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Miss Murchison ([info]missm) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-02-05 17:40:00


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Pigeons: noble species or flying wizards of Satan?
I bring this courtesy of the same friend who provided the pie wank. This one isn't really wank, but I don't think there's an OTF_snark comm, and it's too funny not to post.

A story is posted in the Surrey Comet about Kingston's intention of having marksmen cull the pigeon population. Almost immediately, the discussion in the comments becomes hyperbolic:

Pigeons carry all manner of diseases like AIDS, malaria, rabies and mad cow disease to name but a few. They are also very aggressive and I can vouch for this as I was attacked by a flock and pecked severely while on my way home from flower arranging classes. In fact I would be more than happy to help in the killing of these evil creatures.


The next comment declares them "flying wizards of Satan" and the discussion really takes off:

I myself was raised by pigeons after being abandoned in Trafalgar Square as a young nipper. Therefore I know how noble and generous a species they really are.

I know what you mean, reader. I was raised by yaks but I'm sure the experience was similar. How about a council worker cull instead.


My elder sister was held captive for nine days by a flock of rock pigeons on a small island near Malta in 1979 - it may have been Gozo but I'm not too sure. (Sorry about that.) As you might gather she suffers from nightmares and flashbacks but she has also developed a loathing of millet seeds for some strange reason. She is in full support of the cull and, in actual fact, she has already applied for the job and fully intends to carry out her duties as soon as possible - whether she gets the job or not. Be careful around town folks - she's not a good shot.


Posted by: yeltsin Dont worry. we have ways of dealing with pigeons who have defecated from the KGB. we have booked with BA already.

There are too many gems in the comments to quote them all.  There is a feeble attempt at wank by one or two posters apparently serious about the issue, but it is quickly drowned out by lists of imaginative ways to cull pigeons, Mrs. Dallinger's OT efforts to understand her new email account, and Monty Python references. Oh, and the squirrel population weighs in.


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[info]also_not_a_pipe
2008-02-06 04:03 am UTC (link)
When I was in Venice years ago, there were little stands in Piazza San Marco where you could buy bags of corn to feed the pigeons. I tried feeding them a couple times for the novelty, and it was sort of freaky to suddenly have hordes of pigeons converge on you. When I turned my head to talk to someone in my tour group, I got a wingtip in my mouth.

I did like the one that rode all around the square on my forearm like it was a little falcon, though.

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[info]panthea
2008-02-06 04:40 am UTC (link)
When I was there, a bird crapped on my neck.

It was special.

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[info]sidewinder
2008-02-06 05:05 am UTC (link)
My first hour in Venice and I was shit on twice by pigeons.

But I still like 'em. I have a flock outside of my house I feed regularly. When they get pissy and hungry they flap at me a bit, but it keeps the cats in the house amused all day watching them.

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tree
2008-02-06 08:03 pm UTC (link)
I wonder what special powers you guys have; I've been to Venice oodles of times (I don't live far from it) and I've never had pigeon guano on me.

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[info]magic_lilybean
2008-02-06 03:58 pm UTC (link)
Somewhere I have a picture of myself with an Italian pigeon on my head. And another of someone else in the tour group with a pigeon on his shoulder. (Yes, he went "ARRRRRRRRRRR!")

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-02-07 01:44 am UTC (link)
This is one of my favorite pictures from my trip to Europe last summer. (Also, there is this one of an evil French pigeon. The previous pigeons are also French, but possibly less evil.)

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[info]bubosquared
2008-02-09 06:36 am UTC (link)
AAAAUGH! O_O That pigeon wants my soul!

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[info]chibikaijuu
2008-02-09 07:35 pm UTC (link)
Muaha. MuahahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!


*ahem*

I mean, yes, isn't it terrifying?

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[info]bubosquared
2008-02-11 10:55 am UTC (link)
Part of me wants to make a macro out of it, but most of me is too terrified to spend that much time looking at it. D:

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