June 24, 2008
Wimbledon Under Fire for Pigeon Murder
Wimbledon, that top-drawer tennis championship played on grass way over on the other side of the pond, is currently underway. What's more, it's coming under fire for "using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons" interfering with the matches on Centre Court.
Mean!
Typically, Wimbledon uses scary hawks to halt (arguably) adorable pigeons from game interference. The bully birds, however, haven't done the trick this year. Wimbledon spokesman Johnny Perkins tells ESPN, "the hawks are our first line of deterrent, and by and large they do the job...but unfortunately there were one or two areas where the hawks didn't deter the pigeons, so it was deemed necessary to take a harder approach."
The loons over at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, it goes without saying, are peeling the yellow wallpaper off the wall about the bird deaths. And, sadly, we agree with them. Shudder.
Baby pigeon nest: Eve Batey/Aviator Ear
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I'm confused, why are pigeons dive-bombing Wimbledon in the the first place? I need that question answered first before I hop on my high horse...
A knee injury forced me to give up tennis years ago. I am, however, feeling reinspired by Wimbledon, and will pick up an archery set on my way back to my Mission apartment.
Rats of the skies. Kill 'em all.
"using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons"
add that to the Parental Advisory post and i need a box of kleenex at my desk for the tears of laughter streaming down my face.
keep it coming, Brock!! i have another hour and 25 minutes to kill.
what is that a picture of?
delete the 'a' to make it "what is that picture of?"
um, isn't this a blog about SF and the greater bay area? last time i checked, wimbledon is across the pond.
i would've taken you seriously if only you didn't use the patented douche-signifying "um" prefacing your comment.
@ the droog: actually Oakland is across the pond and something tells me you might be from there if you cannot digest the hilariousness of making fun of pigeons.
OOOH! SNAPALICIOUS!
pigeons don't dive bomb....they don't poop when they fly because their feet tuck under and cover their hole. Not necessarily so with other bird anatomy, namely seagulls.
And as quickly and indiscriminately that they breed, the few that will be lost to feed the higher food chain, in the scheme of things it's no loss of consequence. Their population needs some controlling.
small time blog? surely you jest. for a "small time blog" check here.
then proceed to check here for what "the greater bay area" thinks of Brock. i found the comments section of that post to be particularly interesting.
stay on topic please.
It's all a metaphor - SFist IS Wimbledon, Brock is Federer (or Sharapova), thedroog/douche is the pigeon, plug1 is the marksman!
As always, proper blogging works on many levels.
15-love! Kirsten Dunst!
The pigeons are dive bombing to get a better look at Marta Domachowska.
And here we all thought they were dumb animals.
Behold, Marta, goddess of pigeons!
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Brock wrote: stay on topic please
Um, why?
um, yeah, why?
Also: To infer douche-ness from filler-speech is itself kind of douchey --not to mention arbitrary,
OKAY. FINE. I'll stay on topic. (Topic Nazi.)
Did you know pigeons have the same intelligence level of a 3 year-old child? Yep. Murdering children.
Lock & load.