Friday, 21 March 2008

A scatological post

Good Friday is a bank holiday in the euro zone. But it is not a holiday in Slovenia which means regular work time regardless of the profession. My job is related to the finance sector so we had little work today and I could afford a nice walk through the park during my break.

The weather was hardly appropriate - the wind was strong and carried occasional raindrops. The gales were so strong at times that they stopped birds mid-flight and made them turn off course so many kept close to the ground.

On a narrow asphalt path leading to the park stood a male blackbird scavenging for food. He stood the ground as I approached but when I came to less than a metre he dropped his poo and flew away. I shruged my shoulders and continued on.

Then, a few minutes later, a different path, a different bird but a similar situation. A big hooded crow standing near the footpath squatted and dropped his poo when I approached. This made me wondering if these birds are trying to tell me something, but what? That I suck, that the day sucks, that the weather sucks? Who knows... could be all of that.

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Q: What is the white thing in the bird poo?
A: That is bird poo also.