# Wild Doves no longer harass me. Thank you, random stranger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652 "2012-04-03T01:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/1 "2012-04-03T01:53:46Z")
Wild Doves suck. They’re out there every day, hassling us. Wearing their threatening leather jackets, smoking cigarettes, wolf-whisting at young girls, harassing pillars of the community, and pooping on innocent people. Yesterday I ran into some dude, and he said he had something for me, if I could just wait. I couldn’t, I was waiting for a bus. But the dude came back in time, and handed me a package. It was labelled “Wild doves Repellent Unique Odor Keeps Wild doves Away.” I can’t read the rest. It’s all in Japanese. But apparently this small package will keep the Wild doves away. I say one more good thing. Taxes paid, rent paid, no more Wild doves mugging me. Life is good! Go ahead Dopers, figure this fun one out. I’m laughing my ass off. And scratching my head a little. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wellanuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/2 "2012-04-03T02:52:56Z")
Well, the Japanese use the same word for “dove” and “pigeon,” so it kind of makes sense as a translation by someone who is not a native speaker of English. Add to that the presence of loads of pigeons at temples and parks in cities, and, well, some in Japan might see a need for such a product. Japanese temples, castles, etc., sometimes have a large covered gate/entry in which pigeons find it amusing to congregate and poop on people. Think of it as an avian kill zone. I myself was such a victim once a long time ago, to the amusement of some little old Japanese man watching nearby, not to mention my future father-in-law and fiancee (being among the amused, not victims). Yeah, it’s always funny when the bird shits on someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/3 "2012-04-03T03:33:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I can’t read the rest. It’s all in Japanese. I bet it says: \* This is what it sounds like when doves cry\*. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/4 "2012-04-03T11:04:46Z")
> [@wellanuff](#): > > Well, the Japanese use the same word for “dove” and “pigeon,” That occurred to me after I started the OP. The guy who gave it to me called it pigeon repellant, and I wondered why he got it wrong. I guess he didn’t. He just translated it for me. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/5 "2012-04-03T12:32:21Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yesterday I ran into some dude, and he said he had something for me, if I could just wait. I couldn’t, I was waiting for a bus. But the dude came back in time, and handed me a package. It was labelled “Wild doves Repellent Unique Odor Keeps Wild doves Away.” I’ve read about these guys. They start off by giving away a free atomizer of Wild Dove Repellent. Fast foward two years, and you’ll be robbing NaNa of her antique silver tea pot in order to get your fix of the way-more-potent Wild Flamingo repellant. Don’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/6 "2012-04-03T12:57:17Z")
I can quit any time I want! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/7 "2012-04-03T13:15:20Z")
That’s what they all think. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/8 "2012-04-03T13:18:48Z")
Humm. Pity he didn’t give you [one of these](http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/mitsugiron/116w503-2.html). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/9 "2012-04-03T13:38:03Z")
Time to clean my glasses - at first glance, it looked like “Wild Daves no longer harass me.” I was intrigued by the idea of a Wild Dave… ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/10 "2012-04-03T13:41:20Z")
Pigeons are Doves, Rock Doves in fact. Obligatory [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Pigeon) link. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/11 "2012-04-03T13:48:22Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Time to clean my glasses - at first glance, it looked like “Wild Daves no longer harass me.” I was intrigued by the idea of a Wild Dave… Nope, Wild Daves are still harassing me. Make them stop! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/12 "2012-04-03T13:54:08Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Nope, Wild Daves are still harassing me. Make them stop! Daves not here, man. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/13 "2012-04-03T14:04:31Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Daves not here, man. I think his name is RAAAALPH, man. ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-doves-no-longer-harass-me-thank-you-random-stranger/617652/14 "2012-04-03T14:30:11Z")
> [@wellanuff](#): > > Japanese temples, castles, etc., sometimes have a large covered gate/entry in which pigeons find it amusing to congregate and poop on people. [Poo-poo Bombardiers!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRW06RZ7aWw) (SFW clip from Animaniacs)