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Excellent! =D>
But I'll dive right in and put those ducks in a row. Ente!
A more long term lane will be mining each Fleming novel for what appears as bird life. You can see I've touched on it, but intend to approach it in a more holistic way.
Duck - \ˈdək\ - noun
1. diving waterfowl (female, compare to drake as male or duckling as offspring)
Maui duck
2. diving waterfowl (food)
3. darling (British)
4. person, creature
5. heavy cotton (close weave)
6. lightweight duck clothing, usu. trousers
7. an easy target
8. a hopeless state of certain death--the living dead, of a sort
Also note: The Duck Inn, Pett Bottom near Canterbury in Kent.
dover-kent.com/Duck-Inn-Pett-Bottom.html Circa 1966.
Next: the verb form. Maybe a film reference.
Seriously though, as Birdleson says, this thread is pretty excellent.
In the absence of on screen waterfowl I'm going with the kitchen sink approach.
So as Bond said so well to Kara Milovy in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS: Duck!
Duck - \ˈdək\ - verb
1. sudden downward movement
MiG-15s (disclaimer: hard to find four MiG-17s)
Mallards
Wood duck
2. to dodge (a query, one's duties, responsibilities)
Muscovy black pied duck
Peking duck
Description:
- duck prepped with honey, molasses, soy sauce, sugar, Kosher salt
- baked 2 hours (or up to 9 or more hours), drying the bird especially the skin
- bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, at 30 minute rotations to darken the bird
- slice the bird
- served with hoisin sauce, cucumber, scallions.
- wrap in small pancakes for eating.
Mandarin duck
1967 Hong Kong Tram Ride with "The Ding Dong Song", Tsai Chin (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owg-RQsEac
Very best duck
Citroën - ˈsit·run/ - noun
1. lemon (French)
2. French car manufacturer, company founded 1919 by André-Gustave Citroën
Citroën 2CV - ˈsit·run too·see·vee/ - noun
1. French car manufactured by that company
2. a.k.a "duck"
And for the record:
Lemon - ˈlem·ən/ - noun
1. yellow citrus fruit
2. the color yellow
3. a troublesome and defective product, usually an automobile (American colloquialism)
Of interest for Bond history there are two models from the 1980s.
[Disclaimer: images of scale models freely used below.]
2CV6 Spécial - as used in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981).
[Filmmakers utilized a flat-4 Citroën GS engine to double the power.]
In 1981 the 007 arrived as a special edition (standard engine, though). Note the bullet hole stickers.
1985: two-toned Dolly.
1986: the Cocorico (cock-a-doodle-doo), to promote the 1986 World Cup.
Plus "Le Coq Gaulois" (Gallic rooster) represents France.
"Le Coq Gaulois"
1988: French manufacturing ends, Portugal continues to 1990.
If you believe the stickers, apparently there was an ejector seat option.
Yes, this thread is quickly becoming one of my favourites on the site and I'm sure glad we gave @RichardTheBruce and others from the IMDb boards sanctuary here.
Along with @j_w_pepper and many others I'm sure.
but deserving more detail. I'll follow up later in the week.
Publicity still from YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE shows Mie Hama with a local cormorant.
I'm thinking the stork is kind of the antithesis to Bond, a nice contrast. Not so dark a side, though.
So the Cormorant convinced the fish of the imminent draining of the pond.
The fish begged for help.
The cormorant moved them to a shallow pool where he could eat them at his leisure.
The lesson: know your enemy and who to trust.
Not so different from Spectre's attempted 9 eyes caper, really. Just successful.
You'd think that's a local flourish the filmmakers could have presented briefly on screen. I'm biased, and nature can be difficult to represent, but it's worth having a special crew the way they have an action unit to film some incidental scenes and quick inserts to add to the locale.
This especially is a lost opportunity. But I guess the women divers were easier to manage.
Good on you with the gull, some parts of the web think it's a duck.
Anyway, somebody should market that thing. It's a winner.
SCNR
Well, if we're going down that route, how about a Harrier (TLD)?
Welcome, @pking_3. Noted, @Agent_99.
And I'll go there, @j_w_pepper.
Cormorant - ˈkôr·mə·rənt/ - noun
1. large diving seabird with a hunger for fish
Old French cormaran, Latin corvus marinus (sea raven).
Cormorant (and shag) from the Phalacrocoracidae family. Dark often bluish coloring, long necks, thin bills with a hooked end. Some capable of diving to 45 meters. Usually coastal, found around the world excepting the mid-Pacific. Colonial nesters. Out of the water will strike a pose with wings outstretched to dry them.
Temminck's cormorant, native to Japan
Double-breasted cormorant
As described by Aki and witnessed by @j_w_pepper and myself, cooperative human-cormorant fishing continues today in China and Japan as tradition and for tourism. Evidence exists it was performed in Korea, India, Egypt, Peru, and even in Europe (Doiran Lake, Macedonia).
In practice, a snare or ring around the throat restricts passage, and prevents larger fish from being swallowed to be returned to the owner. Cormorant eggs are lifted from nests, then the young chicks are raised to fish alongside their masters in a mutual relationship, bird and man. Known for their appetite, the cormorant is driven to bite off more than they're allowed to chew.
