Miss B, my teen-at-home, can be a little....quirky. *No* idea where she gets it from. So, one of her interesting quirks is an abiding love for snakes, yet an intense fear of magpies (go figure!?). What's a parent to do, but stir her up at every opportunity. Our recent conversation went something like this... Me: Hey, did you see the freaky crow/magpie hybrid on the front deck, eating the cat food? Miss B: Whaaatt???? OMG, are you serious?? Me: Why don't you go and take a look? It's not a crow or a magpie....I think I'll call it a cragpie. Miss B: (tiptoes over to door and peeks out) Arghhhh!!! What the hell is that!!! Me: (giggling hysterically) I told you...it's a cragpie. A couple of days later.... Miss B: Mum, they're not cragpies. They're another kind of bird....curra....something. But they're not magpie hybrids (sighs in relief). So, Miss B isn't worried about giant magpie/crow hybrids smashing the