My God, we share a love for bees! I must confess that I also have a secret love for flies. I love the way they wash their faces, like a cat. I watched flies for the better part of the day once and discovered that they do not fly!!! If they could fly, they couldn't land on the ceiling, and they do land on the ceiling--which is aerodynamically impossible. So I reasoned that their locomotion through the air is like swimming, not like flying, and, when I researched it, I found that many insects cannot fly. They swim in air.
Since I'm a translator (among other things), I've always heard this stupid analogy: Translators are like bumblebees; if they knew anything about aerodynamics, they couldn't fly. Similarly, if translators knew anything about linguistics, they couldn't translate." Well, when I discovered that flies don't fly, I understood that translators also don't fly from one language to another, instead, they swim in sense. --- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M > > > > I can't believe another creature has stolen my > "secret" moves! Great > description of getting over arachnophobia! I still > have some trouble > with bugs but I did love hanging out with bees at > the Florida > sidhaland. I only see them with love now. > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
