The Birds

A year ago, when I read this article about a local couple whose house was besieged and befouled by vultures, I just shrugged it off.

But now, encountering fresh news about a horde of filthy egrets, I realize that everything Alfred Hitchcock tried to warn us about is coming true!

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Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 23, 2008
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As Monty Burns once said, "Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing? Well, I say "hard cheese"!"

Posted by Paul on 08/23/08 at 04:42 PM

Nick--glad you dug the tags!

Posted by Paul on 08/24/08 at 10:15 AM

DFS--indeed, we cannot forget it was DuMaurier's original vision.

Posted by Paul on 08/24/08 at 10:15 AM

Jason--GET FUZZY rocks!

Posted by Paul on 08/25/08 at 10:06 AM

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