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Flints Cage
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted May 27, 2002
oops, i'd better warn anonymouse - again... 
Flints Cage
mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted May 28, 2002
*Returns to check the trap. No imprisoned bird yet. Adds more bird seed... sneaks away.... *
'Nonny likes choccy fish, not bird seed! 
Flints Cage
mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted May 29, 2002
*Returns to find a 
in her trap.*
Hahahahahaha! good. Now I can use one of Flint's babies to try to catch him.
*Pockets the and leaves a note for the parrot. To wit: I have one of your s. If you want it back you can find him/her up in the Crow's Nest with me. You owe me one straw hat. *
There. That should do it. 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted May 29, 2002
:: flint hires 
to negotiate with the kidnapper ::
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shagbark Posted Jun 20, 2002
So Flint, don't you think it's about time you supplied a hat?
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 23, 2004
::Flint returns: SQUAWK! ( = I wonder how my kid is behaving in mari-raes pocket. After two and a half years he should be old enough to give her a hard time now 
::
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shagbark Posted Sep 29, 2004
how many times will the fly before he rests in the sand A.= 42
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mari-rae Posted Sep 30, 2004
Flint's flew away when we were in Norway, after a sexy Norweigan Blue.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 30, 2004
he was probably pining for the blue which in turn was pining for the fjords 
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mari-rae Posted Oct 1, 2004
I did notice many pine trees at the time... 
Where's Flint got to? He isn't in his cage. I thought we were going to keep him locked up.
Flints Cage
mari-rae Posted Oct 5, 2004
Lurking, more likely.
*Casts a suspicious eye around the underdecks area where the parrot's cage hangs.*
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Oct 19, 2004
::a note on the open door to the cage reads "out for lunch with the spanish inquisition. don't wait up. be back when you least expect it"::
Flints Cage
mari-rae Posted Dec 11, 2004
*Sneaks in and sets a snare for Flint. Baits it with 
, 
, and a fresh 
*
*Sneaks out...*
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Flint The Parrot Posted Dec 13, 2004
::flint flies into the room::
ooooh, 
wait! i smell a 
!
::eyes the cage suspiciously. then leaves the room and returns a few minutes later with a which he forces into the bird cage - and the snare...::
thought so!
::leaves room again::
Flints Cage
mari-rae Posted Dec 15, 2004
Curses! uh - 
foiled again...
*Releases the and gives it extra helpings of
*Sits and studies the cage. 
Smears the perch with superglue. Leaves the room and waits.*
Flints Cage
mari-rae Posted Jan 16, 2005
*Checks to see if the superglue has caught Flint yet. The cage stands empty, but there is a blue and red feather attached to the perch.*
Wow! That almost got him! heheheheh! 
If at first I don't succeed, I'll keep trying again...
*Removes the feather, puts it into her hair, and smears a fresh layer of superglue onto the perch. Tiptoes out... *
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- 41: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (May 27, 2002)
- 42: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (May 28, 2002)
- 43: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (May 28, 2002)
- 44: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (May 29, 2002)
- 45: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (May 29, 2002)
- 46: Anonymouse (Jun 1, 2002)
- 47: shagbark (Jun 20, 2002)
- 48: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Sep 23, 2004)
- 49: Anonymouse (Sep 24, 2004)
- 50: shagbark (Sep 29, 2004)
- 51: mari-rae (Sep 30, 2004)
- 52: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Sep 30, 2004)
- 53: mari-rae (Oct 1, 2004)
- 54: shagbark (Oct 3, 2004)
- 55: mari-rae (Oct 5, 2004)
- 56: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Oct 19, 2004)
- 57: mari-rae (Dec 11, 2004)
- 58: Flint The Parrot (Dec 13, 2004)
- 59: mari-rae (Dec 15, 2004)
- 60: mari-rae (Jan 16, 2005)
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