I killed a pigeon yesterday...

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you'll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming, the birdies all try an' hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun's shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park.

We've gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

So if Sunday you're free,
Why don't you come with me,
And we'll poison the 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 amid laughter and merriment,
Except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strych'nine
We feed to a pigeon.
(It just takes a smidgin!)
To poison a pigeon in the park.

ps: i've eaten pigeon before.

pps: don't you have some picture in your friendster profile?

That happened to me a few years ago, and as I drove over the bird (which I had assumed had bolted out of the way), I heard the thumping as it flew into the underside of my car. I saw it flapping around in my rear-view mirror and felt a little sorry for it, but generally I agree with Dan; one down eleventy-billion to go.

*Freaks, Fags & Foreigners = we were the only dorm on campus with 100% single-occupancy rooms

when i read millar's post, for some reason in my head, i pronounced it ku-nuckles. heh.

for a long time i thought about how many pigeons there were in the world and then i got to thinking, "damn, they must die all the time, but how come i never see dead pigeons?" so i started taking pictures of dead birds all over the place. here's one of the less gross.

http://www.charliesfamily.com/images/pigeon.jpg

you should tell those girls to spit, not swallow. less disease

...You know, I was going to reword that, but I think I'll just leave it.

Eating my pie would make you a Dragoniphile, or a Wurmiphile, or something like that. Not that I would mind at all, believe me.

Hell is a city full of pigeons. Since you offed one, you're forgiven, my child....

Anyone getting grossed out by the thought of eating pigeon should double check to see whether they've ever eaten squab in their lifetime. Mmmmm mmmmm.

(Seriously though, I actually quite like pigeons apart from the shitting-all-over-everything part, like the fact that their necks are connected to their legs with a series of gears, or the fact that they glare at you while walking out of your way.)

but not one that i first made explode all over the pavement

I'd much rather eat a pigeon that's had a good innings in the wild than a factory farmed chicken, that's much more gross.

Yes, they all basically taste like chicken. (NB: This is not exactly true. The times I've eaten pigeon I thought it had a slightly liverish flavor, compared to bland mass-market chicken.

In the meantime, thank you Jason for avenging the time a pigeon hit me in the face. (A flock of pigeons was taking off, and one clipped me with a wing. However, this happened at the National Zoo; perhaps it resented humans for locking other birds away in cages.)

what do you know on the way home tonight, front right bumper, it jetted out from between two parked cars on the right just after i crossed columbus and thud, toppled lopsidedly in the air up and over the windshield, landing a good 10 feet behind by the time it landed. no feathers though. rough.

A PIGEON smashed through the window of a California police helicopter and hit the pilot in the face.

The bizarre incident forced the El Monte Police Department pilot to put out a distress call at 5pm local time yesterday while flying over Baldwin Park, east of Los Angeles city centre, the Pasadena Star-News reported.

He managed to make an emergency landing at a nearby school despite the shock of being struck by the bird.

The pilot was taken to the LA County-USC Medical Center for treatment.

El Monte Police Department Sgt Beatriz Guadarrama said, "He appears to be in stable condition".

The pigeon was killed in the accident.

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if you don't like pigeons, you're a shithead. they rule.

yuh

i don't like pigeons. altho seagulls are my real avian nemesis. fucking hate those guys.

seagulls are the fucking worst. hate those things.

weird that as I have a similar thing with seagulls as you do with pigeons

a poll is needed

huh. well, if it makes you feel any better, we know who is on top of the food chain:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs402.snc4/46489_151573851535330_100000481477441_407135_8335671_n.jpg

taken by my friend in the roughest of areas in san francisco. a seagull eating a dead pigeon. it was kind of a crazy sight!

http://i54.tinypic.com/2vt2utg.gif

y/day I went to feed the ducks and pigeons and was mad that seagulls were snatching all the duck/pigeon food in midair, so that is where i stand on pigeons v seagulls

pigeons can be annoying if they decide to share your building but are pretty charming to watch strutting around etc

h8 seagulls, fuck off back to the sea - I live about as far inland as it's possible to in the UK, why are you here picking on the ducks

Watching Jean Painleve's documentary about pigeons totally made me a fan. I like digging on the posses of pigeons, down at the beach there are black ones with shimmering pink highlights, grey/white ones, blue/grey... they're awesome.

I like that pigeons secrete a fake leche.

h8 seagulls, fuck off back to the sea - I live about as far inland as it's possible to in the UK, why are you here picking on the ducks

You should see what they do to auks.

http://www.birdingworld.co.uk/images/%20Little%20Auk2348.jpg%20resized.jpg

http://birdblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/auk2611.jpg

http://birdblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/aukgull611.jpg

asshooooole. i've seen a seagull eat a dead pigeon too, i wasn't aware that it was a thing and so thought the world had gone mad.

gonna take the Princess TamTam line here and say forthrightly that that seagull ownes

looks like a lesser black-backed, the 3rd most kickass species of seagull