• marcos@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It’s a common Brazilian joke when people get bird shit on their head to say “hey, be thankful cows don’t fly”…

    There was one time that one didn’t have even that.

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      5 days ago

      My uncle always used to say a silly little poem:

      Birdie, birdie, in the sky

      Laid a white one in my eye

      I don’t laugh, I don’t cry

      I’m just glad that cows don’t fly

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      i’ve always heard it like “god wasn’t crazy to make snakes fly”. i think it’s even more relevant.

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        4 days ago

        I dunno how relevant anything is, but always remember that there exists a kind of snake that does fly.