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scallopino
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So here's the problem Bonny: It crashed into the door because it got confused between a door and a daw. Just before impact it was thinking "here is a
possible mating candidate".
We have similar problems here every so often. Maybe once every two months. Here's what I don't do: Unlike my father, I don't carefully open the door
of the fire place, capture the bird in a towel and then break its neck and chuck it outside. What I do is, close all the doors around the room so it
becomes dark, except for the sliding door, which I open wide. Then I open the fire door, it flies out, heads for the light and goes straight out the
open door.
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BBP
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Clever. I had no idea what to do and was really scared... I'm thinking of getting one of them bird blockers for our chimney. nt just to keep the daws
from falling in, but also to keep all the other birds away from it. Especially pigeons love to stand over them and make noise, waking everybody in the
house.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BBP
So, the events of the morning:
9:00 Hear birds on the roof, making noise. Hear one slide through the chimney, trying to flap up, making lots of noise.
9:05 I slowly open the bottom side of the chimney, hoping the bird comes out. It doesn't, and I fear I squashed it. Bird poops, result is caught in
the fireplace. I close the chimney.
9:07 Open the chimney again.
9:08 Phone animal ambulance. They say they're not allowed to rescue it, I should call the fire brigade or the chimney sweep. I get on-line and mail my
father for help.
9:30 Bird is still in the chimney. After some hesitation I finally ring the firebrigade. After I pass some information they decide to talk it over. I
leave my phone number.
9:32 Fire brigade phones back: they're coming with the crane to get it out the chimney. They ask me to phone the animal ambulance again, if they can
come because the bird just might be injured.
9:33 I phone the animal ambulance again, they tell me to call back when the fire brigade arrives.
9:38 Bird flies out the bottom. I look at him, he flies to the back of the room and bumps into the sliding doors. He remains stationary on the floor.
I immediately call the fire brigade to cancel them. I call the animal ambulance again. They tell me to put the jackdaw in a box, so they can pick it
up.
It's between you and me, bird! I go upstairs to put on my shoes and empty a shoebox. I go downstairs, take the camera and make a picture of the
animal. It's apparently disturbed by my attention.
I put on my gloves and approach the daw. Daw flies off, attempts the sliding door again, hides behind nearby speakers, Attempts to catch fail.
So I open the slider door and manage to chase the bird towards the opening. It flies off.
Bastard. Nearly gave me a heart attack when he crashed out. |
what a report, made me laugh my ass off
rotf,etc, as the young say.
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BBP
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And not a lie in it!
The fire brigade telephone lady was amused by my being startled. I phoned directly after the bird smashed into the window (didn't want to have the
boom lift at the door, telling them it's too late), and my heart was thumping as if DZ asked me to come onstage and play guitar.
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My Daughter told me she found a Condom in her Mom's bag.
Hmmmm
I had a Vasectomy 11 years ago.
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scallopino
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Hmm.
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BBP
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Hmmm.
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aquagoat
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hmmmm.
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BBP
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Lightening the mood here...
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scallopino
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Excellent! You even captured his outrageous haircut.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Huck_Phlem
My Daughter told me she found a Condom in her Mom's bag.
Hmmmm
I had a Vasectomy 11 years ago. |
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BBP
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Yesterday I went to the book fair, made a repro of Billew, and went to the AB concert. I came home at 11PM, way too late, and was exhausted.
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It's Halloween. I carved a pumpkin that's just an eye.
My daughter's out in the living room, watching Harold and Maude with her boyfriend.
BTW: my cousin was an extra in that movie. He was in the marching band. And one of my best friends went to the church that the marching band was
marching past. And my mother used to work at the clinic that was kitty-corner to the church. And my childhood hero - Willie Mays - was treated for his
baseball injuries at the clinic where my mother worked.
And the Grateful Dead used to live across the street from the clinic. and Bill Hewlett (of Hewlett-Packard) lived around the corner from the Grateful
Dead. And my wife's father went to Stanford with Hewlett and Packard. And I saw Frank Zappa at Stanford. And My wife and I and her father and Jerry
Garcia and Joan Baez and Grace Slick all attended the same high school, which is across the street from Stanford Stadium.
It's all so tightly-knit: just like an eye...
[Edited on 11/1/2008 by MTF]
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BBP
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You're one lucky fellow! I could say I went to school with Guus Meeuwis, but that's hardly a showstopper.
Ah who cares? I saw Primus live on their last tour of Europe.
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So today, after taking a shower, I decided to debunk the drain myself. Gross.
Afterwards I made a tour of the house, emptying all the trashcans. One of our trashcans is outside, because the lid is gone. We put it there for some
reason. It comes in handy when we mowed the lawn and need extra space.
Anyway, said trashcan had several litres of water in it. I usually empty it as soon as I can to prevent mosquitoes from nesting in there. And when I
emptied it, there was a dead mouse in there. Eeow!
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scallopino
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MTF
It's Halloween. I carved a pumpkin that's just an eye.
My daughter's out in the living room, watching Harold and Maude with her boyfriend.
BTW: my cousin was an extra in that movie. He was in the marching band. And one of my best friends went to the church that the marching band was
marching past. And my mother used to work at the clinic that was kitty-corner to the church. And my childhood hero - Willie Mays - was treated for his
baseball injuries at the clinic where my mother worked.
And the Grateful Dead used to live across the street from the clinic. and Bill Hewlett (of Hewlett-Packard) lived around the corner from the Grateful
Dead. And my wife's father went to Stanford with Hewlett and Packard. And I saw Frank Zappa at Stanford. And My wife and I and her father and Jerry
Garcia and Joan Baez and Grace Slick all attended the same high school, which is across the street from Stanford Stadium.
It's all so tightly-knit: just like an eye...
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Nice pumpkins and nice community!
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scallopino
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Today I finished my last ever exam. It was for maths: Algebra and Number Theory II. And it went good!
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BBP
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Great! Congratz Scallop! 
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cool, congratulations Scallopino.
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scallopino
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Thanks!
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