Sparrow shot for downing domino record bid

CNN ^ | November 16, 2005 | Associated Press.

[BikerNYC]

"A Dutch website called Geenstijl offered a $1,200 reward for anybody who knocks over the dominoes ahead of time to avenge the bird."

Now that's creative.

[aculeus]

Domino abuse is disgusting.

[tubebender]

The bird was a common house sparrow -- a species placed on the national endangered list last year.

The US could ship them several million of these pests and still have several million left over.

I beleive they are a Weaver Finch and not a sparrow at all...

[Thinkin' Gal]

Domino abuse is disgusting.

Look, what goes around comes around....

There's a cat in town
That you might know.
He goes by the name of Domino...

[WasDougsLamb]

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[WasDougsLamb]

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[WasDougsLamb]

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[infidel dog]

I agree with you, Brah. Can't understand why some Heineken-soaked guy wearing wooden shoes had to shoot the poor little one.

[WasDougsLamb]

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[WasDougsLamb]

Can't understand why some Heineken-soaked guy wearing wooden shoes had to shoot the poor little one.


----He was ignorant and obviously he gets his rocks off killing birds.

[Wolfie]

"A Dutch website called Geenstijl offered a $1,200 reward for anybody who knocks over the dominoes ahead of time to avenge the bird."

Now that's funny.

[tubebender]

A sparrow flew into my sunroom a couple of years ago and we propped the door open and let it out. Problem solved.

There are many different sparrow in the US. Which one are you referring to?

"House Sparrows" are a nest parasite and they are not protected here because they displace song birds such as Blue Birds contributing to their decline.

There are several websites devoted to eliminating them...

[Charles Henrickson]

What was the previous record for sparrow-downed dominoes?

What do you mean? An African or European sparrow?

[IronJack]

This has to be the most famous sparrow to ever grace the skies. I've seen half a dozen articles about this idiocy.

Even the Sparrow King from the "Lemmiwinks" episode of South Park hasn't gotten this kind of press.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Dave Winfield got busted in Toronto for popping a seagull with a baseball.

I wonder what the penalty would be for feeding them Alka-Seltzer?

[WasDougsLamb]

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[tubebender]

That wasn't my opinion, it is a fact. Have your mommy help you look it up...

[grjr21]

some people with too much time on their  hands set up millions of dominoes in order to knock down .

This guy decided to try to answer one of the fundamental questions of science: just what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow

Hashing out the classic question with Strouhal numbers and simplified flight waveforms.

[WasDougsLamb]

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[tubebender]

Every day is a great day here. And your's could be also if you would remember to take your medicine...