Attack of the ducks!!!

[enismirdal]

2 ducks have moved in on Main Court. This is bizarre, as Catz Main Court patently does not contain a pond, or anything resembling one. They're extremely cute and waddle across the the Fellows' Lawn, which if we stepped on would result in much DOOM of the end-of-our-university-careers variety. They eat the grass on the Fellows' Lawn too.

I got a virus in my Lycos account today. I often get viruses in my Hotmail, and when we had the 'blitz', I had them in my university account as well. But my Lycos has never before been hit. It was one of those, "Mail Delivery Failed, Returning to Sender" mails with a message that your mail had a virus attachment so they're not going to deliver it. Since my Lycos has been unable to send mail for the best part of 4 months, and ****ing Lycos won't answer my error reports and support requests, it couldn't have possibly been 'me', i.e. my account sending the virus. Netsky already likes faking my Hotmail address, so if it starts faking my Lycos as well, this will be a pain in the ass and I will squawk lots.

Yay! Chocolate Easter Rolls down to 70p in Sainsbury's!! Cheap dssert!! *bounces up and down*

Comments

[pavanne.livejournal.com]

For the record (as something of a waterfowl enthusiast.. don't laugh):
1. Ducks do not need a pond. They might prefer one for bathing and some animal foodstuffs, but mainly they like the protection against foxes and birds of prey, which I imagine is amply provided by the human presence.
2. Ducks do not eat significant amounts of grass (though they do sometimes tear a few mouthfuls off). They're mainly carnivorous, and looking for worms.

Also, awww sweet. You probably know why the Emmanuel ducks are (allegedly) allowed to walk on the Fellows' grass.

Sorry for unsolicited informing :)

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Cool duck info, thanks! Ours looked like they were eating grass - maybe it was worms or something.

It just seems odd that with all the water in Cambridge, they'd choose somewhere without it. I mean, they're so...ungainly...on land, it looks a bit silly :) If they're happy, that's great, and they seem happy.

I haven't heard about the Emmanuel ducks, but would love to be enlightened - sounds like a tale worth knowing!! :)

[pavanne.livejournal.com]

According to the (probably apocryphal, of course) story, a smartass student at Emmanuel pointed out that the ducks walked on the grass strictly reserved for fellows. The College authorities thought about this complaint, conceded its technical merit, and declared the ducks to be fellows.

[melime.livejournal.com]

I get like five of those "Mail delivery returned" things a day in my Bulk mail folder. It's bullshit. I never open them. But if I did get a real one, I'd probably end up deleting it! >.

[girlofthemirror.livejournal.com]

The ducks sleep o the cobbles in a cute fashion with their heads wedged under their wings!

Oooh,do you think we will get ducklings?

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...well considering Emma already have little round fluffly ducklings, I'm guessing it's probably too late in the season. But wouldn't it be great if I was wrong!! We could have ducks and duckling fellows too!!