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2006-02-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Karate experts to defend auto show from parrots

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Posted by Jackal 2006-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 08:11|| Front Page Top

#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">Seafarious 2006-02-08 10:10|| 2006-02-08 10:10|| Front Page Top

#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">Robert Crawford 2006-02-08 10:11|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-02-08 10:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 This is one of the all-time great Rantburg headlines.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-02-08 13:01|| 2006-02-08 13:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 13:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 13:26|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 17:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Ululating Muslims. That would frighten parrots

Posted by JFM"> JFM 2006-02-08 18:12|| 2006-02-08 18:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-02-08 18:43|| Front Page Top

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