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2007-10-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Free Radical 2007-10-10 04:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Killing a bird for that is a pretty stoopid reason to go to jail for; still, I hope this will help them cool their heels and get a grip on how civilized behavior works (assuming they don't get victimized doing time, which would be really too bad), because I have the feeling that in the right conditions, they could have as easily done this to a man or group of men after a similar buttkicking. I hope they'll benefit from that lesson.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-10 07:29|| 2007-10-10 07:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Is ostrich, like revenge, a dish best served cold?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-10-10 08:17|| 2007-10-10 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 "Ostriches are so powerful that a single
kick at a predator, such as a lion, could be
fatal." Source: Front Page Top

#4 I guess that means that you shouldn't wander onto an ostrich ranch after having a couple too many. Sort of like a lion's den.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2007-10-10 11:15|| 2007-10-10 11:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Ostriches have been around for a long, long time. Over that period they have developed highly functional defense mechanisms. When your eggs weigh six pounds each and a single one can make an omelet for ten, you have to defend them a lot. A 14 month-old bird weighs in at over 200 pounds with some 50% of that being very high protein meat. When you're that popular in the food chain, you'd better know how to stay alive. Imagine the same sort of disembowling kicks that a kangaroo uses, only even more powerful. Flightless does not equate to defenseless.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-10 13:54|| 2007-10-10 13:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Ostriches are mean. At the San Diego Wild Animal park, if you go on the photo caravan to feed the rinos and such you go through the ostrichs and they will try to smash your hands with their beak if given a chance.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-10-10 14:05|| 2007-10-10 14:05|| Front Page Top

#7 You all are missing the entire point. How in the *liberal* world did these drunk fools get a hold of a rifle in the Democratic Republic of San Francisco? Isn't that a gun-free zone?
(/sarcasm)

Posted by BA 2007-10-10 15:39|| 2007-10-10 15:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Or better yet, just call it a *PRIDE* killing and in San Francisco, they'll throw ya a festival!

Posted by BA 2007-10-10 15:40|| 2007-10-10 15:40|| Front Page Top

#9 at this very point in time, i happen to be on leave in a area where this type of incident is rather more common, I spend the last three hours wandering around, being severly lost in a large forrested area.

Walking down one of the, this time of year very dark forrest paths i almost got killed whan a cabriolet (convertible ?)(posting from pda, spellcheck very slow) apeared from nowhere and allmost ran me down, the drivers seemed to have a bit of trouble bringing the car to a full stop (and i admit that the hurling of beerbottles in my (somewhat) general direction by the people in the backseat might have been a little distracting)but nevertheless acomplished their objective

the driver got out, shotgun in hand, yelled something at me in a local tongue (gobbledegook is an apt description, it could offcourse also be that i was so preocupied by getting out of the way and looking for cover in the pitcblack, so i did not realy pay that much attention to what the idiot with the firearm was trying to express) the man fired one shot into the air, did a bit more shouting, got back into the car and out of there like a bat out of hell.

I am safely back at the cabin now opening a very nice bottle of wine, i think i like it here.

Posted by drive by lurker 2007-10-10 17:54|| 2007-10-10 17:54|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm glad you got through that exciting incident safely, drive by lurker. Have fun!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-10 18:02|| 2007-10-10 18:02|| Front Page Top

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