Re: fat birdies

Oh Yes, Tom Lehrer!

"...Your pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strychnine
That poisons a pigeon
--it just takes a smidgeon--
to poson a pigeon in the park!"

> From: Janet  Laytham <jw.laytham@worldnet.att.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:31:04 -0500
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] fat birdies
> 
> and those of us who are older and perhaps from the northeast recall a
> Harvard professor who wrote satiric songs, like the little old man who
> enjoys "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park".
> Janet
> 
> 
> on 01/25/2003 12:37 PM, cathy carpenter at cathyc@rnet.com wrote:
> 
>> As you all know, pigeons are close relatives of doves, and the bain of
>> urban areas. When I lived in Honolulu, they were a fixture in the city
>> parks. A local comic, did a skit around a favorite grilled chicken
>> recipe (huli-huli chicken - recipe on request) where "huli-huli pigeon"
>> was the featured entree.
>> Cathy, z5b, west central IL, in the 20s and loving it!
>> On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 06:27 PM, Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Pam, doves are groupies.  They sit on our deck railings all day in this
>>> weather making a nasty mess.  In the summer they flock into my veggie
>>> garden
>>> and when I go to enter the garden (which is fenced) they flap their
>>> wings
>>> trying to fly but are so heavy they can not get into flight thus
>>> tearing up
>>> my plants.  I have walked into the water garden area and all 12 of them
>>> will
>>> be in the water garden and it is just a small pond.  This is not a
>>> favorite
>>> bird of mine but I do plant my garden to attract birds.  However,  I
>>> want to
>>> decide who gets to play in my garden!  Okay, this is a sad story and I
>>> know
>>> what you are all going to say.
>>> Ceres
>>> 
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