Submitted by MitchTobol on

It's the birds

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In the stadium where the San Francisco Giants baseball team plays, unusually large seagull invasions started earlier this year. Most times they appear after the seven inning stretch, scanning the park to see what tasty leftovers will be available. "Take me out to the ballgame" is their signal that dinner is being served.

 

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was quoted as saying "I've looked out on the field and seen actual poop dropping. I just make sure I don't get pooped and peed on."

 

 

This baseball season, seagulls seem to be showing up in unusually big numbers at waterfront parks all over the country. Speculation is that because the fish they usually prey on may be in short supply. Or maybe they just perfer the taste of gooey nachos, half eaten hot dogs and soggy french fries. I wonder if they like ketchup and mustard.

 

Does anybody remember Dave Winfield killing one on a throw in Toronto? Maybe this is just their revenge.

 

Cue Alfred Hitchcock

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Fred Klein

Not nearly as bad as Canadian geese.

Submitted by Alan_Schwartz on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 22:36

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Alan Schwartz

When you go fishing, and a seagull poops on you, it is a sign that you will catch many fish! - Riva Schwartz - (signed in as Alan)
David Abeshouse

I had a bad run in -- or should I say, fly in -- with a starling, sparrow, or pigeon (I didn't see the sneaky avian) in London: It apparently mistook me for an enemy combatant, and bombed the crap out of -- or rather into -- my hair, just as my then girlfriend and I were en route to dinner. This was over 30 years ago, and I still recall vividly the sinking realization that I needed to head back into the hotel to re-shower.
Rona Gura

My husband's car and mine sit side by side on our driveway. For some reason, last summer, my car got covered in bird poop. It was so bad that the guys at the car wash were laughing. My husband's car got nothing.
Corey Bearak

People just got to stop feeding the pigeons and where might those hawks and falcons be when we need them?

Submitted by NULL (not verified) on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 00:07

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Let's see if anyone gets the movie reference:

"Oh, the Kraut! Apartment 19, top floor. But you won't find him there. He's up on the roof with his boids. He keeps boids. Dirty, disgusting, filthy, lice-ridden boids. Used to be you could sit out on the stoop like a poihson. But not anymore, no sir. Boids. You get my drift?"

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