# Crap!  (Shakes fist at the seagulls)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 18, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-shakes-fist-at-the-seagulls/503409 "2009-07-18T03:51:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-shakes-fist-at-the-seagulls/503409/21 "2009-07-20T00:10:26Z")

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Last weekend an academic I know successfully defended his thesis. Afterwards, he went out for drinks with his wife and the reviewers on a lovely pub patio, enjoying the beautiful day and the lake view and the pleasant sunshine.

And a seagull crapped directly into his beer. There was splashback.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-shakes-fist-at-the-seagulls/503409/22 "2009-07-20T03:33:15Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> I started today with my damned cat peeing on my pillow - does that count??

It certainly counts as a bad way to start the day. Next time, you should clean out the catbox before you go to bed, maybe?

> [@horsetech](#):
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> GilaB, that is indeed quite an accomplishment

It’s quite an accomplishment for the BIRD, not necessarily for the poster.

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-shakes-fist-at-the-seagulls/503409/23 "2009-07-20T03:40:10Z")

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If it makes you feel any better, this thread brings back wonderful memories of this [hilarious homage to Hitchcock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPcdVdE7rfk&feature=player_embedded).

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