I don’t agree that all people with bluetooths are ugly but whenever I see one out and about with one I say out loud “nerd!” Luckily with the bluetooth he can’t hear me.
Of course he can. You don’t think people wear those things because they’re always on the phone, do you?
I’m sorry, did you say something?
Hey, I’m capping the beginning of all my sentences. So I guess in the future, I must contruct my sentences to** fetus** so that his name is not the first word.
Now, about this pidgeon coop in black culture thing…I just can’t seem to let this go. My husband swears he has heard of this too, in NYC. I wonder if he has heard of this, or if thinks he has because he has seen it in some movies. I can’t press him because he will get annoyed with me…(“I am not going to settle your message board spats!”)
So 5, you live in NYC. Are there black men raising pigeons there or not?
No. Born and raised in the South Bronx. Raised my children in Brooklyn. Black guys don’t raise pigeons. Puerto Rican and Italian dudes, however. . …
I am born of italian living in Puerto Rico. Guess how many birds I have.
Nzinga, Seated (nzinga, seated?), I don’t actually know anybody who raises pigeons, or rather, I don’t know that anyone I know raises pigeons. Interestingly enough, I ran across an episode of Cold Cases (which I never watch) last night on CBS where one of the Black characters raised pigeons as hobby. Also, raising pigeons was a plot point on a few episodes of The Wire (Season 4), involving some of the younger Black characters.
VCO3’s reference to pigeon coops could be related to something other the violation of a common area/no pets/nastiness standard in his building, such as raising pigeons for racing (fighting pigeons would be silly, wouldn’t it). As I said, I’ve read several articles about pigeons racing (and betting thereon) and all the participants that were described were white.
My previous post (for which the focus became my capitalization missteps) was to point out that, whatever VCO3’s many faults and causes for this pitting, one should pit him for what he actually says, not for what one imputes from a link he provides.
I don’t believe his assertions in this thread about his neighbors multiple sins which he didn’t include in his original OP in IMHO and pointed out that it smelled funny (unlike good Hawaiian bud). FETUS,* who is now complaining that no one is reading his posts, obviously didn’t read my post clearing that up and, instead, focused on something unrelated to this pitting.
- I always try to be careful to accord members respect when it comes to their names and can’t for the life of me figure out why fetus had such a problem with a post of mine which was largely supportive of him and why he (and now others) missed the clarification I was offering.
The first time I ever saw a grill in the wild it was worn by this HUGE black guy who looked like he’d been sent down by Central Casting for the “thug” role I was offering. Man was mean looking. Scar on his face and everything. He asked my help in trying to reserve concert tickets, and I figured the group wasn’t going to be anybody I’d ever heard of - some really hardcore prison gangsta rap or something. Know what he wanted to go see?
Kenny Chesney.
A lot?
No, no-- wait! None! There are no pigeons in Puerto Rico! No, wait yet again! How old are you? Because you gotta be an old Italian or Puerto Rican guy to raise pigeons in NYC.
Now hold on-- do you look like Forrest Whittaker? Are you a contract killer? On a TV show? Especially a cop procedure type TV show? Then I’d guess you have over one meeeeelion pigeons!
There’s nothing funny about it. It’s a cruel, cruel sport. Besides, the pigeon doesn’t stand a chance, once the picadores and bandaleros are finished with him.
He has a new one…people who stand still on escalators.
I don’t know if he is a racist, actually…I think he might just be a misanthrope. He didn’t come to our recent Chicago dopefest because, he said, “everyone hates him.” Even when a couple of us protested to the contrary, he wouldn’t change his mind. I think his problem isn’t that everyone hates him, it’s that he hates everyone.
Time for ultimate anecdotal hijack.
One day, about a year ago, I woke up to the sound of gun fire. Something I was used to at home, but very rare here. In total, it was around 30 rounds over a time of 5 minutes or so. When I asked around what it was, the answer I got from everybody: The were taking care of the pigeons on the town square. I guess there are several different meanings to “taking care”. How is that for Puerto Ricans and pigeons?
He just has a problem with unVCO3ish people.
P.S. How much you wanna bet ole VCO3 saw Ghost Dog and folded it into his deliciously warped mind. The part of his mind where all black people don’t drink coffee or camp. And then he saw this pit thread and thought, I know how to convince those Dopers these pot smoking dudes are bad! I’ll say they have pigeon coops just like that Busido Black Hitman!
And then the denizens of The Pit start theorizing about gangstas raising pigeons. Lord, I love VC!
I think you’re right. It just seems racist because VC isn’t black and there is already a huge amount of anti-black crap floating around that he can pick up on and use as justification for that particular hatred.
You’d think, with all this erupting anger at everyone and everything, he’d have the balls to at least ask his neighbors to stop stinking up his hallway. Apoplectic rage ain’t what it used to be.
God I hate agreeing with anyone too much but this is a pet peeve of mine as well. Escalators are not rides at disney world. People need to keep their fat asses moving along. And whenever I see a parent allowing Precious to run up an escalator backwards, I have to talk myself out of breaking little Precious’ neck.
Biggirl, you (along with fetus (although I know he hates me now)) have nailed it, especially post #119 and most especially the next to last paragraph in that post.
Question (and huge hijack): You live in Brooklyn now, right? Can you tell me why there’s always a huge swarm of birds over one of the houses near the northeast corner of Dean Street and Washington Avenue. I noticed them about 2 years ago and see them almost every time I drive past there. (If you’re in Brooklyn and need a good mechanic, check out Mario’s at that same corner).
See this link.
I lived in Brooklyn up until this past June, after which I’ve become one of those suburban robotic assholes and bought a house in Elmont (which is two blocks away from Queens but actually affordable).
I used to live not too far away from Dean and Washington, on 5th and Lincoln. Whenever I see large flocks of pigeons flying in formation around and around I think of the pigeon coop having old dudes from my youth in The Bronx.
Well, Chicago has outlawed them for years now (except the ones that don’t ‘act’ black and sports stars). I remember an article in the Sun-Times about a few being allowed to move back in now. What are the odds they’d end up next to VCO3-P0?
Of course, that’s where all the narrow ass white girls will be.
d&r!!