Green cormorant
Rough-faced shag
Imperial shag
Appear in Western art, approximating a Christian cross as noble, or sacrificial. That notion is mocked by John Milton in Paradise Lost, as Satan in disguise indicating greediness. Satan in the Tree of Life summed the form of a cormorant, also frog, snake.
A good sign in Scandanavia. Norway: a loved one perishing at sea may return as a cormorant.
Cormorants in coat-of-arms. Liverpool.
Merseyside
Liverpool University of Hope
Liverpool's liver bird on the Liver Building: half cormorant, half eagle.
Canadian Forces CH-149 Cormorant
Pelagic cormorant
1952 Packard.
Albatross - ˈal·bə·trôs/ - noun
1. large ocean-going bird, a.k.a. gooney bird
2. a cause for unrequited solace
3. a mental burden, even a curse
4. in golf, a double eagle (after: the birdie, the eagle)
From Arabic (al-câdous or al-ġaţţās meaning pelican, diver), Portuguese (alcatraz as gannet, and as in the prison).
Gooney bird (also goonie bird) in the North Pacific. South of the equator: mollymawk (from malle-mugge, old Dutch).
Albatross (Diomedeidae). Among the largest seabirds (wingspan almost 4 meters) with a wide range across North Pacific and Southern Ocean, absent in the Atlantic and the North Pacific. Large bill that tapers to a hook. There are 22 identified species. Dine on fish, squid, and sea creatures. Alternately dives or scavenges for food.
Nest in colonies on remote islands.
The order Procellariiformes from Latin procella: storm, severe wind.
Diomedea relates to Greek warrior Diomedes' companions transforming into birds.
In flight: reputation for aerial dexterity combined with ease of motion, soaring effortlessly for long periods.
Black-browed albatross
Landings: not so graceful.
Layson albatross
Ritual dances between pairs mating for life.
Layson albatross
In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), sailors learn not to mess with the bird.
https://poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43997
Killing an albatross--bad karma to say the least.
So the albatross literally becomes a cross to bear.
Some sailors ate the bird, others caught them but set them free on the idea they may be lost souls of sailors.
More to follow.
Beautiful post
Addendum. Likely of more port than what's already posted.
Surely Clifton James through his character J.W. Pepper popularized a piece of 20th Century history long past its shelf life: the gooney bird. And by extension, it's a highlight and tribute to folks with a similar background. May not have been planned that way by screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz or members of the LIVE AND LET DIE production team, but that's how I see it at this late date.
Backing up a bit, Clifton grew up in Washington State and Oregon. During the Great Depression, like many who couldn't find employment, he worked for the CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps. The 1930s transitioned to the 1940s and the US entered the war, so he entered the US Army to serve with distinction.
As a decorated World War II veteran, Mr. Clifton James is a part of what Americans call The Greatest Generation. He was assigned as a Sergeant (enlisted grade E-5) and platoon sergeant with the U.S. Army Combat Infantry, Company A, 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Division. His time in the Pacific Theater spanned January 1942 to August 1945. Sergeant James saw duty in Australia, and combat action in the Philippines, New Guinea.
41st Infantry Division Unit Insignia.
Blazon: Army Green border; blue base line (combat service); demi-sun, 12 rays.
Nickname: "Sunset Division." Organized around the Pacific Northwest,
therefore the sun sets on the Pacific Ocean. [The blue line indicates combat.]
163rd Infantry Regiment Distinguished Unit Insignia.
Blazoned shield: blue and white (the Infantry colors, plus combat service); Per fess Argent and Azure; palm tree on mount Proper (indicates Philippine service for the unit); giant cactus base (Mexican border); fleur-de-lis.
Blue double scroll with unit motto, Gold letters: "MEN, DO YOUR DUTY".
Established 1941 with the Montana National Guard.
Military decorations.
Silver Star Medal.
United States military's third-highest decoration for valor in combat. Awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. (For an Army soldier, only the Distinguished Service Cross and Medal of Honor are higher.)
Bronze Star Medal.
For heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
Purple Heart Medal (2 awards).
In the name of the US President, for those wounded or killed while serving.
Presidential Unit Citation.
For extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941.
"The Pearl Harbor Day", as my grandmother called it.
Combat Infantry Badge.
To soldiers colonel and below who fought in combat as infantry, ranger or Special Forces.
I got some information from the website linked below, TogetherWeServed.com, which cites military experience and seeks to reconnect unit members. Notice how these professionals chose to use an image of Clifton in character as the sheriff for his "in uniform" picture. Can't help but think he was in on it.
http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=343374
Many memorials across the Pacific share a common sentiment:
Our brothers and sisters have died so that we may live--may we be worthy of their sacrifice.
And so some things don't change. Good folk step forward and answer the call. Local heroes walk our streets, some may pass us in dapper suits or dinner jackets. We can't know their experiences and loss, but do what we can to honor them.
Not to be simply maudlin, Clifton James seems to have honored his fallen comrades in life.
Long-lived, a marriage crossing 6 decades, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.
The kind of success he deserved and a legacy to the fallen.
One last uniform item: given circa World War II, the Honorable Discharge Badge.
A.K.A. "The Ruptured Duck".