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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] bisby@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week 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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

it doesn't fly per se, just glide, which is bad enough.