Richard Littler14h ago
People hear music in the song of spring birds. Not me.
There's one bird that just shrieks out a single, unchanging 'ARGH!' every 20 seconds. Another makes a high-pitched, honking clown nose sound. And don't start me on blackbirds: 'Hi! Hello? Hi there! Hi! Can you hear me? Hi! Hello! Hey! Hi there!'
Show threadRichard Littler
And I hate the 'Squeeper'.
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause]
"Squeep!"
[5 sec pause, but no Squeep. Distracted from work, I find myself awaiting the next Squeep. 30 secs later still no Squeep. OK, back to work. Where was I? Ah, yes, I was about to..]
"Squeep!"
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Show threadHugo Mills13h ago
@Richard_Littler I had one of those one year. I think it was some kind of tit. It sat on the phone wire, just above my open office window, and went squeep! exactly like that. For. The. Whole. Summer.
Show threadCatherine Baker12h ago
@Richard_Littler One of these lived in the tree just outside my last address except its squeeps came four at a time...
Show threadMatthew Edney10h ago
@Richard_Littler one of the few benefits of going deaf … I don’t hear the birdies that distract my wife!