DON’T MAKE ME TURN THIS CAR AROUND

by Meg on June 2, 2008

Kids, after this we gotta go to gymnastics, then pick up dinner at Bi-Rite, then finish Steve Jr.’s macaroni project, then glue the vase back together then call Eddie’s Mom about that wrestling accident. After that, I’m making a martini. [Paddle paddle]

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Momma Swan Taxi Service, originally uploaded by Liminal Effects.

I’m tired, Brent C.!

{ 52 comments }

1 harlemgrrl 06.02.08 at 1:37 am

Mom, are we there yet?

2 Adam 06.02.08 at 1:39 am

Look at how contented the cygnets are. Mom must be a luxury vehicle.

3 ashagato 06.02.08 at 1:40 am

i wanna ride, too!

4 BGee 06.02.08 at 1:42 am

Who needs a school bus? What a first class ride!

5 Jimbeaux 06.02.08 at 1:46 am

You just know the kids are patiently waiting for their lunchables!

mmmm, lunchables….

6 jenjen 06.02.08 at 1:48 am

Swan Utility Vehicle. I wonder what kind of mileage she gets.

7 Jane 06.02.08 at 2:15 am

mmmm Bi-Rite. Make sure to pick up a quart of creme fraiche ice cream!

8 chanpon 06.02.08 at 2:22 am

Yay, their own personal live swan boat. Vrrrrrrooooommmm!

9 jen 06.02.08 at 2:25 am

Do you think they call shotgun to decide who rides in front?

10 Marie 06.02.08 at 2:27 am

E-ticket ride, for sure!

Friggin cute, adorable, sweet, heartwarming – everything!

11 PandaDiana 06.02.08 at 2:29 am

Cute Overload- proving old children’s stories wrong!

Swan babies are NOT ugly! They’re just as cute as ducklings!

(I’m thinking of the story of The Ugly Duckling.)

12 Totalee Puppy 06.02.08 at 2:44 am

Beautiful picture;really enjoyed those captions!

13 Zorbs 06.02.08 at 2:49 am

Let me be the first to say that I want to snorgle the cygnet’s fuzzy heads!

14 nismo 06.02.08 at 3:04 am

For some reason, this reminds me of the Tunnel of Love. Strange.

15 Brak_Silverbone 06.02.08 at 6:09 am

Please keep your wings and beaks inside the ride until the swan boat has come to a complete stop…

16 hon glad 06.02.08 at 6:23 am

Faster Momma faster!

17 berthaservant 06.02.08 at 6:31 am

They look lovely, but I had a run-in with a swan in Wales once. Let’s just say they’re not on my holiday card list.

Brillo capshun tho, Meg.

18 Kimski 06.02.08 at 8:25 am

If I was a duck and I saw those ugly ducklings, I would sure be rejecting them. I’m just sayin’.

19 Elsa 06.02.08 at 10:42 am

“I loooove it when we’re cruising together”

20 Subhangi 06.02.08 at 11:33 am

AWWWWW!!!

I wouldn’t want to mess with SuperSoccerSwanMom, though.

21 metsakins 06.02.08 at 12:17 pm

and then daddy swan wants to know why she’s so tired and cranky when she stayed home all day and did nuthin’.

22 Theresa 06.02.08 at 12:22 pm

Baby swans (cygnets) ARE totally adorable little fuzzheads. However, their elegant moms and dads are total badasses who will beat you to death as soon as look at you (right, Berthaservant?)

23 Theo 06.02.08 at 12:32 pm

So how *does* soccer work, on a pond? Do they call it “sogger”?

24 Kris 06.02.08 at 1:02 pm

That is really a cool picture.
I worked at an outside restaurant on the water and there were signs all over the place that said DO NOT FEED the BIRDS. There were geese and swans. BOTH of those were MEAN, MEAN, MEAN! They mean business. I can’t tell you the number of children who came running and screaming after trying to feed them and getting bitten or beaten!!! Of course, I laughed at their misfortune. Read the signs people.

25 gizmo 06.02.08 at 2:06 pm

Everybody, sing along. You know the words.

We were sailing along
on Moonlight Baaaaayyyyy.
[honk!]

