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    The pigeons sleep tonight

    So, this wasn't sucky but it was really super weird, and I'm not sure where to post it.

    So, we have a resident flock of pigeons that like to perch on our big interstate sign. Other MOD feeds them, so they're always hanging around.

    This evening, this guy came into my office.

    Guy: "You know all those pigeons that are always perched above your sign out there in the daytime?"
    Me: "Yeah?"
    Guy: "Do you know where they go at night?"
    Me: *brain screeching to halt* "Um....no, I have no idea."
    Guy: "Do they go anywhere nearby?"
    Me: "I honestly have no idea where the pigeons go at night."
    Guy: "Okay. The interstate overpass is right over there, right?"
    Me: "Uh...yeah."
    Guy: "Okay thanks. I'm going to sleep under there tonight."
    Me: "....okay?"
    Guy: "You don't think the pigeons are there, do you?"
    Me: "Um...I doubt it?"
    Guy: "That's good."

    The guy went out, climbed into his truck, and drove off, supposedly to go sleep under the interstate.

    Just.....what?!?!?
    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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    In the city, the mighty city, the pigeons sleep tonight....
    Seshat's self-help guide:
    1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
    2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
    3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
    4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

    "All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.

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    • #3
      Now, now, now... Let's not start squabbling.
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      • #4
        Right. We don't want to be ruffling any feathers, now, do we?

        ^-.-^
        Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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        • #5
          I totally get this. Someone so fastidious as to wish to sleep only in his personal environs would obviously not want it to become - ah - besmirched, as it were, by pigeon poop.

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          • #6
            Quoth Andara Bledin View Post
            We don't want to be ruffling any feathers, now, do we?
            True. We all know how bad it feels to be pigeonholed.
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            • #7
              We don't want to do anything we'd egret later.

              ... back on topic, you might want to get the co-worker to stop feeding the birds. They're not the cleanest of birds and can spread disease. As a former NYC Parks commissioner said, they're rats with wings. >_>

              ^-.-^
              Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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              • #8
                Quoth Seshat View Post
                In the city, the mighty city, the pigeons sleep tonight....
                so glad to know I'm not the only one who had that reaction to the title

                Ok, there's another song stuck in my head for the next week - oh well, better than the dumb TV jingle that was caught before.

                Madness takes it's toll....
                Please have exact change ready.

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                • #9
                  Isn't it good luck to get crapped on by a bird?

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                  • #10
                    Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
                    Guy: "Okay. The interstate overpass is right over there, right?"
                    Me: "Uh...yeah."
                    Guy: "Okay thanks. I'm going to sleep under there tonight."
                    Me: "....okay?"
                    Guy: "You don't think the pigeons are there, do you?"
                    Me: "Um...I doubt it?"
                    Guy: "That's good."

                    The guy went out, climbed into his truck, and drove off, supposedly to go sleep under the interstate.

                    Just.....what?!?!?
                    Hah. Guess what? That's exactly where the pigeons go at night. An overpass is perfect for establishing a fairly safe place to build nests and believe me, they do. Around here, anyway, and pigeons aren't known for being creative and original birds, so I imagine they'd be nesting under that there overpass. Buddy is in for a terrible shock tomorrow morning.
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                    • #11
                      It's the Godpigeon!
                      To right the countless wrongs of our days... We shine this light of true redemption, that this place may become as paradise...Oh, what a wonderful world such would be...

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                      • #12
                        Quoth mharbourgirl View Post
                        Buddy is in for a terrible shock tomorrow morning.
                        Carried off to feed their young.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Merriweather View Post
                          so glad to know I'm not the only one who had that reaction to the title

                          Ok, there's another song stuck in my head for the next week - oh well, better than the dumb TV jingle that was caught before.
                          Ah well, you know that the urge to sing 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' is only ever a whim away.....








                          (a whim away, a whim away, a whim away..........)
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                          • #14
                            Quoth Marmalady View Post
                            (a whim away, a whim away, a whim away..........)
                            Aaargghh


                            All afternoon I'll be humming and it's your fault.

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Merriweather View Post
                              so glad to know I'm not the only one who had that reaction to the title
                              Hush my darling, be still my darling, the pigeon sleeps tonight.



                              I wonder if he dove under the overpass?


                              (dove, dove .... one is a past tense of an active verb, the other is a white pigeon ...)
                              Seshat's self-help guide:
                              1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
                              2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
                              3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
                              4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.

                              "All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.

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