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Felicity Jones's avatar

The great Tom Lehrer on pigeons .. https://youtu.be/yhuMLpdnOjY

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Haha. He’s got the right idea.

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Felicity Jones's avatar

The tension! You made my heart go BOOM.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Boom Boom!

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Sarah Thorley's avatar

I can absolutely agree that pigeons are bastards!!😂😂

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Thanks

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Mark Diacono's avatar

Excellent! And who doesn't love Zoom by Fat Larry’s Band

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Thanks Mark, and yes, a true anthem.

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Matt Inwood's avatar

Things often hit you when you least expect them, although that twig would still have been there – extra ten minutes of break or not. Loved all of the blissful description beforehand! My favourite novella is by Patrick Süskind, titled The Pigeon. The character in it undergoes an existential crisis a little more troubling than yours, but it is all down to just one bird...

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Vanilla Black's avatar

The universe and pigeons are aligned.

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Cookwitch's avatar

This was an dream to read. Thank you. Every speck of food sounded amazing.

I also hate pigeons, when they do things like get under the solar panels and cause UNTOLD DAMAGE. Otherwise they're ok, you know?

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Thank you. Yes I dont mind them, just don’t like what they do.

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Cookwitch's avatar

I watched a large wood pigeon yesterday gazing at two magpies and a crow fighting over a meat bone. It very sensibly kept its distance.

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Vanilla Black's avatar

Maybe the pigeon is the clever one.

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Paola Bassanese's avatar

I am starting a campaign to the Vatican to make Mr Maintenance Man a saint!

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Vanilla Black's avatar

That’s a very good idea.

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