tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post3916672788499499276..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: draining, in love, starlingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-63340646784012454042008-12-03T11:47:00.000+00:002008-12-03T11:47:00.000+00:00There was a fabulous image of the Rome starlings i...There was a fabulous image of the Rome starlings in the paper a few days ago - it looked as though all 5 millon had been caught in the one photograph.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-47679532566870831802008-12-02T17:35:00.000+00:002008-12-02T17:35:00.000+00:00Thank you for the definition. I agree about its el...Thank you for the definition. I agree about its elegance. When my mind boggles in future I will feel altogether happier about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-62936974075588748602008-12-02T12:47:00.000+00:002008-12-02T12:47:00.000+00:00Interesting to speculate on what changes in behavi...Interesting to speculate on what changes in behaviour conversion to Catholicism might bring about in a starling. It didn't seem to change EWaugh much although he maintained he would have been a much more obnoxious person had it not happened.<BR/><BR/>The mind boggles - a deliberately chosen cliché since I have decided to look up "boggle" in the dictionary. In fact the primary meaning is "to hesitate to do something because of doubt, fear or scruples". The more familiar definition, as with the example above, is "Used in mock bewilderment or ironic speculation." which is admirably concise and modestly elegant.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com