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thanks for all the pictures Leor, hope you can get that guano cleaned up.

emkubed wrote:

slymaster wrote:

Great thread - one of the most entertaining I have ever read. It's too bad you did not get it on video - you could submit it to one those 'Funniest Videos' TV shows and easily be a contender for the top prize.

If he wanted to win one of those shows, I'd just have my 2-year old hit him in the nuts with a wiffle ball bat.

somehow those are always the ones who win - the people voting must all be mother with small children.

JBI - i will consider is a missed opportunity!

emkubed wrote:

slymaster wrote:

Great thread - one of the most entertaining I have ever read. It's too bad you did not get it on video - you could submit it to one those 'Funniest Videos' TV shows and easily be a contender for the top prize.

If he wanted to win one of those shows, I'd just have my 2-year old hit him in the nuts with a wiffle ball bat.

Been there before, emkubed ? I guess parents and athletes alike should always wear protection down there.

Damn, I was going to tell you to keep it as your pirate bird. No parrots for you just pigeons.

Leor the NYC pirate with pigeon on shoulder. We could always pretend it's still yours.

emkubed wrote:

If he wanted to win one of those shows, I'd just have my 2-year old hit him in the nuts with a wiffle ball bat.

That's a much funnier event if you let him use an aluminum bat!

now that was the ultimate case mod!

You know, this suggests a whole new use for empty slots in a server rack. Pigeon coop, obviously, but even better would be a heptarium. Imgaine a boa or iguana curled up behind plexi, basking in the radiant heat from the servers and RAID disks above and below...

(And yeah, you could try the tropical aquarium / water-cooling reservoir, but good luck not killing the fish)

FireGryphon wrote:

This is a classic!

If the bird hopped in there to get away from the cats, maybe just getting the cats out of the room and closing the door will get him to come out. Maybe isolate the room, and leave a plate of birdseed. Come back in 15 minutes and pounce on 'em with a pillow case and set him free.

That's the first smart idea I read here.

I wonder if that pigeon and this one are related?

leor wrote:

DAMMIT, STOP POOPING EVERYWHERE!

Being the owner of two Amazon parrots (or is it being owned by 2 amazon parrots?), I can safely say, "It's what birds do."

Up until I met my wife, I was a strict cat and dog person. However, she came with birds - when I asked her to move up to Seattle with me, she said, "OK, but as long as my parrots can come." Therefore, I got them as well. However, while one of the birds is a little @#$@#$ head, they're both quite nice to have around.

The house has never been the same, though...

slymaster wrote:

Great thread - one of the most entertaining I have ever read.

You obviously missed the "locked in the basement naked with the cat thread"

I won't mention the posters name. BUT...you know who you are.

Thankfully in leor's little adventure everyone had their clothes on.

Great story though!

z-man wrote:

Thankfully in leor's little adventure everyone had their clothes on.

Well... we don't actually know that, do we? All we can see of leor is part of his arm in one of the pics, and no clothing is visible. Maybe he's into nude pigeon hunting?

just brew it! wrote:

z-man wrote:

Thankfully in leor's little adventure everyone had their clothes on.

Well... we don't actually know that, do we? All we can see of leor is part of his arm in one of the pics, and no clothing is visible. Maybe he's into nude pigeon hunting?

And the cats weren't wearing anything either. Nor, for that matter, was the pigeon.

Kinky...

just brew it! wrote:

z-man wrote:

Thankfully in leor's little adventure everyone had their clothes on.

Well... we don't actually know that, do we? All we can see of leor is part of his arm in one of the pics, and no clothing is visible. Maybe he's into nude pigeon hunting?

ah, no thanks, not with pigeon's propensity for pecking at things

leor wrote:

ah, no thanks, not with pigeon's propensity for pecking at things

*me crosses legs*

Ouchie!

"well i tried debugging the system but it didn't help"

"did you try debirding it?"

leor wrote:

it was pitifully outmatched both in strength and wits.

leor - (stronger and) smarter than the average pigeon.

BigMadDrongo wrote:

leor wrote:

it was pitifully outmatched both in strength and wits.

leor - (stronger and) smarter than the average pigeon.

HOO HAH!

I think that one might be a subject for debate....good thing you got it

I can see the headline now
"the captain < pigeon"

leor wrote:

I crept toward its lair, intent on taking back what is mine! Licking dry lips, I snuck toward the back of its hiding place, and shone my light in!

Instinctively I swung the light around in a low arc, thinking the creature meant to attack me from behind, but thankfully, all was quiet and peaceful.

After glancing around to make sure it hadn't flown anywhere I shone the light underneath and though I could just see some grey feathers . . .

This made me think he was pplaying a game of DOOM 3 - THE BIRD MOD

Dposcorp wrote:

leor wrote:

I crept toward its lair, intent on taking back what is mine! Licking dry lips, I snuck toward the back of its hiding place, and shone my light in!

Instinctively I swung the light around in a low arc, thinking the creature meant to attack me from behind, but thankfully, all was quiet and peaceful.

After glancing around to make sure it hadn't flown anywhere I shone the light underneath and though I could just see some grey feathers . . .

This made me think he was pplaying a game of DOOM 3 - THE BIRD MOD

wasn't that an alfred hitchcock thriller?

UberGerbil wrote:

You know, this suggests a whole new use for empty slots in a server rack. Pigeon coop, obviously, but even better would be a heptarium. Imgaine a boa or iguana curled up behind plexi, basking in the radiant heat from the servers and RAID disks above and below...

(And yeah, you could try the tropical aquarium / water-cooling reservoir, but good luck not killing the fish)

Quoted for great justice...

Wait a minute, I understand everything now!

Someone was just trying to send you an RFC 1149 packet! Did you examine those bits the pigeon left to reconstruct the originating IP?
UberGerbil's idea also makes perfect sense in this context... As it is now, you have only recieved a ping, you are unable to send your own packets out.

Oh god I am such a geek

Hey, Klyith -- you think you're a geek? Check this out: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

z-man wrote:

You obviously missed the "locked in the basement naked with the cat thread"

Wow. There but for the grace of God...

just brew it! wrote:

Hey, Klyith -- you think you're a geek? Check this out: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

Yep, I've seen that before. I was more thinking about the fact that I could recall from memory that #1149 was the funny pigeon one. But you're right, doesn't hold a candle to actually doing it.

Just imagine if Grace Murray Hopper (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Grace_Hopper) had had this happen to her instead of the moth; we'd all be debirding programs.

lolz kill it den eat it..XD
jp..lolz..heh..
i dunno take it out wif a stick or sumthin..
EEWW poop
good luck

AzN_Babi23 wrote:

lolz kill it den eat it..XD
jp..lolz..heh..
i dunno take it out wif a stick or sumthin..
EEWW poop
good luck

Wow. Uhh, welcome to the forums... ?!

Leor, you're famous!!

Check out http://www.collegehumor.com/?update_id=108
That's the most recent update. Congrats.