Might do what?Peter Duggan wrote:.. if I can't get a pony, a unicorn might do...
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And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Get caught on film. This shot is claimed to have been taken in the wild:s1m0n wrote:Might do what?Peter Duggan wrote:.. if I can't get a pony, a unicorn might do...
But it's a hoax. This unicorn is obviously domesticated: unicorns aren't exactly born with bridles on, you know. Plus it's too well-groomed to be wild, and that ain't no forest growth beneath its magical little hooves. I am personally disappointed, and offended on the unicorn's behalf, that the domesticated variety should be so duplicitously misrepresented. What, are they not "good enough"? Is that it?
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Not only that, but that pony is clearly in need of medical attention - someone's shot an arrow into its forrid!
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Do I have to explain everything twice for you, s1m0n?s1m0n wrote:Might do what?
Might be an acceptable substitute (i.e. make do) for a flute-playing pony if I can't get one... might even be more than acceptable with the unicorn being Scotland's national animal, except that I'd rather set my heart on a Shetland, don't know if you get Shetland unicorns, and still have concerns about the horn...
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Here's an idea, Peter: Get yourself a Shetland and tell everyone it's a proper Scottish unicorn, and that you removed its horn to save it from the poachers.
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Still got to be able to play the flute, though! Source the Eric Dolphy of Shetland ponies for my mum's Jazz and I can consider the horn later...
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First things first. You can teach it after the fact and save money that way.Peter Duggan wrote:Still got to be able to play the flute, though!
You'd better think of it now, because they're gonna ask.Peter Duggan wrote:I can consider the horn later...
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People say unicorns don't exist but ....
Have you ever seen a hippopotamus? It's a fat unicorn!
Have you ever seen a hippopotamus? It's a fat unicorn!
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Anyone ever made a flute from unicorn horn? Are there CITES restrictions on that?
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Um... Can you show me a hippopotamus with a horn?Brus wrote:People say unicorns don't exist but ....
Have you ever seen a hippopotamus? It's a fat unicorn!
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No, what I meant was as in whether to keep it. Not sure I could de-horn a unicorn, but could perhaps accept a horned pony if it does bass clarinet like Dolphy!Nanohedron wrote: You'd better think of it now, because they're gonna ask.
"Where's the horn, then?"
Not sure you'd get big enough pieces. Maybe for mounts/rings?paddler wrote:Anyone ever made a flute from unicorn horn? Are there CITES restrictions on that?
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Oh, I see. I think. Still and all, if I had a Shetland pony I would totally tell people it was a unicorn.Peter Duggan wrote:No, what I meant was as in whether to keep it. Not sure I could de-horn a unicorn, but could perhaps accept a horned pony if it does bass clarinet like Dolphy!Nanohedron wrote: You'd better think of it now, because they're gonna ask.
"Where's the horn, then?"
This has GOT to be made of unicorn horn:paddler wrote:Anyone ever made a flute from unicorn horn? Are there CITES restrictions on that?
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Any fule kno that unicorn horn don't crack. That flute is made of eggshell.
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Ah, so it's very tiny, then. That's why the weave looks so coarse.
Now THAT was a craftsman.
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Re: WTB: Flute-playing pony
I've read that in the zoo in Gaza, there are mules cleverly painted to look like zebras.
Reports that they play flute remain unconfirmed.
Reports that they play flute remain unconfirmed.