I dreamed I lived in a stalinist state where keeping chickens had become mandatory

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Originally Posted by Rich

Would you mind if I asked 'why?'

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Because they are rather satisfying to watch, very relaxing.....apart from cleaning the f'ing tank

Easier to just select the Aquarium screensaver

In the taxidermy room at the Horniman Museum there’s a bee hive that sits behind glass and has a pipe that goes through the wall to the outside so they can fly in and out.

It’s totally mesmerising to watch them do their bee thang.

I said “Horniman” :hehe:

And “thang” :-(

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Originally Posted by Sir C

:nono: I've looked into it. Maintaining the correct hive temperature is critical. Also you have to feed the buzzy little fúckers.

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Originally Posted by Monty92

In the taxidermy room at the Horniman Museum there’s a bee hive that sits behind glass and has a pipe that goes through the wall to the outside so they can fly in and out.

It’s totally mesmerising to watch them do their bee thang.

I said “Horniman” :hehe:

And “thang” :-(

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Did you wish cancer on my nose?

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Originally Posted by Monty92

In the taxidermy room at the Horniman Museum there’s a bee hive that sits behind glass and has a pipe that goes through the wall to the outside so they can fly in and out.

It’s totally mesmerising to watch them do their bee thang.

I said “Horniman” :hehe:

And “thang” :-(

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Are things not supposed to be stuffed in a taxidermy room?

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Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman

and I was in the dock charged with "failure to keep chickens". I argued that I would only be in breach if I had attempted to keep chickens but had failed. The judge, Berni I think, called my defence an impudence and jailed me for two years.

Immediately upon my release I was arrested again - for failing to keep chickens for two years :-(

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Were these meant to be live chickens? You could have pointed them at your stash in the freezer?

I’ve probably got some going spare if you can stomach living with a. Jew nose.

I know a good rhinoplaster, He might even chuck a circumcision into the bargain.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Did you wish cancer on my nose?

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It’s kind of in a side room

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Are things not supposed to be stuffed in a taxidermy room?

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Originally Posted by Monty92

It’s kind of in a side room

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Indeed. I googled the place.

"One of the Horniman’s oddest exhibits, and now part of the World Gallery, is its 100-plus-year-old merman (male mermaid), the so-called Japanese monkey-fish. Such objects were made in Japan to meet western demand created by the popularity of PT Barnum’s hoax, the Feejee Mermaid, but were often sold in the 19th century by con artists hoping to pass them off as real animals. "

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Originally Posted by SWv2

Indeed. I googled the place.

"One of the Horniman’s oddest exhibits, and now part of the World Gallery, is its 100-plus-year-old merman (male mermaid), the so-called Japanese monkey-fish. Such objects were made in Japan to meet western demand created by the popularity of PT Barnum’s hoax, the Feejee Mermaid, but were often sold in the 19th century by con artists hoping to pass them off as real animals. "

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We used to go on school trips there as a kid. It's absolutely marvellous. None of this trying to teach you stuff crap, it's just 'Here's a weird thing. Cool, huh? And here's another weird thing, etc, etc'.
All museums for kids should be like that imo.