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NYE Tradition: Dead birds fall from sky in Arkansas

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Dec 31, 2011.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I love the town imposed an emergency fireworks ban. And that a TV station's weather radar picked up the flock.

    http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_260768/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=zdIGelcP
     
    Inky_Wretch, Dec 31, 2011
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  2. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Aflockalypse II: Electric Boogaloo!
     
    Bubbler, Dec 31, 2011
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  3. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    If that happened in Wisconsin.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 31, 2011
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  4. Lieslntx

    Lieslntx Active Member

    It is Arkansas. Come on.
     
    Lieslntx, Dec 31, 2011
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  5. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Well, in Wisconsin, if you don't have a dead deer around, you hafta improvise
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 31, 2011
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  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    It's been a bad year to be named Beebe.
     
    Armchair_QB, Dec 31, 2011
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  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    They should set off fireworks 24/7 to get rid of those blackbirds. They winter down south and flock and shit all over everything. They're pests.
     
    Football_Bat, Jan 1, 2012
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  8. Matt Stephens

    Matt Stephens Well-Known Member

    Hey now ...

    But seriously. The real question here is why are people celebrating at 7 p.m.?
     
    Matt Stephens, Jan 1, 2012
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  9. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Aflockalypse not now ...

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/about-100-blackbirds-perish-in-ark-town-far-less-than-total-from-fireworks-carnage-year-ago/2012/01/01/gIQAwB7sUP_story.html

    As someone who lives in a city where these asshole birds winter, I applaud Beebe, Ark. for putting its hillbilly instincts to pragmatic use.
     
    Bubbler, Jan 1, 2012
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  10. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    And that's what probably happened last year but is much easier to believe the outlandish than the simple
     
    JayFarrar, Jan 1, 2012
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