the officially approved way to greet a lone magpie is as follows...
In order to ward off bad luck, greet the sight of a lone Pica pica with the words: ‘Good morning, Mr Magpie, how are Mrs Magpie and all the other little magpies?’
and that's from the dean of oxford university emeritus professor of magpie addressal dept
Posted By: Tombs on April 29th 2021 at 09:18:17
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- 1st (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Apr 29, 06:03:04
- for sorrow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:30
- 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - MrSpud43, Apr 29, 07:05:54
- for another girl, I spose (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:38
- 2nd (n/m) (General Chat) - clem fandango, Apr 29, 06:20:42
- for joy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:40
- 3rd (n/m) (General Chat) - Graham 21, Apr 29, 08:03:47
- for a girl (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:15:51
- 4th. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 29, 06:36:13
- 5th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 09:33:46
- 6th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:08:00
- for silver (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:47
- I mean, to be fair, Jumbo should have got a kiss for his 9 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:35:35
- for a boy (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:06
- 9th (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 07:22:23
- for a nice magpie pie (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:23
- I went to a Richard Herring gig where he did a whole routine about that magpie rhyme (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 08:55:16
- POSH PAWS 🦕 (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Apr 29, 10:07:30
- I have a very tame couple of blackbirds (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 09:46:14
- i've got a little robin garden buddy (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:52:17
- Good stuff. There's a robin always fiddling about (General Chat) - Old Splat, Apr 29, 10:01:25
- They are terrorists (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:46:55
- i've got a little robin garden buddy (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:52:17
- I tell them to shut the eff up. They make such a loud hideous noise (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:44:47
- Fucking covid (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:47:08
- Don’t you mean Corvid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:09:03
- No need to crow (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 11:24:48
- tbf, the australian magpies would probably try to kill you (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:56:45
- Don’t you mean Corvid? (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 11:09:03
- Have you tried saluting them? (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:46:25
- Ah, no I haven't. Will give it a try. Thanks magpie tech support! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:50:31
- Fucking covid (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:47:08
- wallpaper advisory (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:15:32
- Did Boris's decorator just not know about that store then? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:27:48
- the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:39:26
- Thank you. I am learning a lot this morning. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:44:40
- Chispy's going to have a shock when he returns from his morning constitutional (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 29, 09:59:50
- Magpie wallpaper? I'm in, thirty rolls please, should do for the second drawing room (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:44:22
- Thank you. I am learning a lot this morning. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:44:40
- the russians is a cultural reference to the movie burn after reading (spoiler) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:39:26
- Did Boris's decorator just not know about that store then? (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:27:48
- 01 if you're outside London 811 8055 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:05:14
- It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:18:29
- which makes the choice of 999 as the emergency number seem a bit retarded (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:19:19
- Absolutely ridiculous choice of numbers. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:28:30
- The problem with 111 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:23
- Well fancy! Another thing I've learned. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:48:35
- The problem with 111 (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 09:34:23
- Absolutely ridiculous choice of numbers. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:28:30
- which makes the choice of 999 as the emergency number seem a bit retarded (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:19:19
- It took SO LONG to dial all those numbers! It took AGES for the zero to get back to the (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:18:29
- ooh ooh, we do a salute & say good morning your worship (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Apr 29, 09:04:21
- Yes please Jumbo! I'd love to see that. I had such a happy couple of (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 09:20:57
- the officially approved way to greet a lone magpie is as follows... (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:18:17
- and the collective noun for a group of magpies is a ‘mischief’ of magpies (General Chat) - Tombs, Apr 29, 09:22:49
- I went to a Richard Herring gig where he did a whole routine about that magpie rhyme (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Apr 29, 08:55:16
- for a nice magpie pie (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Apr 29, 08:16:23
- 5th (n/m) (General Chat) - Norman Panic MP, Apr 29, 09:33:46
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