Had a fixed wing pilot tell me he had never seen a bird that flapped it's wings above it's head. I responded that I had never seen a bird that needed a runway. The conversation deteriorated from there.
What I said was actually a fib as I had spent considerable time on Midway Island watching the Gooney Birds trying to be come airborne on a calm day.
An airplane pilot is a person that really likes to fly but has never had a chance to do it.
To fly is fine... to hover is devine.