dimondites

Continuing with my report on The Pigeon War (Dimondites vs. Pigeons), I am posting a few more of my favorites, which occurred weeks ago, and I’m adding a few of my own. (Hee hee.)

A nifty photo (and funny story) submitted by Kristen Caven.

From the U.K. Watchers shocked as they watched a pelican swallow a pigeon. According to photographer Cathal McNaughton, who captured the photo below, “it was kicking and flapping the whole way down.”

via BBC News UK

A poem submitted by Jane Powell.

“If your Sundays are free why don’t you come with me

And we’ll poison some pigeons in the park

And maybe we’ll do in a squirrel or two

While we’re poisoning pigeons in the park

We’ll murder them all, with laughter and merriment

Except for the ones we take home to experiment”

 

Poisoning Pigeons by Tom Lehrer

A New Yorks Times article submitted by Ron Rifkin.

Pigeon Wars

“A pigeon dispenses about 25 pounds of excrement a year. Often this gunk must be blasted off hard-to-reach places using boom lifts and steam hoses. Pigeon-related damage in America has been estimated to cost $1.1 billion a year. But the full scope of our disdain and distrust for the birds is impossible to quantify; it’s hard even to explain….”

 Read full article from Newyorktimes.com.

Let’s not leave out my absolute disrespect towards my own mum for posting this…

 
Oh, I’m not done. No, No. Look what I’ve found! A pigeon blog! (and a pretty one at that!)

Note: This pigeon blog is actually a VERY cool project. If you click on it, read a bit further to understand.

Ooooh, and more! An animated pigeon video! (click on image to view. Very short.)

(I cheated. This is really about Passenger Pigeons, which is an entirely different thing than Tourist Pigeons. And I shouldn’t really make fun, as they are extinct because of us…) (Still, you thought it funny, huh?) via PassengerPigeon.ca.

 
AND last, but not least, the Urban Dictionary’s translations of the word “pigeon” with usage examples… (Warning, some profanity left as is.)

1. PIGEON: Female who goes out looking for dates by false advertising. Then they try to get them to do something ill mannered like pay for their bills.

“f*** going to that club, ther nothing but pigeon out there tonight”.

(after wig falls off)… “ughhhhh!!! get the f*** hell away from me PIGEON!!!!”.

2. PIGEON: A small feathered creature that eats french fries and like to defecate on top of people, cars, important things. A subspecies of bird. Also known as the feathered rat or gutter bird.

The f**ing pigeon shat on my window!

3. PIGEON: A mostly brainless ball of fat and feathers that poops on everything. Can be trained, but why?

Stupid pigeon pooped on my car!

 

4. PIGEON: 19th century new york slang for an informer.

jimmy was a pigeon for a crusher.

 
5. PIGEON: A key or kilo of cocaine

lil jay’s got pigeons for 17 1/2 G’s a piece

6. PIGEON: Used as a term of address to describe someone who you view as an asexual being - neither male (Lord) or Female(Lady). One of the three terms of address - Lord, Lady and Pigeon. Often abbreviated to pij (which is in turn often mis-spelt “pidge”).

Dave: Greetings, my Lord!
Bob: Yes, me pigeon!

7. PIGEON: Slang used by members of Alcoholics Anonymous to refer to new female members.

 

Man, there’s a lot of pigeons in this meeting. And some of them are FINE. Too bad about that one-year rule.

 

Just one more… 

 the end

(my fingers are tired,  my brain hurts, and I can’t stop thinking about pigeons!)

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11.4.2006 | Diane Tebault (goldengaterescue@sbcglobal.net)

 
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