Um ... sorry. ::moves silly pointy shoe off flipper:: Thank God!! This looks much less decayed. If he's been hopping, that suggests he's come round (?) ... has he managed to speak yet?

It's a bit hard to tell what he's been saying over and over hatstand? mustard?

I think it was actually 'you bastards'. Which is hardly surprising really after what we put him through. Poor Fred. Or Bob.

Yes - it's definitely "you bastards" - he's getting more distinct, now. Poor little dangerous killer zombie penguin. He's so cute.

It always helps their diction when you sew their beaks back on.

Very, very true :D Helps their ability to suck juicy brains, too ...

I sit here imagining what a penguin, if we are speaking of penguins, sounds like when sucking juicy brains. Is it smuch, smuch, smuch? Or splookshnik, splookshnick? You know, like when it's beak clicks at the end. Or is it just shplock, just once when its head dunks in. This is assuming that there's a wide open brain in front of it, sort of caved in and squishy with a big hole. But then of course, they might have to break into the cranium, which would involve an enormous tock sound, enormous if it was your cranium. Otherwise it might only sound like shplunk. It might sound like shmush if they put a fluffy bunny in front as a silencer. Hmm. Must go off an do the science involved in penguin sounds. Will have to borrow a few. These two look nice.

Oh Lord, Karen, I've just had my supper. *turns green*

Fiona wrote: Oh Lord, Karen, I've just had my supper. *turns green* And Karen says, please refer back to the queen of this disaster, the owner of the shrine, Fennie! Yay! Helps their ability to suck juicy brains, too ...

Karen - you *can't* borrow Bob/Fred - he's not fully sewn back together yet, and he's still quite *flat*. The poor thing is *not well* - and he's still delirious - don't know *what* he's raving about now, but it sounds very strange ... Security!!!

Owner? Owner? I'm not an owner - it's a ... sort of charitable foundation!

But I only want to feed him! Aw, come on! Plenty of unused brains in Canada. What? You think we don't have that many just because we have the largest coastline in the world? You saying we're underpopulated? Coastline. Mmm. Just gonna go off to eat Ellesmere Island.

Okay, he is reassembled and I round him out with a quick burst of helium which was the only compressed gas I had to hand. that proved to be something of a tactical error.

You want I should get my bazooka? Or, um, maybe something smaller. I might have blow gun around here somewhere.

Eh, leave him up there 'til he stops swearing and threatening murderous revenge. So long as he stays away from the ceiling fam it'll be fine.