• Jo Miran
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    3 months ago

    My wife when we first moved to Wyoming: “What a pretty and dainty bird. What is it?”

    Me: That’s a Magpie.

    Magpie: *bathes in blood as it feasts on the flesh of a dead elk*

    My wife:

    • Yardy Sardley@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Magpies are the bird equivalent of that person everyone thinks is hot as long as they don’t say anything

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        3 months ago

        Fuck, maybe that’s why my wife calls me a magpie, but also tells me to shut up sometimes. (I like shiny things)

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        3 months ago

        I went Birds first but didn’t find one that really fit, hence Psycho.