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23-06-2021, 08:07 AM
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I had a bird on the roof once.
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23-06-2021, 08:09 AM
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I had a bird on the roof once.
So you're the fiddler on the roof, LD, I should have known.
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I know!
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23-06-2021, 08:11 AM
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So you're the fiddler on the roof, LD, I should have known.
Jus another G string to my bow.
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23-06-2021, 09:49 AM
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Why were more houses built on a square footprint than a circular one?
Easier to furnish!
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23-06-2021, 10:01 AM
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As I look out of my window towards the house directly across the square, I see three pigeons on its roof. There are other pigeons flying about, showing no interest in anybody’s roof. There are also many other roofs, but not one has a single bird on it. I stand there for what seems like an age, and the same two questions keep going round and round in my head. Why those pigeons, and why that roof?
And why is it only pigeons that are stupid enough to hit the windows, so hard it sounds like gun fire? They do usually fly off though after.
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23-06-2021, 10:06 AM
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There are about 15 pigeons that sit on a roof across from my house, and every morning they just sit there and have a wee catch up, before flying off.


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23-06-2021, 10:07 AM
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Why?
Why not...
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23-06-2021, 10:11 AM
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And why is it only pigeons that are stupid enough to hit the windows, so hard it sounds like gun fire? They do usually fly off though after.
Pheasants are far more stupid than pigeons, and when they fly into windows they are less likely to bounce off; they sometimes just keep going. I know that from experience.

They don't have much road sense, either. They will stand at the roadside until you have almost reached them, and then, at the very last second, they will run out in front of you.
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23-06-2021, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Harbal ->
Pheasants are far more stupid than pigeons, and when they fly into windows they are less likely to bounce off; they sometimes just keep going. I know that from experience.

They don't have much road sense, either. They will stand at the roadside until you have almost reached them, and then, at the very last second, they will run out in front of you.
Deer do that too & rabbits.
 
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