How Did The Beak Evolve?

[Upsetter]

Just a fleeting thought seeing as Al is treating us to an explaination of how 'the all seeing eye' of Prince Rastafar-Eye suddenly emerged from the muddy slough of Africa!

I'm still wondering how it emerged from blindness to 20/20 vision without an interim period of having crap vision and walking into coconut trees every 10 seconds.

Aye, Jim Lad..gimme my Stick, Lad!..we be off for another walk around thee Isle..<<ouch!!>>

far-eye emerges





;D



From Ugly Duckling to Chief Beak in one giant leap for Nature!

Nope, I still can't figure it

[The Beakette]

Quite a good disciplinarian, I must say.




Oh... that's not The Question?

[Captain Nudnick]

You really don't understand it all, do you? (patronizing sigh) By the time the beak-type had evolved, the evolution of the working mince-pie would have been millions of years in the past... and if you are looking for transition types, there are animals and fish with rudimentary eyes - and some that have eyes that no longer function because they live in the dark... unnecessary for survival in their chosen habitat.

[Upsetter]

Oh i doooo, I dooo.

I just wanted to have a dig at beaks.lol.

and now I'm having a dig in the garden for the 'missing link'..where the hell is he??

[Captain Nudnick]

upsetter said:

Oh i doooo, I dooo.

I just wanted to have a dig at beaks.lol.

and now I'm having a dig in the garden for the 'missing link'..where the hell is he??

Probably in some rock and roll group...

[moonbeam]

yeah but, how do they know they live in the dark if their eyes no longer function?

I think that its the darkness that gives blind animals a level playing field. Can you say for sure they lost their sight because of the dark or that they had no eyesight to begin with and the dark was the only place they could flourish in safety?

[castanets]

The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey.

[Captain Nudnick]

You know, I really thought this thread was going to be about our gentle moderator, The Beak...

[Upsetter]

It is about our gentle moderators.

..well, gentle unless your name happens to begin with a 'D'.

[Upsetter]

captainnudnick said:

upsetter said:

Oh i doooo, I dooo.

I just wanted to have a dig at beaks.lol.

and now I'm having a dig in the garden for the 'missing link'..where the hell is he??

Probably in some rock and roll group...

Actually some fun can be had with Band names..sadly the funny ones have slipt my memory but me and LW had a competition for funniest band name.

You won't be surprised to know that there actually WAS a band called 'The Missing Links' and needless to say they were an early punk rock band.

Lou Reeds first band were called 'The Primitives'.

One of my favourites were a band called 'The Snobs' led by a bloke called Lord Snooty in top hat and tails with one of those frilly dress shirts (what are they called??)..ruffle shirts?

Now this proves - if any were needed - how weird I am because ever since I've dreamed of performing as Lord Snooty in front of a rabble of scruffs singing songs like 'Wild Thing' and then between songs, sipping champagne and sneering at the poor dress of the audience and making cheap jibes about outbreaks of acne and the tawdriness of tattoos and peircings (sry Mirra).

of course I'd be bottled off after 5 minutes but you've got to admit its a great idea. Especially if youve got a Peter Grant-like manager who extracts a full fee despite the shotness of the set. In one case by drawing a gun and putting it to the head of the promoter.

Now that IS the perfect Rock Manager!

[Captain Nudnick]

He once picked up two American Sailors and banged their heads together... he was BIG feller...