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2013-07-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Hindu Kills Himself after Crow Sits on His Head

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Posted by Beavis 2013-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Uh, uh, NOT-TONTO STARRING NOT-JOHNNY-DEPP DID NOT WATCH NOT-THE-LONE-RANGER???

The Bird, the Bird...

gut nuthin.

FYI, all things equal, IMO Depp's "The Lone Ranger" is the better or stronger film than Brad Pitt's "World War Z" starring the UNO Atlantic Fleet - IMO the Critics gave the nod to "Z", not "TLR", because the former promotes the concept of the UNO + "Zombies for OWG Globalism".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-07-20 00:15|| 2013-07-20 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 The bird's not dead, he's only sleeping. No he's not, he's dead.
The bird's not dead, he is.

Posted by Don Vito Crainter4028 2013-07-20 00:43|| 2013-07-20 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Reminds me of the story about the Foo bird.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-07-20 00:55|| 2013-07-20 00:55|| Front Page Top

#4 A fitting story indeed Skid.

Posted by Shipman 2013-07-20 04:01|| 2013-07-20 04:01|| Front Page Top

#5
It was six men of Indostan
To birding much inclined,
Who went to ogle at the Crow
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The First was lit upon apace
And swiftly crowned with poo,
Until his bronzy pate was white
as snow, with greenish dew:
"Great Caesar's ghost, this dirty bird
Is very like a Foo!"

The Second, smitten by the beak,
Cried: "Ouch, that smarts, you fecker!
So very round and smooth and sharp!
I am that crow inspector!
This wonder of a woody bird
Is very like a pecker!"

The Third approached the ebon fowl,
And happening to brush
His hand against its feathery wing,
At once began to gush:
"I see," quoth he, "that Heckle here
Is very like a bush!"

The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about the tail.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
I'd tell you in detail,
But this margin is too small to contain
All that inscribed in Braille."

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the eye,
Sang out, his voice awarble:
"One hand held high, I testify
(and one hand on my yarble):
By all the Avatars, this crow
Is very like a marble!"

The Sixth was wiser than the rest,
As Hindoo sages go.
Quoth he, "No way I touch that bird!
The suicide becomes a crow
And when you touch it, so do you,
And this has laid you low!

And so these men of Indostan,
With one exception, croaked
At their own hands, as foreigners
Looked on and rhymed and joked,
About how foolish they were to think
A crow should not be poked!

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2013-07-20 05:35|| 2013-07-20 05:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I see an industry potential for Bird Trainers in Bangalore.

Customers might include abused spouses and jilted girlfriends.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2013-07-20 08:34|| 2013-07-20 08:34|| Front Page Top

#7 That's utterly delightful, Zenobia Floger6220.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-07-20 09:08|| 2013-07-20 09:08|| Front Page Top

#8 a crow sitting on one's head is believed to be a bad omen.

It certainly was in Anand's case...

Posted by Glenmore 2013-07-20 10:02|| 2013-07-20 10:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy ....

Posted by gorb 2013-07-20 10:49|| 2013-07-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#10 My dad raised a pet crow when he was a kid. It was named "Edgar Allan Crow". He loved that bird.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2013-07-20 13:21|| 2013-07-20 13:21|| Front Page Top

#11 "Edgar Allan Crow"??

Scooter, your dad needs to go to his room. ;-p

Posted by Barbara 2013-07-20 13:32|| 2013-07-20 13:32|| Front Page Top

#12 No besmirching crows here. I believe there may be an 'Old Crow' or two posting from time to time.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-07-20 13:42|| 2013-07-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Idiot.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-07-20 13:51|| 2013-07-20 13:51|| Front Page Top

#14 Well...twice in the same day. Can ya blame the guy?

Posted by tu3031 2013-07-20 22:33|| 2013-07-20 22:33|| Front Page Top

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