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Today, June, Friday the 13, is National Pigeon Day. Yay! While some of you detest one of "nature's most successful creatures," today we stand up for the adorable little winged creatures. After all, they've done everything from helping "soldiers behind enemy lines" to providing fecal-based comic relief.
How to celebrate? Well, New York Times suggests reading The Pigeon, a 667-page encyclopedia devoted to the creature, or by feeding one. And we totally agree!
But how about you? How will you celebrate? (Please keep the "flying-rats" hate speech to a minimum, you hateful meanies.)
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I will celebrate by dining on some stringy, raw squab and then barfing a little in my mouth.
I will celebrate by donating my alka-seltzer to the winged vermin.
(You can't tell the internets what to do.)
i saw a hollowed out pigeon on Jessie/6th once, next to several empty packets of McDonalds sweet and sour sauce.
I have always wanted to kick a pigeon. Not hard or anything - I don't want to hurt it. I just want to prove that I could hit a creature that can fly with the most terrestrial part of my body.
But I just can't bring myself to do it. They look so stupid, and I imagine the bumblefoot and having to throw your face at concrete to eat makes life hard enough.
I spit on the tail of a pigeon this morning at 9th and Folsom. I didn't know it was a holiday, that news is just a bonus!
Have you actually tried to kick or spit on a pigeon? They are like aggro fixie bicyclists, everyone fantasizes about assaulting them, but they move too fast and never actually come close enough for you to make contact.
why are you all so mean to pigeons?!?! i feel protective of them now.
Because they are flying rats.
how about those times when they fly right towards your head and you gotta duck to avoid them?
I love pigeons...I just hate San Franciscans.
But why? They're so delicious!
OrangeDrink, I too have always wanted to punt an unsuspecting pigeon. Not too hard, but you know... punt it or pass it to a fellow Market Street traveler... like soccer -- fun times! (I'm too worried about the public scorn that I'd draw with an *attempted* punt to actually follow through. Dang it.)
I had one land on my hand once to take a piece of crepe. A bird perched on my hand!! I have loved them ever since.
serial killers, the lot of you! gah!
Brock, you're beginning to creep me out.
I was riding my bike home up mcallister st today and a pigeon came out (walked) from underneath a parked car and was just as startled by my presence as I was by his. I nearly crashed trying to not run him over and he nearly flew into my front wheel.
when is national homeless day?
TODAY! Today is National Homeless Day, Suckafree! Yay!
Also, bluecanary, I hope you washed your hands but good after feeding that disgusting, filthy pigeon. I'd hate to see you walking down the street, minding your own business, only to suddenly keel over dead from Legionnaires' Disease or some similar pigeon related ailment.
Destroy all pigeons! My new slogan.
my worst pigeon true story is this:
a few years ago i used to babysit for a family on polk street. i'd take the tot out in his stroller in the afternoon so the stay at home dad could write in peace. one day i walked said baby down the street and went inside the shop called hog on ice (hoi) to look for a greeting card. hoi was in an odd building, sort of warehouse-like with a great expanse of space between the floor and the tall, unfinished ceiling. a man in the back of the shop had a long pole and he was trying to herd an asshole of a pigeon out of the shop. the bird was so stupid he had flown in and couldn't get back out. the guy was being pretty nice about it, just trying to scooch him along with the pole. the moronic bird would fly to the front of the store, land up kinda high, the guy would try to dislodge it, and the bird would fly to the back again. as i was shopping, the guy, the pole and the bird went back & forth many times. at one point as the bird flew by, i thought, watch, this stupid bird is gonna drop a turd on my head, i just know it!
oh but no, it was much, much worse! all of a sudden the filthy disgusting thing just CEASED flying and dropped on my head. he did not swoop in for a landing, he just plopped down, a total pigeon quitter. i SCREAMED (it was very startling) and the gawd awful bird straggled up and into the air again. i was so, so, so lucky i was wearing a hat and the pigeon didn't touch my actual hair. i threw the hat away and washed my hair but good when i got home, you betcha. it makes me shudder to this day to recall this hideous occurance. i do not like pigeons at all. they're absolutely repugnant creatures and they need to honor the pact.
~~~gogo
can we start a pigeon vs homeless thread?
pigeons shit in public, so do the homeless - tie
pigeons feast on leftovers found in the trash, so do the homeless - tie
pigeons eat the food the scrounge and don't make a bigger mess of the trash can from whence it came
score one for the pigeons
pigeons are wild animals and are expected to defecate in public
score one for the pigeons
pigeons are part of the food chain for larger prey and serve a purpose in the circle of life
score one for the pigeons
pigeons don't litter
pigeons don't steal shopping carts
pigeons don't break in to cars to feed drug habits
pigeons can be seen as disgusting and vile creatures carrying disease and not worthy of our sympathy or compassion - tie