honeyed chicken Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 a bump in the bush is worth two in the hand (ick that didn't sound good at all!) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Well you did get it backwards, HC. Winter will actually be leaving us soon. Spring is on the way. You might say we're dreaming of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyed chicken Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Well you did get it backwards, HC. Winter will actually be leaving us soon. Spring is on the way. You might say we're dreaming of it. Now you're jumping waaay ahead. Let's get TWOW in hand first, then start dreaming of spring. :P Yes I did flip it around intentionally, but didn't know it would sound so gross till I wrote it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 I know that you'll be so kind to write me the original of this saying because I never heard it, isn't it?Thank you :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Sorry double post :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I know that you'll be so kind to write me the original of this saying because I never heard it, isn't it?Thank you :) :) :)A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thank you!Seems to me that it's gross already in the original :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomi Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 We have a similar one in the Rhineland which literally translates to A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddard Scissorhands Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I like big bumps and I can not lie :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 We say that it's better an egg today than a chicken tomorrow. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Thank you!Seems to me that it's gross already in the original :)Not the way it was originally meant. I like the variations that different cultures have of the same saying. Cool stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Not the way it was originally meant.I know..I was just being naughty...I hope I haven't annoyed anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I know..I was just being naughty...I hope I haven't annoyed anyone... I'm not annoyed. I just wasn't sure if you really thought it meant something...questionable. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 They could just be the winds of late autumn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Or just cold winds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Question: is Groundhog Day an American thing or does it go on in other countries too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Never Heard of it I think..what is it about? A common day un all States? To celebrate what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomi Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 We have alpine marmots here, but no alpine marmot day. It's carnival, though. Kölle Alaaf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Blizzardborn Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Groundhog day is the 2nd of February. There's an old (wives? natives?) tale that if the groundhog sees his shadow spring will come sooner (in six weeks instead of eight or something like that). It's ridiculous because spring comes when it comes, but there's a whole thing about it. The most famous groundhog (who no doubt actually died decades ago and has been replaced by his descendants) is Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania. All kinds of reporters and photographers actually go out to that little town to watch for Phil to pop up out of his hole. How he could possibly see his shadow with all those cameras and lights flashing in his eyes, I have no idea. Other cities and towns have groundhogs too, but so far Phil is the only one I know of who has achieved nationwide fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikajon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 :) but it is a nice legend!So does someone manage sometime to have a picture of a groundhog watching his shadow?ETA..I'm SHOCKED! I just told my boyfriend about this tradition and he already knew about it! He cannot give me an explanation how comes that he knows! I think he has cloned my phone...brrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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