Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Where the pigeons go to die

My workpal and I spent a good half hour of our lunch discussing why we never see dead pigeons. Finally, Jeeves and the very realistic T. James of the Jolly Roger Orchestra informed me that the dying pigeons crawl under things to die and get eaten by rats and other grossies very quickly. However, Workpal and I decided it was much more fun to imagine the following...

1. Pigeons bury their dead and hold little funerals
2. Pigeons tie weights to their ankles and jump off cliffs into the East River when its time to go.
3. Pigeon cremation, duh
4. Pigeons march down into subway tunnels in straight lines and Karenina themselves onto the tracks.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

karenina as a verb - i love it..

Anonymous said...

ah, you're so cool. Pigeons ROCK!

DCBCooper said...

Ever wonder where the street meat comes from? ;)

Sooz said...

Anonymous- I know who you are. Are there parakeets near your house?

Anonymous said...

Yep. That's what happens. I wish it was cooler, too, like the pigeons burn the dead pigeons like the do to Vader when he dies.

Perhaps the JRO's next music video will feature a rat eating a pigeon as a symbol class antagonism.