26 Theresa 06.02.08 at 2:09 pm

I think the babies are probably singing “99 Bottles of Bleen on the Wall.”

27 Theo 06.02.08 at 2:17 pm

Goooooood morning, Theresa.

28 Theresa 06.02.08 at 2:29 pm

OK, stop messing with my head, Theo. :P

“So how *does* soccer work, on a pond? Do they call it “sogger”?”

Yes, and if it’s played by teenagers, it’s “snigger.” If they are horny teenagers, it’s “snogger.”

29 Theo 06.02.08 at 2:42 pm

And the Atari version?…

30 Theo 06.02.08 at 2:43 pm

And the Web 2.0 version?…

31 Theo 06.02.08 at 2:44 pm

And, and, and the cardiovascular version?…

32 Theo 06.02.08 at 2:44 pm

(help me)

33 Katrina 06.02.08 at 3:03 pm

Its all well and good until they want to water-ski…

34 Sharon Nadeau 06.02.08 at 3:09 pm

Real cute

35 Theresa 06.02.08 at 3:18 pm
36 Theo 06.02.08 at 3:21 pm

[SNORK]

…and that’s *totally* me, in the tux. Beaut!

37 Lurker 06.02.08 at 5:02 pm

They’re just swanning about!

(On the Sewannee River, no doubt…)

38 debg 06.02.08 at 5:08 pm

berthaservant, Theresa–I completely agree. I’ve been savaged by swans more times than I can count, and it wasn’t always my fault. My brother once waited until I was at the end of the dock up at our cottage in northern MI, and then lured the swans between me and the shore. He knew I was terrified (though I was in high school at least) and I had to yell for my mom.

Kris, I share your laughter as long as I’m not the one in pain!

39 Theo 06.02.08 at 5:21 pm

“Savaged by Swans” — Zeus’ new band.
(Apollo on lyre, Hades on bass, Hephaestus on drums, Aphrodite: lead vocal)
(Hermes stays out in the hall selling shirts & CDs)

40 Kris 06.02.08 at 5:25 pm

Theo, I surely hope you get paid to be on CO. If not, you deserve it!!!

41 ThreeCatNight 06.02.08 at 5:25 pm

For the past several years, there have been scads of swans (“scads of swans”? bear with me, it’s Monday)in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay area. I’ve always thought that they were most beautiful and graceful of birds, but that seems to be balanced out by their innately nasty temperament.

42 Sytel 06.02.08 at 5:41 pm

The best part: there’s a whole Flickr group of these.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/swan-cygnets-on-their-mothers-back/pool/
Let the aww’s roll. : )

43 Theo 06.02.08 at 5:50 pm

The best part of the best part: Flickr calls it a “pool”.

44 Kris 06.02.08 at 5:56 pm
45 Kris 06.02.08 at 5:57 pm
46 Theresa 06.02.08 at 6:31 pm

ThreeCatNight, maybe the Brooklyn swans are particularly gangsta. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the Prospect Park swans kick some big dog’s tocks.

47 Gail 06.02.08 at 10:45 pm

LOL’ing at you all!!!

48 Ponygirl 06.03.08 at 1:33 am

If dinner from Bi-Rite is as good as ice cream from the Bi-Rite ice cream parlor (BESTIST) than these little goslings are very lucky waterfouls!

49 SoCalSis 06.03.08 at 5:06 am

Next on Oprah: “I was Savaged by Swans”, with special guest Leda…

50 jen 06.03.08 at 2:56 pm

Sorry I’m late Theo: Frogger, blogger, and… clogger?

[Me Schmoop didn't get the last one either; maybe I should've just said "Cardio"... - Ed.]

51 Panda 06.03.08 at 7:03 pm

Oh my gosh!!!!!! Brent they are soooo cute. do you know if they live permanently? If so i am totally coming over and seeing them.

52 Brent C 06.03.08 at 7:43 pm

Hi Panda. They will be there until the Babies are big enough to travel. They won’t be able to fly for 7 to 20 weeks. So they’ll be around for a little while anyway. You guys are welcome to come by and see them anytime, but we’ve only seen them around between 8:00am and 10:00am.

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