I respectfully disagree :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
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I respectfully disagree :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
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Originally Posted by Daniel
Hmm. Shouldn't you be working?
Back to remote islands...pleeease.
Erm....thread is in danger of sliding away. May I just say that one answer was remarkably close to being correct. Just a few miles out, geographically speaking.
Brazil?
Sorry, not Brazil either.
I just googled this one, and I think it might be around for a little while longer yet :eek:
No way!
:laugh: :p :
Well Carl got me curious so I too googled...
Breeze was closest :D
I was way off....
plus I just re read the question...Caroline, I think you mentioned the wrong ocean..
Spain?
Apparently I (Caoline) am a dumbar$e (says Daniel). It is not in the Pacific - I really really thought it was. It is in the South Atlantic.
Please someone get it?
It is claimed by the Danes?
A fistfull of marbles in your mouth should do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Could Norway be the new owners?
Breeze, after my recent shameful googling (no, I'm not blind yet :mad: ) I can assure you that the Norwegians are indeed the current squatters of that barren South Atlantic (or is it the Pacific?) rock.
Please now do endulge us all with a recent update of the travels of your avian friend :D
Damn, just as I was nodding off :dozey: If I'm not mistaken, Edgar's been visiting kin in Tennessee. I'll ring him up to get the latest. Stay tuned!Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
Ugh! Never should have made that call. I got Edgar's second cousin Delmer on the line. That crow never shuts up, just goes on an on.....Anyway, Edgar was down at the fishin' hole but I'll call back later this evening. Delmer says he's got a story or two to tell. Here's Delmer; can you imagine having that in your family tree! :eek:
Nice one Breeze. Edgar has been away for far too long :p
Schmenke, stop googling at the back!
:o :dork:
misled by the wrong ocean else I would have got it :erm: :p :
Caoline! Do you do that often to the kids in class as well ? :p :
Everyday mate. When I was helping in class I was having to correct her almost every minute :eek: :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
Argh! Get away from me with that pan! :eek:
:blackeye:
What can I say? There are just too many oceans in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
:p :
Edgar back yet??
He's a busy crow, don't you know..?
Perhaps he's afraid of the reception some of us have waiting for him :devil:
[Peter sellers impersonation]
"...Birdie num-num?"
[/Peter sellers impersonation]
Down on page 3...
Do we continue waiting for the crow?
My friends and fellow geography buffs, I am sorry for my absence and lack of geography quiz. As it happens, I am stumped by my latest visit with Edgar the crow and have been struggling to figure out what he was going on about.
I decided to take a road trip to the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee where Edgar was visiting kin. When I got there, he was so completely sotted, so utterly infused with the local corn squeezins, I spent the entire weekend trying get a coherent statement from him about what he'd been up to.
If you've ever heard a loaded crow trying to talk, then you can understand why I could only catch snippets. Even on the best of days crows aren't the most fluent at human speech, except in cartoons of course. But since this is real life, I could only do my best to understand his muttering and babling.
The good news is that certain phrases and words kept coming up and eventually I was able to figure out what he was saying. Here they are folks:
The Regent, The Jubilee, The Victoria-Transvaal, The Orloff, The Cullinan.
There were more words that kept cropping up but these were the only ones I could decipher. Poor Edgar, when I left him he was still so sauced he couldn't walk, let alone fly. I left him in the (hopefully) capable hands of his second cousin once removed, Bobbie Sue. I think she has eyes for him.
So what I need help with is figuring out what and where Edgar was on about. Are you fine and educated folks up to helping me out? What I want to know is, what are these things, where are they and what do they all have in common? Aside from that, what would a crow want with them, I wonder?
Well the Orloff and Cullinan are diamonds, so perhaps he's been buying jewelry?
Nice post BTW Breeze, well worth the wait :up: :laugh:
Well spotted mate. They're ALL bl**dy big bits of supercompressed carbon.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
But if he's been buying them he's a very rich crow!
Good to see the return of Edgar, although I do hope that he makes a full recovery from the after-effects of Tennessee’s finest sour mash to be able to once again journey to far-off exotic lands (I understand New Jersey is pleasant this time of year...) and captivate us all with tales of his avian adventures :up: Despite the menacing presence of the variety of shotguns around here he is missed :erm:
P.s., Do please also keep us informed of Edgar’s potential courtship with Bobbie-Sue… Edgar does seem as though he could benefit from some feathered companionship.
Perhaps his girlfriend has the same tastes as my wife :\
???? Do tell, Carl.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
With Edgar's rapacious appetite for the "birds", I'm not too sure courtship has even entered his tiny, warm blooded brain. Goodness knows for him even first cousins are on the menu and Bobbie Sue is quite the dish, so you can just imagine what'll be on Edgar's mind when he finally sobers up. :lips:Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
So, .... Edgar,.....is it the diamonds then?
Edgar say "YES", they're diamonds. Bing honking very expensive diamonds. Anyone care to guess at where they are and what those places have in common?Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
They were all found in South Africa. All Diamond finds tend to be in "Kimberlite" formations, named for the town of Kimberly in South Africa. These formations are old volcanic necks that have been squeezed by immense pressure over millions of years, turning what is coal or carbon into diamonds.
While that may be true Mark, what I'm looking for is 'where are they NOW'? Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. :arrows:
In very safe places? :p :
ya got me..lol