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The last thing I remember that cowpoke saying is "Aw shucks, anyone can rope a steer".

mantis

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"I mentioned in my personal profile on Snare-a-date.com that I was big boned."

big boned

Past Photos

If you're going to cast your fate to the wind, make sure you have
a strong friend who can reel you back in
.


"All I said was "take a little off the sides."

Even in the bird world there's a ham waiting to steal the show.

Is that why it's called stool?

A spider's big-game hunting "trophy wall"

"Ever since I won the Joan Rivers Look-alike Contest, I've had an
overwhelming urge to schedule another face lift!
"


"The National Park Service protects the right of red-nosed reindeer to fly
under federal protection in the Kolob area of Zion National Park. 
(Any resemblance
to reindeer with religious connotation, living, dead or fictitious, is purely coincidental.)
"


"While we're waiting for a Woodpecker to show up, blow into the hole on
the other side and let's see if my head pops out.
"


"Dream BIG!"
The tiny Ruddy Duck dreaming of what it would be like to really have a nest THIS BIG in the middle of the Great
Salt Lake instead of just a resting spot on a tumbleweed.


"It's a puzzler. Whenever I land in the sewage ponds, my legs just naturally bend this way."


"Now that these big galoots have celebrity status on Antelope Island, they're starting to sport
tattoos. 
It's bad enough they changed their name from Buffalo to Bison (like the rest of us
didn't know they were from the Plains.) What's next, I ask you, liposuction and body piercing?
"


"There may be a hitch in my get-along, Sweetie, but there's still gas in the engine!"
Jack Binch sent this photo to me a few years ago and I just found it again. Thanks, Jack.

The Pelican Trauma Team was mulling over performing a risky "Heimlich" after
Gonzo accidentally swallowed a fishing pole
.


Safety Rule #1 for Survivor contestants: "Never eat a wild brownie."

It's simply not true that you can cover up a "bad hair day" by wearing an orange hat.

Badly-combed grass along the side of I-15

"Now if the rest of you will take two steps to the right,
I think we can pick up the Audubon Channel.
"


"Summertime, summertime, sum- sum- summertime..."

The flower from whence the term "wallflower" originated.

Never stick your tongue on a hot light bulb.

Maury, with spear in hand and dressed in his silky red and blue warmups, waited
patiently for the Olympics Open Track and Field Event to begin where he would
be the first six-legged competitor to ever enter the Javelin Throw
.


"He's still trying to impress me with his BASE jumping even though I told him it
doesn't count if the participant has wings.
"


"I watched a Mustache Thickener infomercial the other night and finally ordered the
'touch-up pen' in basic black. Unfortunately, it worked. Now I look like Wayne Newton.
"


Extreme Sports for Bugs

"Okay!  I'll tell you what you want to know if you get those lights outa my eyes.
 The black widow did it!
"


The romantic picnic turned out to be even more special when Bugsy
remembered to bring her favorite: Cream Soda!


Even more bank foreclosures:  "They tell me this one has indoor plumbing."
Mockingbird photo © Marilyn Davis, 2009

Never let a spider string your favorite guitar.

Charlotte had always dreamed of being a witch but could never quite master the broom.


Confucius say: "Never go spelunking with stink bug."

"Can you hear me now?"

"Come one step closer and you'll be the one praying"

"But, Honey, I bought it for just $20 at a yard sale!"

"I've got a rock and I'm not afraid to use it!"

"A good Christian squirrel always carries his rosary beads."

"I think I may hurt my hairdresser."

"Just to please Simon, this week I will sing a Hank Williams, Jr. arrangement of
'The Wind Beneath My Wings', accompanied by the kazoo.
"


"Did anyone get the license number of that car?"

Na-na-na-na-na-na!

Two photos:
 
"Even more than her beauty, Morris admired her grace and...

"Are you talkin' to ME?!"
Photo ©Jack Binch

Does anyone have any beak floss?

"Why is it I always attract the short ones?"

"Mama told me not to come..."

"Herbert!  She's wearing my hat!"

Caffeine never bothers ME!

(In honor of Fathers Day)
"Do I look like I'm made of money?"

"Never fly with your eyes closed." 

"As long as you're standing there doing nothing,
could you scratch right here under my chin?
"


"Psssst...how long do we have to stand here with our
eyes closed before that photographer finally gives up?"

Composite photo of two shots taken the same day.  


The Hokey Pokey
"You put your right foot in, you put your left foot out...You do the
Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around...That's what it's all about!"
© Denise Blyn, 2005


"And that's no idle boast.

Beelzebub
Horned Lark surveying his territory at Bear River


Pull My Feather
Bubbling ruddy duck photo © Jack Binch, 2005

Goose Step
Is this Greater White-fronted Goose doing the "goose step" while twirling
a hoop in it's mouth?  Don't try this at home. © Dori Williams, 2005


"What do you mean 'smile!'?  I am smiling!"

"Bombs Away!"

"Give Me a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?"

Best Thing Seen by a Non-birding Friend During an
Extensive Bird-watching Trip


"Would Someone Please Pull the Plug?"

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