Comments for Private Secret Diary

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by Unexpected Traveller

Unexpected Traveller — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:29:46 +0000

I am not surprised that the LTLP is in a highly emotional state.

I would too if my better half were to spend his time chucking chickens with Short Tony.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by JonnyB

JonnyB — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:13:26 +0000

Hullo Lisa!!!

Um – it is a bit difficult to explain the geography. Basically, there is a door from the chicken enclosure into both mine and Short Tony’s gardens. But his has been easier to get past, then there is the secret path and gate that leads between our properties, which they have been availing themselves of.

Hope that clears things up.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by JoAnne

JoAnne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:53:31 +0000

Yeah, what ajb1605 said. The chickens are in YOUR yard, aren’t they? They were before, anyway. Why go to Tony’s just to come back? And also – perhaps this story foreshadows another clip, one that might have something to do with the LTLPs heightened emotional state and current situation.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by ajb1605

ajb1605 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:05 +0000

But…..
but..
why would the chickens fly over Short Tony’s gate, to get from their enclosure to your garden? Are they as orientationally challenged as you? Or do they just like to go the pretty way?

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by guyana gyal

guyana gyal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:25:47 +0000

I’m with the LTLP on this, I would get really emotionally heightened if any chicken were to scratch around my plants, and I’m not in the state that she’s in, the one you keep hinting about.

If a chicken scratched around my plants, I’d curry it and give it to a beggar, I would.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:54:32 +0000

Have you checked for tunnel-digging activity yet? A cunning beast, your average chicken.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:10 +0000

Ooooooooooh. We are getting chickens today. Will bear your riot shield hire availability in mid just in case.

Sorry, hello JonyB!

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by justthoughtyoumightbeinterested

justthoughtyoumightbeinterested — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:39:19 +0000

At school we were taught the legend that if the chickens ever flew away from The Private Secret Diary then the whole of Britain would be Great again and the entire Commonwealth would get together that very evening and sign a petition asking for the restitution of the Empire and we could spend forever sitting in a big field lacing daisies in one an others hair listening to golden banjo music.

You and ‘doesn’t-get-any-bigger-when-he-comes-towards-you Tony may have a lot to answer for.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by JonnyB

JonnyB — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:38:10 +0000

Hullo A Quiver and welcome!!!

This was a difficult post to write. Because, as Z points out, things don’t normally go right. But having mentioned that I was going to go a’ clipping – in the natural expectation that it would go horribly wrong – it would have seemed dishonest not to talk about it.

The riot shields are available for hire if required.

Comment on We attempt to clip the chickens’ wings. by Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:10:50 +0000

Is it just me, or is there a distinct air of other-shoe-dangliness hanging over this post? I should wrap up all that savouring tonight if I were you, Jonny. Might not be much left to savour by tomorrow morning…

By the way, mood swings, nausea and increased appetite are commonly associated with (a) pregnancy and (b) one of those really aggressive brain tumours that swell up to the size of a grapefruit and push the victim’s parietal lobe out of their left ear. Do please take a moment to entirely rule out option (b) before making your little announcement, would you?