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Donkey lice and other adventy things

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thatbags Fri 02-Dec-16 07:47:37

Jules Howard has started an advent calendar on Twitter. The subject is overlooked nativity animals. First one: donkey louse.

Jalima Mon 05-Dec-16 20:28:41

I have a bat phobia - does that have a name?

Ah yes:
chiroptophobia

which birds would sit on a donkey and pick off the lice?

Jalima Mon 05-Dec-16 20:25:51

I have a bat phobia

joannapiano Mon 05-Dec-16 20:08:52

For her Nursery Nativity, DGD has been practising singing what sounds like "Alistair Campbell has two humps".(Does he qualify as a buzzard?)
Apparently it should be "Alice the Camel".

Christinefrance Mon 05-Dec-16 17:48:52

Sorry Anniefrance, Holland should have been told " up there is for thinking and down there for ........"

Did we forget the birds for the Nativity too, crows and buzzards, not sure if they are indigenous to the area though.

thatbags Mon 05-Dec-16 15:00:33

Day 5 from Jules is Kuhl's pipistrelle

Drimmy hasn't posted one yet.

Jalima Mon 05-Dec-16 14:11:48

As long as I squashed the louse Christinef before she jumped on me and gave birth.

annifrance Mon 05-Dec-16 13:17:24

Oops. ...in no way in the same category as Trump and Farage, in fact that is being very unkind to fleas, leeches et all.

annifrance Mon 05-Dec-16 13:15:27

Failure he may be,,but surely Holland's is no eay

Jalima Mon 05-Dec-16 13:00:13

grin

Christinefrance Mon 05-Dec-16 08:37:22

Yes you might squash a poor unsuspecting louse Jalima, oh dear.

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 22:19:58

grin

Jalima Sun 04-Dec-16 21:38:11

I have decided not to stroke the Nativity donkey this year.

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 20:00:24

DrImmySmith Day 4: Unforgiven Pigeon. Art.

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 19:59:11

DrImmySmith Day 3: dyescape

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 19:57:57

DrImmySmith Day2

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 19:57:08

Meanwhile @DrImmySmith's art advent calendar is a little less ee. Day 1: tree fern spores

thatbags Sun 04-Dec-16 19:50:50

Day 4: pubic louse. Tweeter thinks Joseph would probably have been riddled with them! ?

Anya Sat 03-Dec-16 14:03:06

Then I won't post a picture of the house dust mite Ana grin

Ana Sat 03-Dec-16 13:52:44

I wish I could un-see that...

rosesarered Sat 03-Dec-16 13:51:54

shock Do they all look so angry I wonder, or is that one the Victor Meldrew of the ant world?

Anya Sat 03-Dec-16 13:45:16

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Christinefrance Sat 03-Dec-16 13:17:44

Even better idea Gillyanne

thatbags Sat 03-Dec-16 09:23:09

Day 3: #forgottennativityanimals House-fly. Evolved in the Middle East and probably migrated across the world with humans.

Gillyanne Sat 03-Dec-16 08:12:18

Maybe we could get the politicians to be dung beetles ... there would be lots of crap to be rolled about .. they would get away with not having to rehearse

Christinefrance Sat 03-Dec-16 07:06:03

Ok I'll go with that Anya, Think politicians in the main will be leeches especially MEP'S.