"The Stockman" and longtime friend warned
me many years ago that the "pips" are going to fly in the future. He also
told me that he'd bought three Ostriches, a male and two females. As
a security measure for the farm I assumed. At the time the
investment set him back 9'000 currency coupons. You know how your
brain works - I had mental pictures of Ostriches with their
lionine booming voice chasing off intruders and all would be well.
It turns out that within days he'd
lost a third of his investment when one female escaped, never to be
seen again. Again a mental picture of said Ostrich being dispatched
and turned into a cholesterol free meal. Several meals actually.
Well it wasn't long before he informed
me that couldn't walk around on the farm. The male had also kicked a
dent in his new pickup. I'm thinking -Who actually owns the farm?
At one stage it even went for him while he was on the tractor. "I'm
going to kill the b..........d." And he didn't say Bustard which by the way is the heaviest flying bird.
"If you grab it by the neck, it
can't do a thing." he informed me. This could be tricky
considering that an adult male could weigh in at a hefty 150
kilograms and that large toe nail backed by serious thigh muscle
will do some serious damage.
The remaining female died and he
finally sold the male at a net loss considering the repairs to the
pickup. Anyway that's why I did the picture and it needs an
appropriate caption. Here's a few: Gryp hom aan sy nek!
Trespassing. Whose farm is it? Hey you dropped your hat!
Submit a caption.
Submit a caption.
No comments:
Post a Comment