Giant mad swan on the loose.

Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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Was in the town park earlier and he came at me out the blue - was after my corned beef sarnies.

Managed to fend him off for a bit but he kept coming until we ended up rolling down an enbankment in tandem.
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  • RowieboyRowieboy Posts: 1,446
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    Careful they can break your arm you know!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,512
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    Who won?
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Rowieboy wrote: »
    Careful they can break your arm you know!

    I know!

    Ordinarily I would have given them sandwiches but I thought - "no! Why should I?"
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    You should have had cheese.
  • VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    I don't like when they hiss! It's quite intimidating.
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Sofajudge wrote: »
    Who won?

    Well after he chased me across the bandstand, I quickly slipped an attendant a fiver to let me go in a pedalo.

    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    You should have had cheese.

    I always make corned beef when I'm going away.
  • KidshaleenKidshaleen Posts: 193
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    Rowieboy wrote: »
    Careful they can break your arm you know!

    That is just a myth. The only way a swan could break your arm is if it fell on it from 40,000 feet
  • KidshaleenKidshaleen Posts: 193
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    Well after he chased me across the bandstand, I quickly slipped an attendant a fiver to let me go in a pedalo.

    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)

    Jeez !! I f you didn't have bad luck , you wouldn't have any!
  • VoynichVoynich Posts: 14,481
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    Kidshaleen wrote: »
    That is just a myth. The only way a swan could break your arm is if it fell on it from 40,000 feet

    Yes, swans prefer to drown their victims..

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/killer-swan-blamed-mans-drowning-120835237--abc-news-topstories.html
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Kidshaleen wrote: »
    That is just a myth. The only way a swan could break your arm is if it fell on it from 40,000 feet

    Hmm, I wish I had known that earlier.

    I was making my getaway through the tennis courts and thought I'd lost him until I saw him out the corner of my eye hissing at a young girl and her mother who had ice creams.
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    I would have stepped in if it hadn't been for some other swans backing him up.
  • CruachanCruachan Posts: 7,211
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    Was in the town park earlier and he came at me out the blue - was after my corned beef sarnies.

    Managed to fend him off for a bit but he kept coming until we ended up rolling down an enbankment in tandem.
    Well after he chased me across the bandstand, I quickly slipped an attendant a fiver to let me go in a pedalo.

    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)
    ...

    I was making my getaway through the tennis courts and thought I'd lost him until I saw him out the corner of my eye hissing at a young girl and her mother who had ice creams.

    Reminds me of Jackanory
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Cruachan wrote: »
    Reminds me of Jackanory

    Thanks buddy.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,512
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    Well after he chased me across the bandstand, I quickly slipped an attendant a fiver to let me go in a pedalo.

    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)

    So, you attempted escape by entering the swan's natural habitat?

    :D
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    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)

    If it had come after you in a pedalo, this would have been the thread of the decade.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 36,630
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    Pics or it didn't happen.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,313
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    Well after he chased me across the bandstand, I quickly slipped an attendant a fiver to let me go in a pedalo.

    Was making my way across the lake in the centre of the park - turned back and the swan was still coming at me! (not in a pedalo)

    Now I'm totally disappointed :(
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 21,093
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    I always make corned beef when I'm going away.

    Are you running away to join the circus?
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Sofajudge wrote: »
    So, you attempted escape by entering the swan's natural habitat?

    :D

    I panicked. The swan had reared up on it's hind legs and was coming at me.
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Are you running away to join the circus?

    Maybe, the main reason is I owe money.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 26,853
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    You were in the park? I waited for ages in Paris :mad:
  • Rogelio_Del_TorRogelio_Del_Tor Posts: 405
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    Lizzy11268 wrote: »
    You were in the park? I waited for ages in Paris :mad:

    I only got as far as the park sorry, we never arranged a date did we??
  • cobiscobis Posts: 11,780
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    Odd Socks wrote: »
    Now I'm totally disappointed :(

    me too, especially as I read in a pedalo first time round :(

    I sometimes go and take photos of swans at a countryside park near my home, I read somewhere that instead of bread you should give them leafy greens so I took along a bag of tesco's finest garden salad, after flinging some lettuce at them in the water I waited expectantly with my camera to take photos of happy swans instead I got huffy swans swimming as fast as they could to the other side of the lake where little kids were waiting with bread bags full of sliced dry white tesco's cheapest :o
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