Comments on: The Queen Owns The Swans (And Other Swan Stories) http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30587 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Linda http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30587/comment-page-1#comment-168473 Linda Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:15:26 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=30587#comment-168473 You know, Gollum -- I thought they were a legal swan owner, but The Times article about the swan ownership indicated that there were only three other entities who own the swans... maybe the article meant the swans on the Thames? In any case, I deign to your authority -- but was swan really tasty? I guess it's a matter of individual swans, individual chefs, and individual taste! Recaptcha: haycock the You know, Gollum — I thought they were a legal swan owner, but The Times article about the swan ownership indicated that there were only three other entities who own the swans… maybe the article meant the swans on the Thames?

In any case, I deign to your authority — but was swan really tasty? I guess it’s a matter of individual swans, individual chefs, and individual taste!

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]]> By: Gollum http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30587/comment-page-1#comment-168278 Gollum Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:37:17 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=30587#comment-168278 You missed one legal swan owner: my alma mater, St John's College, Cambridge. I have legally eaten swan there (quite tasty). You missed one legal swan owner: my alma mater, St John’s College, Cambridge. I have legally eaten swan there (quite tasty).

]]> By: Jonny http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30587/comment-page-1#comment-167929 Jonny Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=30587#comment-167929 No wonder the British Empire declined. Way too much effort into counting swans. I mean, our census for PEOPLE is only once every 10 yrs. No wonder the British Empire declined. Way too much effort into counting swans. I mean, our census for PEOPLE is only once every 10 yrs.

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