https://imgur.com/a/ZNmq3LP

Seriously, the silly birds were having a lovely time today. (They looked content.. can birds look content? I mean.. they seemed content.. okay, enough I am no bird expert! )

Hmm. Seems I need a VPN to see these special Danish magpies

 

[metrifonate]

Magpie in Danish is "skade", which also means damage or injury.

Maybe they should do personal injury claims?

 

[Anastasia1999]

I was way too young when I read the book, and tried to watch the film.. now I just cannot stand sitting still, looking at a screen.. Watching people say some rehearsed lines.. it is just.. well, it gives me a strange kind of uncanny valley feeling, it is rather uncomfortable.

So, I have not seen any film for years.. except when my daughters have forced me to sit with them.
But on my own? Ugh.. more than a decade since I just sat and enjoyed a film.

Yup, I am a bit strange.

I cannot watch a movie anymore. I have gotten quite impatient as I get older. I prefer magazine articles to books these days and mini-series over feature films.

I am strange too!!

 

[StrentWriter]

I cannot watch a movie anymore. I have gotten quite impatient as I get older. I prefer magazine articles to books these days and mini-series over feature films.

Just a quick “me too” - binged The Night Manager series 1 this last week to catch up for series 2. See also: Watson, Grand Designs and Grantchester…Stranger Things, strangely enough…

I am strange too!!

You’ve always been lovely, to me, Anastasia. That’s a better word for you.

 

[Fivemagicbeans]

Hugs and good evening you lovely people

Almost half way there

 

[PotNoodle79]

I love films.
But...
A two hour film can take me 3 hours to pick and 3 and a half hours to watch. I get distracted, restless etc.
Weirdly, in the cinema I'm usually ok, but I tend to reserve cinema trips for something I am seriously excited about (usually nerdy special effects laden nonsense).