[NumDusthouh]

...And no one ever saw her alive again...

[JNancy46]

I hate seagulls...pity it was illegal to shoot 'em in Engerlande.

[snislarne]

...pity it was illegal to shoot 'em in Engerlande.

Or in England.

[hacyOrgachbic]

whats wrong with the good ol' seagull?? i can recall myself many times sitting down at the beach with my hot chips, with a flock of seagulls flocking around me, whilst i throw my chips into groups of people and watch the gulls swarm upon the chip, with people left in panic becuase of the avian creature attacking their hair.

[LkEHaduy]

whats wrong with the good ol' seagull?? i can recall myself many times sitting down at the beach with my hot chips, with a flock of seagulls flocking around me, whilst i throw my chips into groups of people and watch the gulls swarm upon the chip, with people left in panic becuase of the avian creature attacking their hair.

Ah...me friend at Uni did something similar. He got his mate to throw a handfull of chips onto the road while raced his car downhill...I think he nailed quite a few of those annoying birds.

I believe he's going to be reincarnated as a cockroach for that one.

[vipBrooriErok]

Ah, seagulls. So, how do you sample seagull populations for dioxin and PCB's? Good question, glad you asked.

You need a pretty good sized boat, a large bag of ready-made popcorn, a Remington 12ga pump-action fowling piece and a whole box of (steel shot, no lead) ammo. Add some government sactioned permits from California Fish and Game and the EPA to make it all "official" and lots of trash bags and you've got one seriously gonzo science experience.

Let's just say I'm not on PETA's Christmas list anymore.

[XiWm9O9S]

Sounds like a fun project!

Lets not forget the joys to be had by giving the kiddies a piece of bread and telling them to throw bits up in the air above themselves for the seagulls to catch! Once they panic, they always forget to let go of the bread slice when they run!

[Breilopmil]

Had I your grim task, I would have at least tested the old Alka Seltzer myth.

[PoideAdelereX]

Had I your grim task, I would have at least tested the old Alka Seltzer myth.

No...that would be cruelty - this was Real Science. Thank God there are no pictures...it was (more than once) rather surreal. It was called the California Ocean Monitoring Program (1987-88), and it was a broad-based investigation into the migration of dioxin and related compounds from their sources through the food chain.

[Broker15015]

Forgive me.
Like many people, when faced with unpleasantnesses associated with death, the unaccustomed mind will often make light of the situation.
That must have been a hard thing for you to be a part of.

[Apparpsmose]

Forgive me.
Like many people, when faced with unpleasantnesses associated with death, the unaccustomed mind will often make light of the situation.
That must have been a hard thing for you to be a part of.

No, we had beers at the Schooner on 2 street when we got back, same as usual. They were seagulls, after all. The ones that weren't greedy for the popcorn lived to crap on my boat another day.

[Xodvbooj]

Had I your grim task, I would have at least tested the old Alka Seltzer myth.

Yeah, does that really work? The version in Australia is to roll bread into balls and have bicarbonate soda in the center.

The one they taught us in army cadets(bush survival) was to wrap lead weights or stones with meat or bread and chuck them up for the gulls to eat. The weight displacement would send them crashing to the ground. Then we can cook the buggers...but apparently the meat tastes fichylike.

[feedcomnet]

...but apparently the meat tastes fichylike.

Is that another word for naaaasssstyyy? Then, yeah, they are nasty.

[JMLot]

...Then we can cook the buggers...but apparently the meat tastes fichylike.

Imagine what would happen if a flaming seagull escaped from the cookpot and proceeded to run around squawking:

"I'm Jonathan Livingston damn you!!!! I'm Jonathan Livingstooooooon!!!!!"
LOL



Sorry.
Had to go there.

[pageup85]

Imagine what would happen if a flaming seagull escaped from the cookpot and proceeded to run around squawking:

"I'm Jonathan Livingston damn you!!!! I'm Jonathan Livingstooooooon!!!!!"
LOL



Sorry.
Had to go there.

Thank god for wikipedia...or else that one would have flown right over me head.