Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, Thanks for looking and your very interesting and fun comments about the sport "Ferret Legging" Cheers Lluis El 06/03/2010, a las 15:01, Douglas Sharp escribi?: > Hi Lluis, > > probably the 5th most popular pet in certain (usually industrial) > parts of the north of England. > > The order of popularity is dogs, racing pigeons, cats, budgerigars > and then ferrets (maybe hamsters or guinea pigs have taken over from > ferrets now - times change). > > However, they are usuall kept fro catching rabbits and you hardly > ever see them being take out for a walk like in your lovely pictures. > > There is even a "sport" called "Ferret Legging", which is usually > played in pubs or clubs in the north. > Young men wearing only a pair of trousers with the bottom of the > legs tied tightly with string (no underwear) drop ferrets into their > trousers and someone takes a stopwatch to see how long they can > stand it. > > A dangerous game - Ferrets have been called "Piranhas with fur". > > Cheers > Douglas > > On 06.03.2010 14:14, Wendy Thurman wrote: >> Definitely the first one- cool photograph. >> >> Wendy >> >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Hugh Thompson<hewthompson at mac.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> Lluis - these are ferrets I believe ...... don't really know about >>> how good >>> they are as pets, but the boy in 413 doesn't have any problem. >>> >>> I like the first photo with the undulations of the path and >>> variations in >>> light. >>> >>> Hugh >>> >>> >>> On 6-Mar-10, at 4:27 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/2009110411.jpg.html >>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/2009110413.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information