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tankhughes commented on the word mouth jail
My boyfriend thinks that some birbz are TOO small. And that for their crime of small, they should be placed in mouth jail (because they could fit in your mouth).
I can almost imagine the sensation of gently holding a small birb in my mouth because of this law, like a felt spherical Christmas ornament who fluffs up every so often against the roof of my mouth.
I live a very good life to be able to step out of the car, see a small borb hopping around in the bushes nearby, and have a partner who confidently declares MOUTH JAIL!
Feels very Miette-adjacent.
November 1, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word mouth jail
Be careful! I'm reminded of Charles Darwin--but he tried to do this with a beetle he was collecting. He wrote, "I will give a proof of my zeal: one day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles and seized one in each hand; then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so that I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as well as the third one." (As seen here: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F1497&pageseq=1&viewtype=text )
November 2, 2023