Aladinsaneuk's meeting with a feisty bird

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Samray · #16 Post by **Samray** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:56 pm

* smiles @ Snappy lecturing nursey *

Willopotomas · #17 Post by **Willopotomas** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:08 pm

oofyafukker.. not had one hit me.. yet.. Have had a rabbit/hare bounce off my foot while in motion, and a rabbit took me off when it decided to try and run through my back wheel.. was low speed, which is probably why it took me off.. That was messy..lol.. Should've seen the look on peoples faces at the jet-wash.. haha.. priceless..lol..

Get well soon.. Still going to make it tomorrow?

snapdragon · #18 Post by **snapdragon** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:20 am

Samray wrote:* smiles @ Snappy lecturing nursey *

'cos snappy IS 'Auntie'

and allowed

Nooj · #19 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:27 pm

snapdragon wrote:
Samray wrote:* smiles @ Snappy lecturing nursey *
'cos snappy IS 'Auntie' and allowed

You may want to re-phrase that

AUNTIE
(n.)
1. An elderly gay man. Generally pejorative, implies a sense of being effeminate, dainty and engaging in gossip.

2. An elderly male prostitute.

3. A lesbian that is mentor and, occasionally, protector of a male homosexual.

snapdragon · #20 Post by **snapdragon** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:07 pm

Nigel - no! an auntie is female person who's sibling has children - these children are known as nephew (male child) or neice (female child)

now stop being silly or you get no ice cream

Aladinsaneuk · #21 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:36 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-he ... r-11092018

looks like i was lucky.....

D-Rider · #22 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:50 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-he ... r-11092018

looks like i was lucky.....

I blame the Queen - if it was a Mute Swan, then it's one of hers and she should keep them under control.

Aladinsaneuk · #23 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:43 am

actually, the queen and the worshipful company of dyers - they are the only folk who are allowed to eat them

(And of course those of us who go goose shooting and well, it was white and looked big so..... tastes ok, but not all that it could be btw)

HowardQ · #24 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:34 pm

I had a funny session a couple of months ago, the wife had just been telling me about a fox running out in front of her car and she only just missed it. So I made the silly statement that it was much more fun hitting things on a bike, but I had been lucky recently and not had a problem for ages. Following day, Sunday, off I go out for a run on the Falco.
We seem to have had an explosion in the Wood Pigeon population in our area recently and they seem to be everywhere.
Anyway I looked up and see a woody diving down towards me, thinking it won't carry on straight down towards me. Anyway it does but lucky for me it pulled out a bit at the last minute and it glanced off my right shoulder rather than a direct hit. Didn't hurt much, so very lucky as they are hefty birds.
15 minutes later on same stretch of road and here comes another one heading straight for my head. Thinks this bloody thing is coming straight for my visor and ducks right down so I can't see it briefly. Ducks up again, a bit too soon, and ended catching it a glancing blow off the top of my helmet and sort of headed it straight over a hedgerow into a field.
Peter Crouch could not have caught it better.
20 minutes later and there's a third one diving in towards my head again.
I'm shouting as loud as I can inside my helmet, No you don't you Feckin B***ard, not again. Not sure if it heard me, but it changed direction at the last minute and one wing just caught my helmet slightly, and it seemed OK.
The first two went down.
Why did I ever make that comment to the wife?

Samray · #25 Post by **Samray** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:44 pm

Pigeons swarm like bees around here at harvest time with all the corn spilt on the roads.

snapdragon · #26 Post by **snapdragon** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:25 pm

HowardQ wrote:...Why did I ever make that comment to the wife?

sure she hadn't stuck pigeon corn to your lid?

Willopotomas · #27 Post by **Willopotomas** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:45 pm

kin' pigeons.. Every city council in the country should have one of these..

http://www.break.com/index/how-to-catch-a-pigeon.html

They should then be taken to some far off distant land (Iceland? lol) to be set free.

Hmm.. I'll add that to my manifesto..lol..

#28 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:52 pm

Apparently the city of Derby has a breeding pair of Peregrine falcons nesting in (I think) the Cathedral spire. How good would it be to see a falcon swoop down on a pigeon and make off with it.

They wouldn't strut around the city centre with quite such a swagger with a falcon or three in the vicinity...

D-Rider · #29 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:55 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Apparently the city of Derby has a breeding pair of Peregrine falcons nesting in (I think) the Cathedral spire. How good would it be to see a falcon swoop down on a pigeon and make off with it.

They wouldn't strut around the city centre with quite such a swagger with a falcon or three in the vicinity...

I think we've had quite enough Falcos swooping in to pigeons ..... I'm not aiming to do it again for a while !

Does bring back memories of this ....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvsMxLjp6w