And now for something completely different.

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Anthony Todd — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:52:14 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"] just to be sure?[/quote]

A farmer rang the RSPB to say he'd just seen a cuckoo that day, 7th December.

The RSPB expert said that was impossible; the farmer was mistaken; all the cuckoos had migrated south by the end of October.

Some days later a smelly shoe-box arrived at the RSPB headquarters containing a dead cuckoo and a note which read:

"I know a cuckoo when I see one"

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Martin Atkinson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:19:03 GMT

I think you need the practice Labrador to come in and sniff it, then the practice cat, if they don't take any interest then you know it is dead and can charge the owner for a lab test and CAT scan.

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Ian Mostyn — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:51:42 GMT

I'll gladly give you a second opinion for your letter, at the right price of course. I have done quite a few of these letters but I always insist on seeing the body. Someone wanted me to do a letter for this when they had already buried the body! I politely refused. It is not quite as bad as the tortoise which hasn't moved for a week and smells so bad that even I think about gagging. Apparently there is a Norwegian Blue Tortoise....

Ian

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James Laidlaw — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:39:18 GMT

Michael I think you're mixing python and the godfather...

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Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:26:11 GMT

Cut the head off - just to be sure?

You could even enclose it with the letter..........

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Clive Ansell — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:35:25 GMT

[quote user="James Laidlaw"]Please tell me this is true an your letter included the line "he's f***ing snuffed it".

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Yes it is true, but of course I couldn't include the F word in a professional letter.

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Clive Ansell — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:33:52 GMT

[quote user="Louise Alexander"]

Are you sure it's not just resting?

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Not 100% sure no, but I could not elicit any form of response or reflex, and the owners did say it went for a particularly long squawk about 3 days ago

No, I'm as sure as I can be that it has passed on.

Re: And now for something completely different.

James Laidlaw — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:30:30 GMT

Please tell me this is true an your letter included the line "he's f***ing snuffed it".

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Louise6732 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:17:45 GMT

Are you sure it's not just resting?

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Andrew Mellor — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:10:22 GMT