# Don't feed the fucking pigeons, dammit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 23, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529 "2007-11-23T19:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Anchuldigs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/81 "2007-11-30T04:40:26Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311023,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311023,00.html) Councilman Simcha recently Felder proposed a bill outlawing the feeding of pigeons in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/82 "2007-11-30T10:10:06Z")
Sorry about the hijack. [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] He did hit her quite a bit, IIRC, but only in self-defense. And he wasn’t too bad at defending himself, considering how drunk he was. [/QUOTE] I remember him fighting with Florrie, and both of them getting beat up. I think **Chowder** called me on this before, so in the name of fighting ignorance, I bring you the first [Andy Capp comic](http://bp0.blogger.com/_448y6kVhntg/RrS1Fnl0ncI/AAAAAAAABE0/iUFftX4mGNc/s1600-h/andy5.jpg), where he beat up Florrie without any apparent damage to himself. Apparently he mellowed out in his later years, stopped smoking and stopped getting in fights with Florrie, instead going to marriage counseling. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/83 "2007-11-30T19:24:19Z")
Indeed I did and I apologise. I never thought Andy was a wife beater, my memories of him are of a pigeon fondling, drunken sot and chain smoking wastrel. A man to be admired but in light of that link I revise my opinion ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/84 "2007-11-30T19:46:48Z")
[QUOTE=calm kiwi] Sparrows can be bloody annoying. Last sunday I had lunch at a garden centre and a sprarrow actually attempted to land on my sandwich when it was on it’s way to my mouth! [/QUOTE] [Just be glad you’re bigger than the birds.](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/11/29/da-chix-be-all-up-onz-mai-nutz/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/85 "2007-12-01T01:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Indeed I did and I apologise. I never thought Andy was a wife beater, my memories of him are of a pigeon fondling, drunken sot and chain smoking wastrel. A man to be admired but in light of that link I revise my opinion [/QUOTE] Well, my memories of the strip are that we often see a dustcloud floating in midair with Andy’s and Flo’s fists and feet sticking out, surrounded by cartoon pain-stars. Sometimes she started it, sometimes he did. But we always get the impression Flo gives as good as she gets or better. (It rarely works that way IRL, I’m sure, when a man and woman fall to blows.) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/86 "2007-12-01T05:36:50Z")
**BrainGlutton** , although I’m sure you’re right, you’d be surprised by one couple I knew back in their meth-binging days. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/87 "2007-12-01T09:07:08Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Well, my memories of the strip are that we often see a dustcloud floating in midair with Andy’s and Flo’s fists and feet sticking out, surrounded by cartoon pain-stars. Sometimes she started it, sometimes he did. But we always get the impression Flo gives as good as she gets or better. (It rarely works that way IRL, I’m sure, when a man and woman fall to blows.) [/QUOTE] Yep, it’s all coming back to me now. Bloody old age, damn! As an aside, I know that Andys mate was “Chalkie” but what was Chalkies wife called? ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/88 "2007-12-01T10:08:08Z")
[QUOTE=The Flying Dutchman] You know some people in the big impersonal city get to a point in their life where the feel lonely and feel the need to interact. Most likely the rest of the human population just doesn’t have the time of day for them. You can spend hours interacting with pigeons and that just has to be therapeutic for them so healthwise there’s a plus. [/quote] Sure, there’s always a plus to inconsiderate behavior. On the part of the person who is being inconsiderate. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/89 "2007-12-01T13:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] As an aside, I know that Andys mate was “Chalkie” but what was Chalkies wife called? [/QUOTE] Rube ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/90 "2007-12-01T17:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Rube [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/91 "2007-12-02T16:38:18Z")
I just thank god that Ostriches cant fly. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/92 "2007-12-02T18:30:59Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] I just thank god that Ostriches cant fly. [/QUOTE] Or cows…jebus! Can you imagine being dumped on by a cow? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/93 "2007-12-05T03:50:19Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] What would in a fight, a pigeon or a sea gull? [/QUOTE] Well, I dunno about gulls, but a pigeon definitely came out second best in an encounter with a [pelican](http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNNl_uWmQXE&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/94 "2007-12-05T14:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=DesertDog] Well, I dunno about gulls, but a pigeon definitely came out second best in an encounter with a [pelican](http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNNl_uWmQXE&feature=related). [/QUOTE] Just to add, if you go to youtube and search “Seagull eating pigeon” it looks a lot more common than I thought…(not for the squeamish). ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/95 "2007-12-06T01:51:15Z")
My sister and I went to Monterrey this summer and had a wonderful lunch out on a deck at a seafood restaurant overlooking the bay. Absolutely gorgeous setting, the best calamari I’ve _ever_ eaten, even the lemonade was spectacular. Then, as we were sitting enjoying the sun and the breeze and the wonderful day, a couple two tables over got up and left. Their butts had hardly left the seats before a bunch of pigeons descended on the table and started pecking at the leftovers. Meanwhile, two landed on the next empty table and walked all over the clean bread plates and silverware. …hurk. On our way out, we told a waitress about it, she looked disgusted and said they replace the plates whenever they see it happen, but they can’t get rid of the damn things, in part because people will sometimes feed them from the tables. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/96 "2007-12-06T01:53:16Z")
Yuk - you’d think they’d have learnt to not leave the clean plates out, if they’re a pigeon-target! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529/97 "2007-12-06T02:45:39Z")
…That would be the logical thing to do, wouldn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-feed-the-fucking-pigeons-dammit/427529.md?page=4)