Pigeons

[Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker]

"Rafael Garcia-Suarez" <rgarciasuarez at gmail.com> writes:

> On 13/11/2007, Smylers <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
>> When I moved to London in January one of the first billboards I noticed
>> (at Ealing Broadway station, I think) proffered this pigeon-related
>> advice:
>>
>>   A smart Londoner doesn't feed the pigeons.
>>   A smart Londoner travels by Heathrow Connect.
>>
>> I'm still puzzled by it.  Are those two activities supposed to be
>> mutually exclusive?  Is the suggestion that if you get the urge to do
>> the former you should do the latter instead?
>
> I saw once (or maybe was it another person who saw it) a sign saying
> "if you like pigeons, don't feed them". What to do if you actually do
> not like pigeons ?

You kill them, messily and with a vengeance!

-- 
ilmari
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