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# moorhens have a red bit
jut remember the r in moorhen, coots are bald
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 10:10, archived)
# How very right you are, sir...
...what I really can't work out is where the other phrase comes from: "Queer as a coot." How can an entire species of waterfowl be bent?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 10:17, archived)
# that's a new one on me.
and i haven't heard bent being used in that context for at least 20 years.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 10:21, archived)
# Would that be
the context of sexual orientation, or the context of waterfowl?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 10:33, archived)