Posted on 10/01/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT by Dallas59
Officials in China this week examined the anuses of 10,000 pigeons that were set to be released today in celebration of National Day, amid government fears of a possible terrorist attack. According to reports from state-run media outlets, the birds had their feathers, legs, and anuses searched for "suspicious objects" yesterday, before being packed onto a truck and sent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing for today's ceremony. Many reports on the probe disappeared from China's tightly-controlled media after being published, though some articles and tweets remain online. The entire process was reportedly videotaped.
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They don’t fool me - they’re doing this for the fun of it!
Now there is an idea our CIA can run with, just substitute goat for pigeon and release them around the ME. That would put a damper on the Mohamheads extra-curricular activities.
Do you get a nifty union sticker to put on your truck?
So.... how many bombs did they find ?
“Nervous Chinese officials search pigeon anuses for bombs” — Gosh..the chinese are known to eat Every part of a pigeon, incl. ‘anuses’. Yam cha!
The Chinese are masters at job creation
No, but you get a pigeon anus to hang off your rear-view mirror.
I lived in China for a while, so I understand the logic completely.
its a top down communist hierarchy, so common sense often doesn’t matter in one’s job. The penalty for ANYTHING going wrong or becoming embarrassing to the Party is death or a life-time of trouble for those even slightly involved. And above all, the government is paying for it all - so if they want you to search Pigeon anus, you gather 30 other government employees together, search pigeon anus, and make a day of it.
I actually see many similarities developing in the USA.
Not something you want on your resume ...
This is so funny, two weird bird threads in a row. Is there a bird list pinger?
Sh*t happens, but not in China.
“so if they want you to search Pigeon anus, you gather 30 other government employees together, search pigeon anus, and make a day of it.” — lol, very social occasion!
Or your obituary... right up there with “aspiring rapper”.
Spinner, your dream job got outsourced to China ... again.
Penguin, eggman, Penguin... Not pigeon.
Good enough for China - good enough for USA.
Headline of the year.
Aren’t they being a bit.....anal?? :P
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