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  • tooblue
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 5148
    #1

    a wounded bird flutters

    Can someone tell me the exact origins of the statement:

    "a wounded bird always flutters" or "it is always the wounded bird that flutters"
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    • Jeff Lebowski
      Corporate lackey for Jesus
      • Nov 2008
      • 69820
      #2
      I believe it is "shot birds flutter".

      First time I heard it was after the infamous Julie Beck "Mothers Who Know" talk. Supposedly, she was discussing the controversy following the talk with one of the GA's and he gave this reply. No word on who the GA was, but my money is on Packer.
      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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        • pellegrino
          miserere me
          • Jan 2009
          • 12100
          #3
          I thought it was "Hit pidgeons flutter" I can't get a google hit for any of the terms except "the wounded bird flutters" pulls up a few.
          Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
          God forgives many things for an act of mercy
          Alessandro Manzoni

          Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

          pelagius

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            • tooblue
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 5148
              #4
              Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
              I thought it was "Hit pidgeons flutter" I can't get a google hit for any of the terms except "the wounded bird flutters" pulls up a few.
              "the wounded bird flutters" is a an Old English metaphor. Emily Dickinson uses it in one of her texts but I'm hoping to find more exact origins ... ?

              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
              I believe it is "shot birds flutter".

              First time I heard it was after the infamous Julie Beck "Mothers Who Know" talk. Supposedly, she was discussing the controversy following the talk with one of the GA's and he gave this reply. No word on who the GA was, but my money is on Packer.
              I guess that means President Packer is well read.

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                • Katy Lied
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 9435
                  #5
                  a bastardized quote of the sparrow scripture from Matthew?

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                    • tooblue
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 5148
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
                      a bastardized quote of the sparrow scripture from Matthew?
                      Mathew 10:29, 30 etc.?

                      Could be, but I can't help but think that it's origin comes from someplace else.

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