swan falls in love with swan-shaped paddle boat

[cturtle]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 4:54pm

i absolutely LOVE this story!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2063176.html?menu=

you, go, black peter!

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 4:54pm

what a size queen.

[cturtle]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 4:55pm

i KNEW someone was going to make that comment :)

[DG]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 4:58pm

In related news, disgraced ex-congressman Foley has been seen circling the Washington Monument and making . . . well, they could be described as 'crooning noises'.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 4:59pm

DG - that monument is WAY too old for Foley!

I love the swan story - especially the refusal to fly south without his mate.

[DG]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:01pm

Good point, Cheeze - but it DID just have a face-lift, so maybe he's confused.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:02pm

Awwww, that's so cute!

[hannahshule]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:03pm

I guess the fact that the boat will never respond is a non-issue to Peter.

[zepka102]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:07pm

awwwwwwwwww

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:15pm

I always refuse to fly ANYwhere without my large plastic... wait. nm.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:47pm

Ahhhhhhhhhh, platonic love...

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 5:51pm

or...plaStonic love. I kill me.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 6:05pm

Awww, that's so sweet. And kind of sad at it will never return his affections.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 6:08pm

Maybe the black swan just thinks his new mate is mute.

I bet George Bush won't mind if THEY get married.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 6:11pm

Anyone else thinking of The Trumpet of the Swan?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 6:17pm

It's not really platonic love, that's true.

But is it rampant materialism?

I think not.

[M J R]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 7:38pm

'Black Peter' as the lovesick swan is known...

Racist bastards.

[cturtle]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 7:43pm

hey, now, there's nothing wrong with a black peter ...

[SNAFU]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 9:11pm

There is something very Oscar Wild about this news story. It kind of reminds me of The Happy Prince or The Red Rose.

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 9:25pm

How sweet!

[Holly Therese]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 10:00pm

Thats so adorable, but I feel bad for him

[cturtle]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 10:06pm

unrequited love is always bittersweet.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 10:07pm

Awww, it's just like a fairy tale!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 10:07pm

Aw, I thought this was going to be about the Swan Boats in Boston.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 11/3/06 at 10:45pm

DG - that monument is WAY too old for Foley!

Of course, this fountain in my town was just erected in 2002, so we may have to give it a decade or so.