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10/08/2003 04:39:04 PM · #1 |
just a funny thing i heard relating to the current urban theme.
i forget where, but they are cleaning up an older building - to be painted i think - so far the cost of removing pigeon crap is up around $120,000. in some areas the crap was two feet thick.
struck me funny - and sort of amazed it could build up that much.
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10/08/2003 04:53:05 PM · #2 |
| At first I thought the "soup" was a suggestion. Then I realized it was your handle. |
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10/08/2003 04:59:22 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by soup:
just a funny thing i heard relating to the current urban theme.
i forget where, but they are cleaning up an older building - to be painted i think - so far the cost of removing pigeon crap is up around $120,000. in some areas the crap was two feet thick.
struck me funny - and sort of amazed it could build up that much.
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The "mining" of guano is a very big business in some places. I think it played a significant role in WW II (the nitrates were used for explosives manufacture as well as fertilizer). But like most organically-produced resources (petroleum, coal, wood) we are consuming it some thousands of times as fast as it can be replaced.
And if you've seen Dr. Strangelove ... you'll never think of Bat Guano the same way again. |
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10/08/2003 05:43:51 PM · #4 |
Appropriate to the thread...
Message edited by author 2003-10-08 17:44:40. |
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10/08/2003 05:57:05 PM · #5 |
| Muchos gracias, I think ... |
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10/08/2003 06:03:22 PM · #6 |
It's a conspiracy, a conspircay I tell you!
Behind the average pigeon's vacant stare hides the mind of a genius!
Today it's pooping till roofs collapse... Tomorrow they take over the world! ALL HAIL THE PIGEON OVERLORDS! LOL
(Doesn't it remind you of the Simpsons episode with the "giant space ants" in the space shuttle with Homer?)
Have a good one, and watch out for pigeons...
P.S. - Hey. That could be a good subject for the "Exposed" challenge. Badly shot it would be guaranteed a last place finish. LOL!
Message edited by author 2003-10-08 18:06:29. |
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10/08/2003 08:20:43 PM · #7 |
hehe
and we are worried about mice - i might add - how did you find that article?
Originally posted by mrsbustos:
"Unless someone does something, the roof will get full up again with their business and this will happen all over again."
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