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Sparrow shot for downing domino record bid
CNN ^
| November 16, 2005
| Associated Press.
Posted on 11/16/2005 1:33:42 PM PST by grjr21
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To: grjr21
The bird was a common house sparrow -- a species placed on the national endangered list last year. 
I'm...confused...
If it's named the " House Sparrow"...HOW CAN IT BE ENDANGERED?!?!
Did it skip the "Uncommon" stage?
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posted on
11/16/2005 1:54:20 PM PST
by
Itzlzha
("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
To: dead
Stupid unarmed birds.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:00:21 PM PST
by
grjr21
To: dead
Yeah, it's a pity that the bird didn't read the "No Trespassing" signs and aren't as bright as the idiot that shot it. As far as the bird killing me if I violated it's nest? I don't frequent trees and the bird coming in was more than likely an accident. They don't usually hang out in buildings as a rule. A sparrow flew into my sunroom a couple of years ago and we propped the door open and let it out. Problem solved.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:00:26 PM PST
by
WasDougsLamb
(I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
To: grjr21
"
around 200,000 were left to go and the bird knocked down 23,000 of them"
Sometimes, you have to wonder if God does indeed, have a sense humor.
In the meantime, Paris continues to burn, and Islamofacists throughout Europe continue to issue more threats.
Poor bird. No sympathy from me for the Socialists and their dominoes. I'm rooting for the bird.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:02:11 PM PST
by
Pajamajan
(The Democrat party proudly brings you the new and improved Soviet Union.)
To: grjr21
Exactly. That cat's knows the score.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:02:16 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: grjr21
Imagine if the bird crapped on them.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:03:24 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
To: grjr21
LOL!-Tweety better watch out, Sylvester has upgraded his tactics.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:05:35 PM PST
by
Pajamajan
(The Democrat party proudly brings you the new and improved Soviet Union.)
To: grjr21
"That bird was flying around and knocking over a lot of dominoes. Well to paraphrase Hamlet... "Is it nobler to suffer the sling and Sparrow of outrageous fortune?...That is the question"
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:13:54 PM PST
by
tophat9000
(CA politics …San Andres Fault is now the San Andres Fix)
To: WasDougsLamb
Wonder how many mosquitos you let in waiting for the bird to go out!
susie
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:16:09 PM PST
by
brytlea
(I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
To: grjr21
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:17:17 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: grjr21
When I get home today, I will go out and shoot 5 sparrows.
I don't know why--just because this story pisses me off.
To: grjr21
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:23:22 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(Islamism = Islamic Supremacism & = racist ideology, not political.)
To: grjr21
What are they going to do to the guy with the unlicensed air rifle?
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:23:47 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(Islamism = Islamic Supremacism & = racist ideology, not political.)
To: BadAndy
They euthanize too, in the Netherlands.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:25:10 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(Islamism = Islamic Supremacism & = racist ideology, not political.)
To: WasDougsLamb
Who cares? It was a bird! One time my cousin and me caught a sparrow because we wanted to see what was going on inside.... well enough of that.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:26:26 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(Islamism = Islamic Supremacism & = racist ideology, not political.)
To: WasDougsLamb
Bird in the house -- bad luck.
It was a bird. Save your tears. You may need them later.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:28:09 PM PST
by
Great Caesars Ghost
(Islamism = Islamic Supremacism & = racist ideology, not political.)
To: Itzlzha
I love that cat picture...one of the funniest I've seen on FR.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:30:14 PM PST
by
dinoparty
(In the beginning was the Word)
To: WasDougsLamb
But they got a different record now --- the most dominos knocked down by a common sparrow.
Do you think maybe some people have way too much time on their hands?
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:37:26 PM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: WasDougsLamb
A sparrow flew into my sunroom a couple of years ago and we propped the door open and let it out. Problem solved.It didn't knock over any of the millions of dominoes you had spent thousands of hours setting up in your sunroom? Wow. You got lucky.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:37:45 PM PST
by
Wissa
To: grjr21; aculeus; dighton; general_re; Lijahsbubbe; Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro; ...
The Dutch animal protection agency said Tuesday it is investigating the shooting death of a sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes during an attempt to set a world record. Did the sparrow succeed? What was the previous record for sparrow-downed dominoes?
World record or not, at least he died doing what he loved.
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posted on
11/16/2005 2:41:20 PM PST
by
Thinkin' Gal
(As it was in the days of NO...)
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