Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Finding a new house...

date posted 28th January 2005 18:58

On 27 Jan 2005 14:13:42 -0000, James Fidell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
>Quoting sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> Nicola Dunn wrote:
>>=20
>> > I didn't actually realise people could legally own peacocks as
>> > normal 'pets'...
>>
>> No problem with owning them at all, but in the 'wrong' areas either
>> the law/council would find something in the general category of
>> 'nuisance' or the RSPCA would complain. ' Cleve' and ruthless
>> neighbours would pre empt them
>
>They're unbelievably noisy. A few years back I went to a wedding at
>Monkey Island (honest: http://www.monkeyisland.co.uk/). They have quite
>a number of them in the grounds. It just ain't funny when the noise
>wakes you up at 6am, especially when you've had little more than a
>couple of hours sleep and copious quantities of champagne.

Try it in complete darkness, walking back from a country pub :)

The sound is quite alarming. After a few pints, you can well believe =
it's
a banshee.
--=20
Marc Wilson

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