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Switzerland 2023
A good attempt but no cigar (That one's WC Fields)! However, your own reference shares a common ancestry, but in BBC Radio, not TV: The 'Light plays funny tricks' is a phrase from Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne, usually scripted for Kenneth Horne, to be read out announcer fashion to account...- MJB
- Post #358
- Forum: Switzerland
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Switzerland 2023
"Light plays funny tricks" relativity speaking... MJB PS Bonus points for nailing the quote...- MJB
- Post #349
- Forum: Switzerland
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Switzerland 2023
That's quite interesting...! Gallinago undulata is usually content to remain within the confines of wet grasslands of N & SE South America...:oops::rolleyes::eek: MJB- MJB
- Post #129
- Forum: Switzerland
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Switzerland 2023
Their breeding sites are high up on steep, mostly bare rock faces where strong gusty (and noisy!) winds are commonplace, as are thunderstorms, possibly factors in inuring them to loud noises... MJB- MJB
- Post #16
- Forum: Switzerland
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Switzerland 2023
I've read a suggestion that the vibrations of trains crossing viaducts cause invertebrates to move towards the entrances of their recesses, and that Wallcreepers are able to benefit from this behaviour... MJB- MJB
- Post #14
- Forum: Switzerland