When you nearly fall off your bike as you think you have spotted a bird of prey but it turns out it is only a crow.? (See also when you think you have spotted a seal but turns out to be a buoy)
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Spottenfailendroppen
Near relative of schadenfreude
Posted 6 years ago # -
@gembo
I wouldn't know. I calmly spot these birds with total accuracy and completeness.
However this puzzle pleases me. Perhaps you suffer from Corvoraptormisperceptive Shock Syndrome, commonly known as 'having a hawkstart'?
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Not as annoying as when you think you can see an eagle and then it turns out to be a drone...
Posted 6 years ago # -
Read this topic title as "what is the world for", now sunk in a philosophical morass.
Posted 6 years ago #
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