From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:48:51 -0800, hermes wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 24, 4:43 pm, David Mitchell  wrote:   
   >> But really, I'm only proposing it as a possibility - I have no idea how   
   >> likely it is (except that I think it's more likely than your explanation   
   -).   
   >   
   > I see what you have in mind.   
   > A bird which sings between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning,   
   > near to our house.   
   > We usually hear nothing, as we are asleep.   
   > On rare occasions, when our sleep is light,   
   > one of us is (or both of us are) awaken by it.   
   >   
   > What you describe is a possible explanation.   
   > Doesn't seem very likely to me, but it is possible.   
      
   It's a matter of record that birds _do_ imitate telephone rings; and that   
   they sing in the morning ("The Dawn Chorus").  Whether this particular   
   event is due to a bird is unknown; but surely you can concede that the   
   probability of this being due to something _which is known to happen_,   
   occurring _at the time it normally happens_, is more likely than it being   
   due to something which is anecdotal at best.   
      
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