# The pigeon commercial for some insurance company

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 23, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521 "2024-01-23T02:14:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/21 "2024-01-25T00:22:10Z")

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I remember trying to explain to my young daughter why there isn’t an “up” or “down” per se in space. But she was only 7.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/22 "2024-01-25T00:23:11Z")

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Some concepts in my brain stopped aging about year 6.

I still say ostrich like oystrick

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/23 "2024-01-25T00:44:18Z")

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Should we add that the north pole is physically actually a south magnetic pole, since the north end of a magnet is attracted to the south end of another magnet?

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/24 "2024-01-25T02:56:37Z")

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So the Earth is like this big ball, and north/south/west/… are directions along the surface; not up in the air or tunneling down or whatever.

Doin’t ask me about freaky pigeon senses but people say they can “sense” magnetic fields to some extent.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/25 "2024-01-25T03:07:33Z")

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No wonder there are flat earthers.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pigeon-commercial-for-some-insurance-company/996521/26 "2024-01-25T04:05:13Z")

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Hey Beck – you’ve got a really good mind there, you know.

Isn’t it fun to stretch it?

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