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I am rather puzzled that Moonraker doesn’t redirect here. I think that we are going to be remembered for much longer than the James Bond movie. — Ian Spackman 12:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I’ve reverted the recent changes, as they’re a bit POV (“generally believed..”? down Vizes mebbe… )
As far as I remember Whitlock mentioned several places that laid claim to the story, so a categorical statement is a bit presumptuous
I’ve re-drafted the new stuff to a more neutral tone; I hope that is acceptable.
Xyl 54 (
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04:47, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Somewhere there is a story about a dog(or such animal) with a fish in it's mouth beside a pond. It sees another fish in the water (real or imagined/reflected?) then proceeds to catch it, but, in its haste, loses the one it had and fails to capture the one in the water. Seems like the proverb - "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush"(where to try catching them is to risk losing all)but the Moonrakers,of course, has a different message perhaps saying to be more circumspect. JohnsonL623 ( talk) 06:34, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
User:Moonraker2 points out that, as Bradley writes it, "The apostrophe before "as" is fanciful"—which it is—and 'ee should indeed be 'e. However as we are quoting him directly, we have to go with his version. I've now filled in some of the elisions, which should help. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 10:14, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
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I am rather puzzled that Moonraker doesn’t redirect here. I think that we are going to be remembered for much longer than the James Bond movie. — Ian Spackman 12:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I’ve reverted the recent changes, as they’re a bit POV (“generally believed..”? down Vizes mebbe… )
As far as I remember Whitlock mentioned several places that laid claim to the story, so a categorical statement is a bit presumptuous
I’ve re-drafted the new stuff to a more neutral tone; I hope that is acceptable.
Xyl 54 (
talk)
04:47, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Somewhere there is a story about a dog(or such animal) with a fish in it's mouth beside a pond. It sees another fish in the water (real or imagined/reflected?) then proceeds to catch it, but, in its haste, loses the one it had and fails to capture the one in the water. Seems like the proverb - "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush"(where to try catching them is to risk losing all)but the Moonrakers,of course, has a different message perhaps saying to be more circumspect. JohnsonL623 ( talk) 06:34, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
User:Moonraker2 points out that, as Bradley writes it, "The apostrophe before "as" is fanciful"—which it is—and 'ee should indeed be 'e. However as we are quoting him directly, we have to go with his version. I've now filled in some of the elisions, which should help. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 10:14, 10 May 2011 (UTC)