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| Karate experts to defend auto show from parrots | |
| 2006-02-08 | |
| No, this is not Scrappleface. Hat tip: View through the windshield Organizers of a vintage car rally in New Zealand have hired karate experts to protect vehicles from marauding native parrots, a news report said Friday. About 40 members of a karate club have been enlisted to protect some 140 classic cars due to visit an alpine village near Mount Cook on New Zealand's South Island on Sunday, the New Zealand Press Association reported. The karate experts will protect the cars from Keas, sharp-beaked native parrots which have been known to damage vehicles in their search for shiny items, NZPA said. Denis Callesen, manager of the nearby Hermitage Hotel, said bird lovers needn't be concerned the karate experts would use martial arts moves on the parrots, which are a protected species. Their job would simply be to scare the birds away, he said. Local wildlife ranger Ray Bellringer said the karate masters are unlikely to deter the Keas. "They will fly around and laugh," he said. The best method to prevent Keas from damaging vehicles is to squirt them with
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| Posted by:Jackal |
| #10 This just in, said parrots have hired fighting cocks from the Philipines to protect them during their car raids. Their leader was quoted as saying Awk, we'll see who gets an ass kicking, awk ! |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-02-08 18:43 |
| #9 Ululating Muslims. That would frighten parrots |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-02-08 18:12 |
| #8 How about hiring shao-lin monks who will use the eagle or crane kung-fu style for some bird-on-bird violence. |
| Posted by: radrh8r 2006-02-08 17:07 |
| #7 Saw a prog on this before. Apparently, those parrots are quite capable of grabbing hold of and pulling off a car's exposed weatherstripping, something they seem to take enjoyment in doing. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-02-08 13:26 |
| #6 Maybe it could be made into a chopsocky movie. Master of the flying parakeet? Drunken Macaw Kung-Fu? Champion of guacamole? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-02-08 13:17 |
| #5 This is one of the all-time great Rantburg headlines. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-02-08 13:01 |
| #4 I heard a segment on BBC news about this. Not quite as silly as it sounds. One of the guys in the car club taught karate and suggested hiring guys from the karate club to stand around and shoo off parrots. The fact that they are karate students is completely incidental to their task. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-02-08 10:14 |
| #3 Boot to the head. Peeve: As funny as that skit is, and the Frantics were in general, the song "Boot to the Head" describes "people voting Republican" as deserving a boot to the head. Keep in mind, the Frantics were Canadian. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-02-08 10:11 |
| #2 Meh. I'l see your karate experts and raise you a 9th degree master of Tai-Kwan-Leap. (And do click on the audio link.) |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-02-08 10:10 |
| #1 Yeah, they will laugh at karatekas, no doubt, but wait until the thai kickboxers and the MMA fighters are called in... then, theses birdies will understand what a real ass-kicking is! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-02-08 08:11 |