# Dear Mockingbird

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967 "2019-07-12T13:52:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/21 "2019-07-13T01:58:30Z")

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There is a book, _To Kill a Mockingbird_.

Don’t waste your money. I read the whole thing and there are no instructions at all about how to kill one.

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/22 "2019-07-13T17:59:14Z")

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So what you’re saying is:

Mock – Shut Up  
Ing – Shut Up  
Bird – Shut Up  
Shut Up – Shut Up

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/23 "2019-07-14T00:20:47Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> Don’t waste your money. I read the whole thing and there are no instructions at all about how to kill one.

But Mockingbird’s can’t read. They probably can’t refute threats about having read the DIY manual.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/24 "2019-07-14T02:11:52Z")

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> [@DinoR](#):
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> But Mockingbird’s can’t read.

Actually, there are those who argue that birds aren’t real, but are actually government operated drones. [Wake up sheeple!](https://birdsarentreal.com/)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/25 "2019-07-14T02:28:47Z")

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There are mockingbirds in my area, but luckily they’re out of earshot in the AM. The ones I have a beef with are the towhees, with their annoying “chip-chip-chip” as they make their morning rounds.

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**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/26 "2019-07-14T11:08:49Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> There is a book, _To Kill a Mockingbird_.
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> Don’t waste your money. I read the whole thing and there are no instructions at all about how to kill one.

> [@DinoR](#):
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> But Mockingbird’s can’t read. They probably can’t refute threats about having read the DIY manual.

I think we ought to _Set a Watchman_ on **Maus Magill** , just to be sure… (spare the mockingbird ! They’re sweet creatures…)

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mockingbird/836967/27 "2019-07-14T19:20:28Z")

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The mockingbird is my friend. Since he showed up this spring with his dive bombing antics, the two bored dogs behind me have stopped barking.

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